The Robert R. Lee Promise Category A Scholarship provides between 20 and 40 new scholarships each year to academic scholars and professional-technical students. The award is $3,000 per year, renewable for up to four years for academic programs and for the term of the professional-technical program, up to three years. For the FY10 academic year we are able to award 22 new scholarships. Based upon the statutes and rules governing this scholarship there will be 17 academic and 5 professional-technical scholarships for a total of 22 new scholarships.
The Robert R. Lee Scholarship was established in honor of Senator Robert Lee from Rexburg who was instrumental in the formation of the program.
The Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship is a federally funded, state administered scholarship that recognizes exceptional high school seniors who show promise of continued excellence in the postsecondary educational system. Pending annual federal approval, the award is $1,500 per year, renewable for up to 4 years.