TEACH Grant Application 2025-2026

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TEACH Grant Application 2025-2026

Student Financial Services

3690 East Avenue

Rochester, NY 14618

Phone: 585-385-8042

E-mail: sfs@sjf.edu

Overview: The TEACH Grant program awards up to $4,000 per year to eligible undergraduate and graduate students who intend to fulfill a service agreement. The award is pro-rated for part-time status. The student must be enrolled as an education major in a TEACH Grant-eligible program. A list of St. John Fisher University TEACH Grant-eligible majors is available at go.sjf.edu/student-financial-services.

TEACH Grant recipients must sign an Agreement to Serve, committing to the following:

-serving full-time as a highly qualified teacher
-for 4 academic years within 8 calendar years of completing the program for which the TEACH Grant was awarded
-in a high need subject area.

If TEACH Grant requirements including the above are not met, the TEACH Grant is converted to a Direct Unsubsidized Student Loan, with interest accrued from the date the grant was awarded.

To qualify for the TEACH Grant, the student must complete a 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid. A student must also qualify academically based on one of the following standards: Admissions test scores: SAT of 1200 or above, or ACT score of 24 or above or Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.25 or above.

IMPORTANT : If you are awarded the grant based on GPA (not test scores), you must maintain at least a 3.25 GPA cumulative GPA for every semester covered by the grant. The Office of Student Financial Services will check your GPA prior to each term of the award period.

To apply for the TEACH Grant, please answer applicable questions listed below. If you are eligible for the TEACH Grant, you will be notified of the next steps to follow. Thank you.

First Name

Last Name

Student Id

Are you in a TEACH Grant-eligible degree program? (A list of undergraduate and graduate eligible degree programs can be found on the at go.sjf.edu/student-financial-services. The grant is for students who are completing, or plan to complete coursework needed to begin a career in teaching.

What type of student are you?

My major is:

Have you completed a 2025-26 FAFSA?

FAFSA completion is required to receive the TEACH Grant.

Are you a U.S. Citizen or eligible non-citizen?

If you took Standardized Admssions tests, did you score 1200 or above on the SAT test (math and critical reading) OR score 24 or above on an ACT test (composite score)?

Is your cumulative Grade Point Average 3.25 or above?

Thank you for applying for the TEACH Grant. If you did not take Admissions tests, or do not meet the percentile requirement indicated above, you may still qualify based on final high school cumulative GPA. By submitting the application, we will automatically review your final high school transcript once received (late summer) for TEACH Grant eligiblity. You will be notified at that time if you are eligible for the grant.

Thank you for applying for the TEACH Grant. Unfortunately, at this time you do not qualify for the TEACH Grant. Please review the eligibility requirements at go.sjf.edu/financial-aid.

STUDENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: I understand that if I receive a TEACH Grant, I must fulfill a service obligation. Failure or refusal to complete the service obligation, or to meet TEACH Grant requirements, will result in the grant being converted into a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Student Loan. Interest will accrue from the date of the initial TEACH Grant disbursement. Once the TEACH Grant is converted to a loan, it cannot be converted back to a grant. I understand that I have up to 30 days from the start of each semester to request cancelation of the TEACH Grant for that term.

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