Federal Pell Grants, which have helped generations of low- and moderate-income ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder students afford higher education, turned 50 years old on June 23. The Pell Grant program helps more than 4,000 ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder students annually and nearly 7 million recipients nationwide.