Pell Grant Policy

IPFW Pell Grant Policy

Established as of April 15, 2010
Updated July 1, 2011

Receiving the Pell Grant

This is the amount initially provided by the FAFSA. During the 2011-12 Academic Year, the maximum amount initially provided is $5,550 for a student with a zero EFC and who is enrolled full time (minimum 12 credit hours). You do not have to be enrolled full time to receive the Pell grant; you can be enrolled in any number of credit hours to be eligible for funding from the first scheduled Pell Grant award.  However, the amount is prorated based on the number of credit hours taken.

Transfer Students

If you transfer to IPFW from another college or university, we will use the assumption method for determining hours completed. We will take into consideration your Pell award at your college and assume that’s how many credits you completed for the purpose of counting credits in an Academic Year.