Financial aid professionals know that awarding Pell Grants and Federal Work-Study may seem easy on the surface but gets complicated in the details.
To provide training or a refresher for financial aid professionals, Federal Student Aid (FSA) will offer a series of Wednesday Webinars on Pell Grants and Work-Study.
FSA announced four live webinars covering Federal Pell Grant formulas and the Federal Work-Study program that will be held in May, June, and July 2026. Participants can ask questions by typing them into the chat during the webinar, and a live Q&A session follows the presentation.
Registration is not required for the webinars as they will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for up to 5,000 attendees. The webinars will be hosted on the Zoom platform.
Upcoming webinars include:
Awarding With Pell Grant Formula 1
- May 6 from 1:00–2:30 p.m. (ET)
- Discussion will include when Pell Grant Formula 1 is required, how enrollment intensity affects Pell Grant awards, and what schools need to know to ensure accurate Pell Grant calculations.
- Zoom information, including the link, is provided in the announcement.
Awarding With Pell Grant Formula 3
- May 27 from 1:00–2:30 p.m. (ET)
- Discussion will include the key principles for awarding Pell Grant Formula 3 for students in nonstandard term programs, including how academic calendars, academic years, payment periods, enrollment intensity, term structure, and instructional time affect Pell Grant awarding.
- Zoom information, including the link, is provided in the announcement.
Awarding With Pell Grant Formula 4
- June 17 from 1:00–2:30 p.m. (ET)
- Discussion will include the key principles for awarding Pell Grant Formula 4 for students in clock-hour and non-term credit-hour programs, including how academic year definitions, instructional time, payment periods, enrollment intensity, scheduled awards, and rounding affect Pell Grant awarding.
- Zoom information, including the link, is provided in the announcement.
Federal Work-Study Program
- July 8 from 1:00–2:30 p.m. (ET)
- Discussion will include a focus on the ins and outs of the program and how to meet its requirements, including discussions on student eligibility; proper packaging, funding, recordkeeping, and reporting; and more.
- Zoom information, including the link, is provided in the announcement.
The announcement also includes information on adding an iCalendar invite and downloading presentation materials in the FSA Training Center. A recording and transcript will be posted to the Training Center the week following the webinar.
Questions about the webinars can be directed to helpdesk.fsatraining@ed.gov.
