The Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System is the system through which Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG), Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant), National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant), Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) awards are processed.

Operational communications and guidance, technical documents, and related information specific to the COD System are provided on this page. Electronic Announcements about the COD System are available below. Related resource information is available on the right side of this page.

To access the Grants page, click here.
To access the Direct Loans page, click here.
To access the EDESuite page, click here.

Electronic Announcements

The 15 most current Electronic Announcements specific to the COD System are listed below. To view more Electronic Announcements about the COD System, click here.

02/10/2012 - (COD System) Subject: COD Processing Update
02/10/2012 - (General) Subject: SAIG Upgrade - Upcoming Enrollment Changes and Software Upgrade for EDconnect Users
02/08/2012 - (General) Subject: TFA Information - Token Distribution and E-mails for Schools in Group 1
02/07/2012 - (General) Subject: Washington's Birthday Federal Holiday Processing and Customer Service Hours
02/03/2012 - (COD System) Subject: COD Processing Update
01/30/2012 - (Grants) Subject: Operational Implementation Guidance - Implementation of 2012-2013 Federal Pell Grant Payment and Disbursement Schedules
01/27/2012 - (COD System) Subject: COD Processing Update
01/23/2012 - (COD System) Subject: 2012-2013 COD Technical Reference (January 2012 Update)
01/20/2012 - (COD System) Subject: COD Processing Update
01/18/2012 - (COD System) Subject: TFA Information - Two Factor Authentication Implementation Information for the COD Web Site
01/13/2012 - (EDESuite) Subject: Beta Test Volunteers Needed for EDExpress 2012-2013, Release 2.0
01/13/2012 - (COD System) Subject: COD Processing Update
01/13/2012 - (General) Subject: High-Level Overview - New Technology Security Initiatives for Federal Student Aid Systems 2012
01/10/2012 - (General) Subject: OUTAGE ALERT - Federal Student Aid Web Site Outages Scheduled for January 13-15, 2012
01/06/2012 - (COD System) Subject: COD Processing Update