# ScholarPulse FAFSA Strategy Advisor

> ScholarPulse FAFSA Strategy Advisor is a paid API for AI agents from scholarpulse-bice.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a Student Aid Index estimate, Pell Grant eligibility, maximize-aid actions, asset protection strategy, and filing deadlines based on family financial profile

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://scholarpulse-bice.vercel.app/api/fafsa
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scholarpulse-fafsa-strategy-advisor-deb09ae0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_zJ8tJslfPnXhPwqPWLttQ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability scholarpulse-fafsa-strategy-advisor-deb09ae0
```

Example prompt: My family of 4 has a combined income of $65,000, about $12,000 in savings, and my daughter is starting college next fall — can you estimate our Student Aid Index, check if she qualifies for a Pell Grant, and tell us what asset moves we should make before filing FAFSA plus all the deadlines we need to hit?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when a student or parent agent needs a full FAFSA strategy in one call — covering SAI estimation, Pell eligibility, asset repositioning advice, and deadline tracking — rather than just a raw financial aid estimate or scholarship search.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required financial inputs such as income or family size returns an error
- Ambiguous dependency status (dependent vs independent student) may produce inaccurate SAI estimate
- Very high income households may receive generic results with no Pell eligibility
- Deadline information may lag if state-level deadlines have recently changed

## How this service works

ScholarPulse: real-time scholarship and student finance intelligence for 190+ countries. Scholarship search, Erasmus+, FAFSA strategy, loan forgiveness, degree ROI, and merit aid. Pay-per-query via x402 on Base.

## Output

Returns an estimated Student Aid Index (SAI) value, Pell Grant eligibility determination, a prioritized list of actions to maximize financial aid, asset protection and repositioning strategies, and upcoming FAFSA filing deadlines relevant to the student's situation.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "year": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "freshman | sophomore | junior | senior | graduate"
      },
      "assets": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "optional — savings, investments; NOT retirement accounts"
      },
      "income": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "75000 (household AGI)"
      },
      "family_size": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "dependency_status": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "dependent | independent (optional)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "sai_estimate": {
   "confidence": "medium",
   "student_aid_index": "8,200-9,500"
  },
  "pell_eligibility": {
   "likely": false,
   "estimated_annual": "$0"
  },
  "maximize_aid_actions": [
   {
    "action": "Maximize retirement contributions before FAFSA filing date",
    "impact": "high"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

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