--- slug: california-federal-student-aid-beyond-pell title: "Federal student aid beyond Pell (FSEOG grants, Federal Work-Study and Direct Subsidized Loans from the same FAFSA): who qualifies, what you get, how to apply, and what happens next" kind: procedure status: published hash: 8da1df173e646fc93abc709201b7a96daf6d5c531d811624fccf816276ce73d5 created: 2026-10-09T14:12:49.523Z updated: 2026-10-09T14:17:11.319Z summary: "The FAFSA that opens the Pell Grant also opens three more federal programs: the FSEOG grant ($100 to $4,000 a year), Federal Work-Study jobs, and Direct Subsidized Loans whose interest the government pays while the student is in school. FSEOG and Work-Study are limited funds handed out by each school, so the school's own deadline matters. Apply by filing the FAFSA at StudentAid.gov." tags: ["fseog","work-study","subsidized loans","fafsa","california","benefits","education","procedure"] above: ["[[california-benefits-graph]]"] below: [] adjacent: ["[[california-pell-grant]]", "[[california-cal-grant]]", "[[california-college-promise-grant]]", "[[california-extended-foster-care-chafee]]", "[[california-free-tax-preparation]]"] nested: [] --- # Federal student aid beyond Pell (FSEOG grants, Federal Work-Study and Direct Subsidized Loans from the same FAFSA): who qualifies, what you get, how to apply, and what happens next *The FAFSA that opens the Pell Grant also opens three more federal programs: the FSEOG grant ($100 to $4,000 a year), Federal Work-Study jobs, and Direct Subsidized Loans whose interest the government pays while the student is in school. FSEOG and Work-Study are limited funds handed out by each school, so the school's own deadline matters. Apply by filing the FAFSA at StudentAid.gov.* ## What federal student aid beyond Pell is, in one paragraph The FAFSA is one application for several federal programs. Besides the Pell Grant it opens the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), a grant for undergraduates with exceptional need; Federal Work-Study, a part-time job paid at least the federal minimum wage; and Direct Subsidized Loans, on which the government pays the interest while the student is in school at least half-time. FSEOG and Work-Study are campus-based: each school gets a fixed amount each year and hands it out until it runs out, so filing early and meeting the school's own deadline decide who gets them. ```widget { "type": "stat", "value": "$100 to $4,000", "label": "the FSEOG grant per year, by need and the school's funds (U.S. Department of Education, rule:fseog_amount)" } ``` ## Who may qualify **FSEOG**: undergraduates with exceptional financial need at a participating school (rule:fseog_who). **Work-Study**: undergraduate, graduate and professional students with financial need, full-time or part-time (rule:fws_who). **Direct Subsidized Loans**: undergraduates with financial need; the loan may not exceed the need (rule:sub_who). All three follow the basic federal aid rules (rule:basic_eligibility) and the need formula: cost of attendance minus the Student Aid Index (rule:need_formula). Loan limits for undergraduates, unchanged after 1 July 2026 (rule:annual_limits_dependent, rule:annual_limits_independent, rule:aggregate_limits): | Year | Dependent: total (subsidized max) | Independent: total (subsidized max) | |---|---|---| | First year | $5,500 ($3,500) | $9,500 ($3,500) | | Second year | $6,500 ($4,500) | $10,500 ($4,500) | | Third year and beyond | $7,500 ($5,500) | $12,500 ($5,500) | | Aggregate | $31,000 ($23,000) | $57,500 ($23,000) | | Item | Value | Rule | |---|---|---| | FSEOG per year | $100 to $4,000 | rule:fseog_amount | | Undergraduate loan rate, 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2027 | 6.52% fixed | rule:rate_2026_27 | | Loan fee | 1.057% | rule:loan_fee | | Grace period | 6 months | rule:grace_period | | Repayment | 10 to 30 years | rule:repayment_term | Direct PLUS Loans for graduate borrowers are no longer available (rule:grad_plus_ended). ## What the model on this page can do for you This article is also the context of a model you can text or chat with. The buttons under the title open Messages with a note already written, or a chat on this page. The model has read this exact page: the rules above with their source ids, the procedure below, and the other programs the same facts open. It asks for one or two facts at a time, starting with your enrollment level and whether you are a dependent or independent student, tells you which rules you pass and which it cannot decide, names the programs you may also qualify for, and gives the exact next step. It has no tools: it cannot apply for you, and it says so. Every message is kept on this build's Ledger. A screening here is a screening, not a decision. Your school's financial aid office decides. ## How to apply, and what happens after File the **[FAFSA](https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa)**. The school builds an aid offer from it. Campus-based funds go first-come, so the school's own deadline matters (rule:campus_deadlines). | Stage | What happens | Who acts | What loses people the aid | |---|---|---|---| | Apply | FAFSA, every year (rule:annual_fafsa) | Student and contributors | Filing after the school's campus-based deadline | | Offer | FSEOG, Work-Study and loans appear in the aid offer | Financial aid office | Funds already spent (rule:fseog_funds_limited) | | Accept a loan | Entrance counseling and a Master Promissory Note (rule:accept_loan) | Student | Accepting more than needed; a loan can be cancelled before disbursement (rule:cancel_loan) | | Work | A work-study job, paid at least monthly, capped at the award (rule:fws_pay, rule:fws_cap) | Student and employer | Not finding a job before the term | | After school | Six-month grace period, then repayment (rule:grace_period) | Loan servicer | Not knowing the servicer | ```widget { "type": "json", "title": "The procedure, stage by stage, as data", "ref": "#facts.procedure.stages", "open_depth": 1 } ``` ## The same facts open other programs - [[california-pell-grant]] (B055): the same FAFSA; Pell is paid to every eligible student. - [[california-cal-grant]] (B056): California's grant from the same FAFSA. - [[california-college-promise-grant]] (B057): the community college fee waiver. - [[california-extended-foster-care-chafee]] (B061): Chafee grants for current and former foster youth. - [[california-free-tax-preparation]] (B054): the FAFSA reads federal tax data. Those connections are not written here by hand. They are read from [[california-benefits-graph|the California benefits graph]], the object that holds all 80 programs, the life events that trigger them and the facts they share. A model screening you for FSEOG, Work-Study and subsidized loans sees the same edges. ```widget { "type": "json", "title": "What this article shares with the graph", "ref": "#facts.ontology", "open_depth": 2 } ``` ## How this page works This page is one JSON object. The page, the Markdown and the machine copy at [/a/california-federal-student-aid-beyond-pell.json](https://miscsubjects.com/a/california-federal-student-aid-beyond-pell.json) are three views of it. Its `facts` carry the article's identity and jurisdiction, the procedure with its stages, every rule with its source id and verification status, the fields with their canonical fact names, the ontology edges into the benefits graph, the declared actions, the model's instructions, and the permissions the model has (none). The model's context is served separately at [/a/california-federal-student-aid-beyond-pell/context](https://miscsubjects.com/a/california-federal-student-aid-beyond-pell/context): the same object, projected for a model, so there is one source of truth for the reader and the machine. What is saved: a thread per phone number that texts, holding which articles it asked about, how many messages, and the facts it stated, so a person who comes back continues rather than restarts. Every message, in either direction, is a row on this build's Ledger. Figures carry their status in `facts.rules[].status`. Every figure on this page was read from the official pages listed under Official addresses on 9 October 2026. StudentAid.gov draws its pages in the browser from a JSON copy at the same address with `.json` added; this article cites those JSON copies because they hold the exact words. A value no official page states is written UNKNOWN. ## Official addresses - Apply: [the FAFSA at StudentAid.gov](https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa) - [FSEOG](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants/fseog), [Federal Work-Study](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/work-study), [Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized) - [Loan limits after 1 July 2026](https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/big-updates/definitions) and [interest rates and fees](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/interest-rates) - Questions and progress appeals: the school's financial aid office ## Facts ```json { "measured_at": "2026-10-09T14:00:00Z", "article": { "id": "fsa_beyond_pell-ca", "slug": "california-federal-student-aid-beyond-pell", "program_id": "B075", "jurisdiction": "US", "aliases": [ "FSEOG", "Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant", "Federal Work-Study", "FWS", "work-study", "Direct Subsidized Loan", "subsidized Stafford loan", "campus-based aid" ], "schema_version": "jarticle/1 + benefit-article/1 (these facts)" }, "procedure": { "id": "proc:apply_fsa_beyond_pell_ca", "type": "procedure", "program_id": "B075", "authority": "U.S. Department of Education (Federal Student Aid) and the financial aid office of the school the student attends", "outcome": "an FSEOG grant, a work-study job award and/or a Direct Subsidized Loan in the school's aid offer", "apply_at": "https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa", "stages": [ { "id": "stage:discover", "order": 1, "name": "Discover", "what_happens": "Student learns that the FAFSA also opens FSEOG, Work-Study and subsidized loans, and that campus-based funds run out", "who_acts": "Student / school", "timeline": "Before the school's campus-based deadline", "evidence": "None", "failure_mode": "Filing late after funds are gone", "model_role": "Name the school's deadline as the first fact to find", "automation_class": "A" }, { "id": "stage:screen_eligibility", "order": 2, "name": "Screen eligibility", "what_happens": "Undergraduate or graduate, dependency status, year in school, need", "who_acts": "Model + student", "timeline": "Minutes", "evidence": "Enrollment, dependency, year", "failure_mode": "Confusing subsidized with unsubsidized loans", "model_role": "Separate the three programs and their rules", "automation_class": "A" }, { "id": "stage:gather_documents", "order": 3, "name": "Gather documents", "what_happens": "FSA ID for student and contributors; 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[Basic Student Eligibility Criteria](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/requirements.json) — “be a U.S. citizen or an” (sha256 13fce60f9736ddba) 2. [Basic Student Eligibility Criteria: tax information consent](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/requirements.json) — “provide consent and approval to have your federal tax information transferred directly into your” (sha256 d84d55a18916ebce) 3. [Staying Eligible: satisfactory academic progress appeals](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/staying-eligible.json) — “reasons for appeal usually include the death of a member of your family, your illness or injury, or other special circumstances” (sha256 9eabc7cfdcecf2e1) 4. [Staying Eligible](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/staying-eligible.json) — “continue to apply throughout the time” (sha256 c59a3b2d119fd22f) 5. [How Aid Is Calculated](https://studentaid.gov/complete-aid-process/how-calculated.json) — “They subtract your SAI from your COA to determine the amount of your financial need” (sha256 44c5427af56257ad) 6. [Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants/fseog.json) — “A Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) is a grant for undergraduate students with exceptional financial need.” (sha256 23f5a925b22dc762) 7. [FSEOG: award amount](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants/fseog.json) — “You can receive between $100 and $4,000 a year” (sha256 15c44a4c40c424d1) 8. [FSEOG: limited school funds](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants/fseog.json) — “no more FSEOG awards can be made for that year” (sha256 5c67a2431dfdc88b) 9. [FSEOG: school deadlines](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants/fseog.json) — “Each school sets its own deadlines for campus-based funds.” (sha256 ce6002e95c9edf3e) 10. [FSEOG: annual FAFSA](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants/fseog.json) — “Your institution will award the FSEOG each year based on that eligibility” (sha256 6ed985e51086a43e) 11. [Federal Work-Study](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/work-study.json) — “Federal Work-Study provides part-time jobs for students with financial need” (sha256 978205e667e6bb06) 12. [Federal Work-Study: pay](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/work-study.json) — “earn at least the current federal minimum wage” (sha256 fb5ce7310ea0ff8b) 13. [Federal Work-Study: hours](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/work-study.json) — “exceed your total Federal Work-Study award” (sha256 c9ec60274ca72b9a) 14. [Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized.json) — “Direct Subsidized Loans are available to undergraduate students with financial need.” (sha256 8e460995832367d0) 15. [Direct Subsidized Loans: who pays the interest](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized.json) — “The U.S. Department of Education pays the interest on a Direct Subsidized Loan” (sha256 ff232d4e849ed0f3) 16. [Direct Loans: grace period](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized.json) — “six-month grace period before you are required to begin repayment” (sha256 259eedec98c68460) 17. [Direct Loans: repayment term](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized.json) — “10 to 30 years to repay your loan” (sha256 a1addd0bff80b8ab) 18. [Direct Loans: steps to accept](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized.json) — “sign a loan contract called a” (sha256 f1c32da9b085bd08) 19. [Direct Loans: cancel](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized.json) — “you may cancel all or part of your loan at any time by notifying your school” (sha256 3a6efd5bdd64445a) 20. [Direct Loans: loan fee](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized.json) — “is 1.057%” (sha256 0e4ceb9b2e043325) 21. [Loan limits: dependent undergraduates](https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/big-updates/definitions.json) — “$5,500 (not more than $3,500 can be subsidized)” (sha256 1ea7ecf68e277127) 22. [Loan limits: independent undergraduates](https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/big-updates/definitions.json) — “$9,500 (not more than $3,500 can be subsidized)” (sha256 05fece037c43facc) 23. [Loan limits: aggregate](https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/big-updates/definitions.json) — “$31,000 (not more than $23,000 can be subsidized)” (sha256 e0904bb978fd086e) 24. [Loan limits: graduate PLUS](https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/big-updates/definitions.json) — “Direct PLUS Loans for graduate borrowers are no longer available.” (sha256 b70128c9db927ecd) 25. [Interest rates 2026-27](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/interest-rates.json) — “Interest Rates for Direct Loans First Disbursed on or After July 1, 2026, and Before July 1, 2027” (sha256 4e148a170a05f055) 26. [Interest rates 2026-27: undergraduate](https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/interest-rates.json) — “6.52%” (sha256 92783b45c4e514a9) --- **above:** [[california-benefits-graph]] **adjacent:** [[california-pell-grant]], [[california-cal-grant]], [[california-college-promise-grant]], [[california-extended-foster-care-chafee]], [[california-free-tax-preparation]]