SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

TEACH GRANT APPLICATION

In exchange for receiving a TEACH Grant, you must agree to serve as a full-time teacher in a high-need field in a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves low-income students. As a recipient of a TEACH Grant, you must teach for at least four academic years within eight calendar years of completing the program of study for which you received a TEACH Grant.  IMPORTANT: If you fail to complete this service obligation, all amounts of the TEACH Grants that you received will be converted to a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. You must then repay this loan to the U.S. Department of Education. You will be charged interest from the date the grant(s) was disbursed. Once the grant has been converted to a loan, it cannot be converted back to a grant.

To apply for a TEACH Grant, you must certify that you have read and understood the information provided to you by the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. Please print, sign, and submit the following to the S.V.S.U. Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid:

My signature attest that I understand that if I fail to meet any of the service requirements for the TEACH Grant, it will be permanently converted to a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. I further certify that my TEACH Grant program of study meets the academic eligibility criteria defined by Saginaw Valley State University. In addition, I understand that I must sign online at www.teach-ats.ed.gov/ the TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve document and submit this agreement to the U.S. Department of Education each academic year. Furthermore, I must also complete each academic year the TEACH Grant entrance counseling or the TEACH Grant exit counseling when I graduate or leave the TEACH Grant program online at the following website: www.mappingyourfuture.org

Student to Complete All Information Below:

Student’s Name__________________________________ Student ID________________________

Student Address__________________City____________State____ Zip Code________________

Student daytime phone number with area code_______________________________________

Teach Grant Eligible Program________________________________________________________(Please list above only the eligible TEACH Grant program found on the S.V.S.U. Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid website at: www.svsu.edu/financialaid/)

Select CHECK one criteria below: (Please note: We cannot process your application until we have confirmed your selection below)

__________  I certify that I have a cumulative S.V.S.U. GPA of at least 3.25 and will maintain that GPA throughout my academic TEACH Grant program.  In addition, for high school students, you must submit a final cumulative grade point average (GPA) transcript upon graduation of at least 3.25 and maintain that GPA throughout your academic TEACH Grant program.  Please note: Each semester,  all students who select this criteria will be monitored and their TEACH Grant may be adjusted accordingly. 

                                                                     OR

___________ I will provide the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid a copy of my ACT, SAT, or GRE scores if I scored above the 75th percentile on any part of the test. If you do not have a copy of your ACT test score, you may contact the ACT Test site at: www.actstudent.org or phone them directly at 319-337-1313 to obtain an additional score.

Student’s Signature_____________________________________Date_____________________

Return completed Teach Grant application to: Saginaw Valley State University  

                                                                         Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid   

                                                                         7400 Bay Road University Center, MI 48710

                                                                         Fax: 989-790-0180