BLINN TAKING PERKINS GRANT APPLICATIONS THROUGH NOVEMBER 5

  

Blinn College is now taking applications for Perkins Grant funds.

Eligible students can now apply for the Carl D. Perkins Basic Grant.  The Perkins Grant is a federally funded program that gives community colleges resources to enhance their career and technical education departments.  Perkins funds can be put toward textbooks.

The application deadline is on Monday at 9 a.m.  Students will need to complete the Perkins assistance application form by Monday in order to be eligible.  Financial aid is available on a first-come, first-served basis for enrolled students.

To be eligible, students must:

• be an Applied Sciences or Pre-Applied Sciences major
• be registered for at least six hours for the Spring 2019 semester
• enroll in at least one Applied Sciences degree or certificate plan course
• have a minimum 2.5 grade-point average
• have a valid Blinn student email address
• meet one of six special population categories.  Those categories are listed at www.blinn.edu/perkins-grant/financial-assistance.html

For more information, go online to www.blinn.edu/perkins-grant, or email jennifer.schafer@blinn.edu.