As	in	the	case	of	the	other	formulas,	you	must	perform	comparable	prorations	of	the	award	for	each	payment	period	in
the	student9s	program.	The	calculation	for	the	payment	period	prorates	a	student9s	Scheduled	Award	based	on	either	(1)
the	number	of	credit	or	clock	hours	in	the	payment	period	compared	to	the	credit	or	clock	hours	in	the	defined	academic
year	or	(2)	the	number	of	weeks	of	instructional	time	in	the	payment	period	compared	to	the	weeks	of	instructional	time
in	the	academic	year.	To	determine	the	payment	for	a	payment	period,	multiply	the	student9s	Scheduled	Award	by	the
lesser	of:
Number	of	credit/clock	hours	in	the	payment	period	÷	Number	of	credit/clock	hours	in	the	program9s	academic	year
OR
Weeks	in	the	payment	period	÷	Weeks	in	the	program9s	academic	year
Enrollment	Intensity	Standards	for	Clock-Hour	and	Other	Non-Term	Programs
For	non-term	programs,	the	enrollment	minimums	are:
Full-time	enrollment	(clock	hours):	at	least	24	clock	hours	per	calendar	week.
Full-time	enrollment	(credit	hours):	24	semester	hours,	24	trimester	hours,	or	36	quarter	hours	per	academic	year.
Less	than	half-time	enrollment	(clock	hours	and	credit	hours)	is	defined	as	less	than	half	of	the	workload	of	the
minimum	full-time	requirement.
Pell	Formula	4	Examples
Note:	These	fractions	use	weeks	of	instructional	time	as	defined	in	Volume	3,	Chapter	1,	which	are	not
necessarily	the	same	number	as	the	calendar	weeks	in	an	academic	year.	The	program9s	defined	academic	year
must	be	at	least	30	weeks	for	credit-hour	programs	or	26	weeks	for	clock-hour	programs.
Note:	Examples	use	fictional	maximum	($7,500)	and	minimum	($750)	Pell	Grant	award	amounts	for
demonstration	purposes	only.	Award	amounts	in	examples	in	this	volume	should	not	be	used	in	packaging	Pell
Grants	for	the	2025-26	award	year.
Volume	7,	Chapter	4,	Example	10:	Payments	for	Clock-Hour	Program
A	school	offers	a	program	that	is	900	clock-hours	and	22	weeks	of	instructional	time	in	length.	The	school	defines
the	academic	year	for	the	program	based	on	the	regulatory	minimums:	900	clock-hours	and	26	weeks	of
instructional	time.	The	school	has	established	two	payment	periods	of	450	clock	hours	and	11	weeks	each	for	this
program.
To	determine	the	disbursement	for	the	payment	period,	the	school	must	multiply	the	Scheduled	Award	by	the
lesser	of:
the	fraction	comparing	the	hours	in	the	payment	period	to	the	hours	in	the	academic	year	(450/900),	or
the	fraction	comparing	the	weeks	in	the	payment	period	to	the	weeks	in	the	academic	year	(11/26).
If	the	student9s	Scheduled	Award	is	$7,500,	the	two	possible	calculations	would	be	as	follows:
(450	clock	hours	in	the	payment	period	*	$7,500)	÷	900	clock	hours	in	the	academic	year	=	$3,750;	or
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