State of Idaho Scholarships

The Idaho State Board of Education provides assistance to Idaho students seeking information on funding their post- secondary education. Please visit the State Board of Education's Scholarships and Financial Aid website at: http://www.boardofed.idaho.gov/scholarship/
 
Idaho Opportunity Scholarship
This scholarship is designed to be a last dollars mechanism; meaning that a student must apply for federal financial aid and have a self or family contribution element before being eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship.

Robert R. Lee Promise Category A Scholarship
The Robert R. Lee Promise Category A Scholarship provides approximately 25 new scholarships each year to academic scholars and professional-technical students. The award is $3,000 per year, renewable up to four years for academic programs and for the term of the professional- technical program, up to three years.

Robert R. Lee Promise Category B Scholarship
All freshmen entering an eligible Idaho college or university for the first time and who graduated from an Idaho high school or its equivalent may be eligible to receive the Robert R. Lee Category B Scholarship.  The Robert R. Lee Promise Category B Scholarship will provide approximately $200 per semester for up to four semesters.

Freedom Scholarship
The Freedom Scholarship provides a waiver of fees plus up to $500 per semester for books in addition to on-campus housing and subsistence to children of Idaho citizens determined by the federal government to have been prisoners of war, missing in action, or killed in action or died of injuries or wounds sustained in action in southeast Asia, including Korea, or who shall become so hereafter, in any area of armed conflict in which the United States is a party.
Awardees must attend an Idaho public college or university and meet all requirements for regular admission. Educational benefits shall not exceed a total of thirty-six (36) months or four (4) nine (9) month periods.

Public Safety Officer Dependent Scholarship
Dependents of full-time Idaho public safety officers employed in Idaho and who were killed or disabled in the line of duty are eligible to attend an Idaho postsecondary institution with a full waiver of fees. The scholarship also covers the costs of books, equipment and supplies, up to $500 per semester. In addition, on-campus housing and a campus meal plan are provided to the dependents.

Governor's Cup Scholarship
The Idaho Governor's Cup Scholarship provides approximately 12 awards to Idaho high school seniors planning to attend an Idaho college or university.

The number of awards is conditional on the availability of funds. Awards will be available to scholars pursuing academic and professional-technical education. The $3,000 award is renewable for up to four years for academic scholars, and for the term of the chosen program, up to three years, for professional/technical students.

Robert C. Byrd Scholarship
This scholarship is a federally funded program awarded on the basis of merit. Its availability is contingent upon continued funding.  The award is $1,500 per year, renewable for up to four years.