Federal Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG or AC Grant)

Academic Competitiveness Grants are awarded to students who recently graduated from high school with the Texas Recommended or Distinguished Curriculum (or in some cases, an equivalent) and who are enrolled in an associate's degree or in a one year or longer certificate program of study. Other eligibility requirements include at least half time enrollment and maintaining a 3.0 Cumulative GPA.

IMPORTANT: You must be enrolled in an active, qualifying program (associate degree or one year or longer certificate) as well as meet all other eligibility criteria in order to receive an ACG award. If you have not yet declared a degree program on your academic record, please log on to eConnect and visit FA Program Selection at https://eConnect.dcccd.edu/eConnect/eConnect, or go to your college's Admission/Registrar's Office and select a qualifying degree program.