Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
Active
- Assistance listing
- 84.007
- Agency
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Office of Federal Student Aid
Department of Education
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Also known as
- (FSEOG)
- Treasury account
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- 91-0200-0-1-502
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid allocates need-based grant funds to eligible postsecondary institutions under a statutory formula to support undergraduate students meeting educational expenses, with Assistance Listing 84.007; institutions receive tentative award notifications by February 1 and final notifications by April 1 annually, with application deadlines typically set for October 1.
The FSEOG program operates through institutional financial aid administrators who exercise substantial discretion in determining individual student award amounts within their institution's total allocation. Participating institutions—public, private nonprofit, postsecondary vocational, and proprietary colleges and universities—receive federal allocations based on statutory formulas rather than through competitive solicitation. Individual students do not apply directly; eligibility and award determination occur at the institutional level through each school's financial aid office.
This is a formula-grant program with annual renewal cycles. Federal Student Aid determines aggregate institutional allocations; institutions then distribute awards to qualifying students. The program has operated on a consistent calendar: institutions submit applications by October 1, Federal Student Aid notifies recipients of tentative awards by February 1, and final notifications occur by April 1 each award year.
Participating institutions must maintain nonfederal audits on an annual basis at their own expense and must retain all award-year records for three years following submission of the Fiscal Operations Report or until audit resolution, whichever is later. The Department of Education's Office of Inspector General conducts federal audits on a discretionary schedule when resources permit or when deemed necessary by the Secretary.
The source does not include grant-award portfolio data, recent individual grant awards to specific institutions, current award values, funding concentration metrics, or information on recently posted opportunities. Students and institutions should contact their institution's financial aid office or the relevant ED Regional Office for current program details and application procedures.
Objective and description
- Objective
To provide need-based grant aid to eligible undergraduate postsecondary students to help meet educational expenses.
- Description
The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) program provides need-based grant aid to eligible undergraduate students to help reduce financial barriers to postsecondary education. Federal funding allocations are awarded to qualifying postsecondary institutions under a statutory formula. The SEOG program is operated by institutional financial aid administrators who have substantial flexibility in determining student awards.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
Higher education institutions (public, private nonprofit, postsecondary vocational, and proprietary) meeting eligibility requirements may apply.
- Beneficiary eligibility
Undergraduate students enrolled or accepted for enrollment as regular students; are maintaining satisfactory academic progress in accordance with the standards and practices of the institution, have financial need, do not owe a refund on a Title IV grant, are not in default on a Title IV loan, file a statement of educational purpose, file a statement of registration compliance (Selective Service) and meet citizen/resident requirements may benefit.
- Uses of assistance
Grants are for undergraduate study, and range from $100 to $4,000 per academic year. However, if reasonable study abroad costs exceed the cost of attendance at the home institution, the amount of the grant may exceed the $4,000 maximum by as much as $400. A student is eligible to receive a FSEOG for the period of time needed to complete the first undergraduate baccalaureate course of study being pursued by that student. If it awards grants to students in that year, an institution is entitled to an administrative cost allowance for an award year of 5 percent of the first $2,750,000, expended, plus 4 percent of expenditures greater than $2,750,000 but less than $5,500,000, plus 3 percent of expenditures in excess of $5,500,000.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Funds are awarded for use by participating institutions for one award year at a time following the year of application.
How to apply
- Preapplication coordination
Representatives of the appropriate ED Regional Office are available for consultation (see listing of ED Regional Offices in Appendix IV). Students should contact the institution(s) they attend or wish to attend.
- Award procedure
The Federal Student Aid office determines final awards and notifies participating institutions. Postsecondary institutions determine individual student awards.
- Deadlines
Deadlines are specified on the application (usually October 1).
- Time to approval or disapproval
Notices of tentative awards sent by February 1, and final award notifications sent by April 1.
- Renewals
There are annual renewals.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 84.007?
Assistance Listing 84.007 is Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, a federal grant program run by Office of Federal Student Aid (Department of Education).
What is the CFDA number for Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants?
Its CFDA number is 84.007: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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