| State | Deadlines |
| Alabama | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Alaska | April 15, 2009 @ |
| American Samoa | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Arizona | March 1, 2009 @ |
| Arkansas | For Academic Challenge - June 1, 2009 @ For Workforce Grant - check with your financial aid administrator. For Higher Education Opportunity Grant - June 1, 2009 (fall term); November 1, 2009 (spring term) @ |
| California | For initial awards - March 2, 2009. For additional community college awards - September 2, 2009 - date postmarked*^ |
| Colorado | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Connecticut | February 15, 2009 *# |
| Delaware | April 15, 2009 @ |
| District of Columbia | June 30, 2009 * |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Florida | May 15, 2009 - date processed |
| Georgia | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Guam | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Hawaii | Check with you financial aid administrator* |
| Idaho | Opportunity Grant - March 1, 2009 *# |
| Illinois | First-time applicants - September 30, 2009. Continuing applicants - August 15, 2009 #@ |
| Indiana | March 10, 2009 & |
| Iowa | July 1, 2009 ^@ |
| Kansas | April 1, 2009 #*@ |
| Kentucky | March 15, 2009 #& |
| Louisiana | July 1, 2009 ^ |
| Maine | May 1, 2009 @ |
| Marshall Islands | Check with your financial aid administrator * |
| Maryland | March 1, 2009 & |
| Massachusetts | May 1, 2009 #^@ |
| Michigan | March 1, 2009 & |
| Minnesota | 30 days after term starts |
| Mississippi | MTAG and MESG Grants - September 15, 2009. HELP Scholarship - March 31, 2009 |
| Missouri | April 1, 2009 @ |
| Montana | March 1, 2009 #& |
| Nebraska | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Nevada | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| New Hampshire | May 1, 2009 @ |
| New Jersey | June 1, 2009 if you received a Tuition Aid Grant in 2008-2009. All other applications - October 1, 2009, for fall and spring terms; March 1, 2010, for spring term only ^& |
| New Mexico | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| New York | May 1, 2010 *^@ |
| North Carolina | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| North Dakota | March 15, 2009 & |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Ohio | October 1, 2009 @ |
| Oklahoma | April 15, 2009 # for best consideration |
| Oregon | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Palau | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Pennsylvania | All 2008-2009 State Grant recipients and all non-2008-2009 State Grant recipients in degree programs - May 1, 2009. All other applicants - August 1, 2009 *@ |
| Puerto Rico | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Rhode Island | March 1, 2009 #& |
| South Carolina | Tuition Grants - June 30, 2009 @ |
| South Dakota | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Tennessee | For State Grant - March 1, 2009.# For State Lottery - September 1, 2009 @ |
| Texas | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Utah | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Vermont | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Virginia | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Washington | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| West Virginia | March 1, 2009 #*^ |
| Wisconsin | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Wyoming | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
* Additional form may be required. Contact your financial aid administrator or your state agency.
^ Applicants encouraged to obtain proof of mailing.
# For priority consideration, submit application by date specified.
@ Deadline by midnight, Central Daylight Time.
& Deadline by midnight, Central Standard Time.