# § 12603. Determination of the amount of the educational award
**(a)** **Amount for full-time national service** section 12602(a) of this titlesection 1070a of title 20
Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual described in who successfully completes a required term of full-time national service in an approved national service position shall receive a national service educational award having a value equal to the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant under that a student eligible for such Grant may receive in the aggregate (without regard to whether the funds are provided through discretionary or mandatory appropriations), for the award year for which the national service position is approved by the Corporation.
**(b)** **Amount for part-time national service** section 12602(a) of this title
Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual described in who successfully completes a required term of part-time national service in an approved national service position shall receive a national service educational award having a value equal to 50 percent of value of the national service educational award determined under subsection (a).
**(c)** **Award for partial completion of service** section 12593(c)(1)(A) of this title
If an individual serving in an approved national service position is released in accordance with from completing the full-time or part-time term of service agreed to by the individual, the Corporation may provide the individual with that portion of the national service educational award approved for the individual that corresponds to the quantity of the term of service actually completed by the individual.
**(d)** **Amount for summer of service** section 12602(a) of this title
An individual described in who successfully completes a required summer of service term shall receive a summer of service educational award having a value, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to $500 (or, at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer, equal to $750 in the case of a participant who is economically disadvantaged).
**(e)** **Amount for silver scholars** section 12602(a) of this title
An individual described in who successfully completes a required silver scholar term shall receive a silver scholar educational award having a value of $1,000.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 147, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 102(a), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 819; amended Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1404, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1515.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior was classified to prior to the general amendment of subtitle D of title I of [former part D of this subchapter] by .
### Amendments
2009—, substituted section catchline for former section catchline.
Subsec. (a). , amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an individual described in who successfully completes a required term of full-time national service in an approved national service position shall receive a national service educational award having a value, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to 90 percent of—
“(1) one-half of an amount equal to the aggregate basic educational assistance allowance provided in (as in effect on ), for the period referred to in section 3013(a)(1) of such title (as in effect on ), for a member of the Armed Forces who is entitled to such an allowance under section 3011 of such title and whose initial obligated period of active duty is 2 years; less
“(2) one-half of the aggregate basic contribution required to be made by the member in section 3011(b) of such title (as in effect on ).”
Subsec. (b). , struck out “, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service,” after “having a value”.
Subsecs. (d), (e). , added subsecs. (d) and (e).
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2009 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date
Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1993 Amendment note under , Conservation.