New Mexico Grants:
Contact:
New Mexico Commission on Higher Education
1068 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
PH: (800) 792-8670
Grants:
Pueblo De Cochiti Higher Education Program
PO BOX 70
Cochiti Pueblo, NM 87072
PH:(505) 465-3115
Education Requirements: The Pueblo de Cochiti Higher Education funds eligible students pursuing college degrees. Students must be 1/4 Cochiti blood and an enrolled/verified member of the Cochiti Tribe as determined by Tribal Council. Grant for use in freshman, sophomore, junior, senior years.
New Mexico Student Incentive Grant
P.O. BOX 15910
Sante Fe, NM 87506-5910
PH: (505) 827-4026
Eligibility Requirements: Several grants available for resident undergraduate students attending public and selected private nonprofit institutions in Mexico. Must demonstrate financial need. Grant for use in freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior years and is renewable. Applicants must be U.S. citizen residing and attending public or private nonprofit college or university in New Mexico.
Federal Pell Grant
New Mexico Commission on Higher Education
1068 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
PH: (800) 792-8670
Eligibility Requirements: Federal Pell Grants are the largest source of ''gift aid'' awarded to undergraduate students and are based on financial need. How much you get depends on your expected family contribution, your cost of attendence, whether you are a full-time or part-time student, and whether you attend school for a full year or less. You may receive only one Pell Grant in an award year, and you may not receive Pell Grant funds from more than one school at a time.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
New Mexico Commission on Higher Education
1068 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
PH: (800) 792-8670
Eligibility Requirements: Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants awards are given to undergraduate students demonstrating financial need. Federal Pell Grant awards recipient recieve priority for FSEOG awards. Depending on when you apply, your financial need, the funding level of your school you are attending, and the policies of your school's financial aid office will determine how much you receive.
Work Study Programs
New Mexico Commission on Higher Education
1068 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
PH: (800) 792-8670
Eligibility Requirements: The Federal Work-Study Program provides jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing you to earn money to help pay education expenses. The program encourages community service work and tries to offer work related to your course of study. Each school has work-study programs specific to that particular school. Some of you may be eligible to begin upon enrollment and others of you may have to wait until you have obtained a certain amount of credits.