Scholarships

Opportunity Scholarship

The Idaho Opportunity Scholarship Application is now available for the 2008-2009 school year!

Please follow these three easy steps to ensure you have accurately applied for the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship:

Fill out the FAFSA by or before March 1, 2008 (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/)
Complete the two-page Idaho Opportunity Scholarship Application, print the application, and sign the application (page 1) and FERPA release form (page 2)
Mail to: Student Affairs Program Manager, Office of the State Board of Education, P.O. Box 83720, Boise, Idaho 83720, no later than March 1, 2008

Opportunity Scholarship Application (.pdf)

Renewal Form (for current recipients of the Opportunity Scholarship)

In 2007, Idaho Legislators voted overwhelmingly to fund "The Opportunity Scholarship."

The demand for a well qualified, well educated workforce was just one of the driving forces behind the creation of Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter’s "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 they would be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship.

In 2007, The Idaho Legislature approved a $10 million dollar appropriation to start the Opportunity Scholarship fund. Governor Otter’s goal is to grow that corpus to approximately $100 million dollars, giving Idaho students and their families access to approximately $10 million dollars a year in actual scholarship monies, funded entirely by interest earnings, thus eliminating any burden to the Idaho taxpaying public.

Eligibility:

To qualify applicants must:

Be an Idaho resident
Be a graduate from an Idaho high school or its equivalent (GED from Idaho)
Apply for Federal Financial Aid, FAFSA, prior to March 1 of each year at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Accept all federal grant aid that is made available
Enroll as a full-time undergraduate student at an eligible Idaho college or university, and maintain satisfactory academic progress for financial aid purposes at their institution. See program rules for more details.

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In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, this application will be provided in alternate form upon request.