National Center for Education StatisticsAmerican Institutes for Research2020-10-142020-10-142019-09-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100540Federal Pell Grants are financial awards provided to undergraduate students who demonstrate significant financial need. Congress authorized the Pell Grant Program in 1972 with the passage of the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program, and Federal Pell Grants have been awarded annually since the 1973–74 school year. This report points out the trends in Pell Grant receipt and the characteristics of recipients during 2003–04 to 2015–16.application/pdfenPublic Domaineducation, higher--government policyaccess to higher educationminority studentsselective public colleges and universitiesequal educational opportunityReporthttps://nces.ed.gov/pubs2019/2019487.pdf