Pell Grant Eligibility 2024-24. The federal deadline is your last opportunity to submit that school year’s fafsa form because we don’t close the fafsa form for the current academic school year until june. Federal pell grant and other federal aid eligibility will be determined based on the student aid index (sai).

Federal pell grant eligibility has expanded to more students. A federal pell grant, unlike a loan, does not have to be.