Open Scholarships List
This is a list of scholarship opportunities (primarily for current/continuing students at ISU) that are currently open for application. Here you'll find brief descriptions of each scholarship opportunity with links to downloadable PDF files (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print) containing detailed announcements and application forms. As soon as we find out about an opportunity, we will post it here. The bulk of our scholarships for current/continuing students come available in the Spring months for awarding in the next academic year, however you will see some open up at other times during the year. We encourage you to check this list often.
Note: If you have trouble downloading any of the linked documents, please know that you can visit the Scholarship Office (Museum Bldg., 3rd Floor, Room 327) to view the announcements and to pick up application forms.
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- Abbott and Fenner Program - 2012-13 Academic Year -
Send a 500-1000 word essay including your full name and mailing address to scholarships@abbottandfenner.com Topic: "What was the most difficult time in your
life, and why? How did your perspective on life change as a result of this difficulty?" - Deadline - 06/15/12
Applications available at: http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm - AES Engineering Solutions - $500 available to award - 2012-13
Academic Year - Must be a full-time student - Must submit an essay of no more than 1,000 words in answer to the following question, "What are your dreams for your
future? When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful?" - Deadline - 10/05/12
Return essay to: scholarships@aesengineers.com - American Cancer Society Cancer Survivor College - $2,500
available to award - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 2.50 cumulative gpa - Must submit an essay of 500 words or less stating
how a scholarship from the American Cancer Society would help further your academic career. Include your educational, occupational, and personal goals in the
essay - Deadline - 02/24/12
Applications available at: http://www.cancer.org/MyACS/GreatWest/ProgramsandServices/childhood-cancer-survivor-college-scholarship-program - American Indian Services - Summer session 2012
(classes starting in
May) - Native American undergraduate students with minimum 2.25 cumulative gpa - Deadline - 02/15/12
Applications available at: https://secure.mytechsupport.com/~ais/students_application.html - American Indian Services - Summer session
2012 (classes starting in June) - Native American undergraduate students with minimum 2.25 cumulative gpa - Deadline - 05/15/12
Applications available at: https://secure.mytechsupport.com/~ais/students_application.html - Army ROTC Scholarship Program - Always Open - Scholarship benefits awarded up to annual amounts equal to tuition and allowable fees,
plus allowances for books and living expenses. There is an obligation to accept a commission in the US Army, National Guard, or US Army Reserve if awarded
this scholarship.
For more information contact the Idaho State University Military Science Dept. at (208) 282-4264 or visit their website at: http://military.isu.edu/rotc/ - ASISU - Fall 2012 Semester - Sophomore, Junior, Senior,
College of Technology, and Graduate students - Deadline - 03/02/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/ASISUApp.pdf - Fischel, Stephen K Memorial - Number and amount of
awards varies depends upon funding levels - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time incoming freshman (upper 20% of your high school class) or an undergraduate student (minimum 3.00 cumulative gpa) - Must be a first generation immigrant to the United States (must provide a copy of your Parent'(s)s I-551, Permanent Resident card (green card), or Certificate of Naturalization - Financial need is required - Deadline - 02/15/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/FischelApp.pdf - Gagon, Jessie Moore - Number and amount of awards varies
depending upon funding levels - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 3.00 cumulative gpa - Must be a resident of Caribou county
- Financial need is not required; however, other scholarship awards will be a consideration - Deadline - 02/15/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/GagonApp.pdf - Hispanic College Fund - Amounts vary: $500 - $10,000 -
2011-12 Academic Year - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 3.00 - 3.50 (depending upon scholarship) - Must have leadership, talent, and/or
academic ability that merits scholarship award - Financial need is required - Deadline - Various - First due date is 03/01/11
Applications available at: http://www.hispanicfund.org - Huntsman, Jon M. - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be an incoming
Freshman with a minimum 3.00 high school gpa - Must be a Resident of Southeastern Idaho - Financial need is required - Deadline - 03/30/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/HuntsmanApp.pdf - Image de Idaho del Sudeste Leadership - $250-$500 awards
for part-time - $500 awards for full-time students - Summer Session 2012 - Awards made to Hispanic & Non-Hispanic
students who have made contributions to the Hispanic Community - Must be a full-time or part-time student with a minimum 2.50 (3.00 for graduate students)
cumulative gpa - Financial need is not required - Deadline - 04/30/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/ImagedelSudApp.pdf - Image de Idaho del Sudeste Leadership - $250-$500 awards
for part-time - $500 awards for full-time students - Fall Semester 2012 - Awards made to Hispanic & Non-Hispanic students
who have made contributions to the Hispanic Community - Must be a full-time or part-time student with a minimum 2.50 (3.00 for graduate students) cumulative gpa -
Financial need is not required - Deadline - 06/30/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/ImagedelSudApp.pdf - ISU Women's Club - 3 awards up to $3,000 each (1 for current College
of Technology student, 1 for current Sophomore woman who will be a Junior in the Fall semester, and 1 for son or daughter of full-time ISU employee) -
2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 2.00 cumulative gpa (3.00 for graduate students) - Financial need is required -
Deadline - 03/20/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/ISUWCapp.pdf - Iwo Jima - Number and amount of awards varies depending upon
funding levels - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 3.00 cumulative gpa - 1st preference to Engineering majors, 2nd preference
to Nursing majors, 3rd preference to any major - Must be a descendent of a participant in the Battle of Iwo Jima; if no such candidates apply, the recipient
must be a descendent of any World War II Veteran - Financial need is not required - Deadline - 03/23/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/IwoJimaApp.pdf - Jacobsen, Ted and Florence Scholarship Fund -
Fall 2012 Semester - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 2.75 cumulative gpa - Must be an active and worthy member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints - Financial need is required - Deadline - 06/01/12
First Time Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/Jacobsen-NewApp.pdf
Renewal Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/Jacobsen-RENEWApp.pdf - Lazy K-Five Ranch - Amount available depends upon funding
levels - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time student majoring in Enginneering or Nursing with a minimum 2.50 cumulative gpa (3.00 for graduate students)
- Financial need is not required - Deadline - 02/24/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/Lazy_K-FiveApp.pdf - Minority Combined - Amounts vary: Approx. $250 to $3,000 -
2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 2.00 (3.00 for graduate students) cumulative gpa - Must be African American, Hispanic,
or Native American - Financial need is required - Deadline - 03/15/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/CombMinApp.pdf - Nova Corporation - $500 available - 2012-13 Academic Year -
Must be a full-time Sophomore or above student majoring in Business, Communications, Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Technology with a minimum
2.00 cumulative gpa - Must be an enrolled member of the Navajo Tribe and must be able to provide a Certificate of Indian Blood - Financial need is required -
Deadline - 02/29/12
Applications available at: http://www.www.nova-dine.com/scholarship.aspx - P E O Chapter BJ Memorial - $500 - $1,500
range - actual amount of award depends on funding - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time female College of Technology or Junior or above
student with a minimum 2.00 (3.00 for graduate students) cumulative gpa - May be individuals who have returned to school after a break in their
eduational goals - Must be within 2 years of graduation - Financial need is required - Deadline - 03/30/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/PEOBJMemApp.pdf - Pocatello Chapter of Credit Unions - $500 available to
award - Fall 2012 Semester - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 2.00 (3.00 for graduate students) cumulative gpa - Must be a member in good
financial standing of any of the following credit unions: Advantage Plus Federal Credit Union, ISU Credit Union, Pocahy Family Credit Union,
Pocatello Railroad Federal Credit Union, Pocatello Simplot Credit Union, Potelco United Credit Union, or SEI US Employees Federal Credit Union -
Financial need is required - Deadline - 04/15/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/PCCUapp.pdf - Sargent Memorial -
Number and amount of awards varies depending upon funding levels - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 2.00
cumulative (3.00 for graduate students) gpa - Must be a member of any P.E.O. Sisterhood, or a spouse, child, or grandchild of a living or
deceased member. Preference to applicants associated with Chapter BA of P.E.O. - Financial need is required - Deadline - 02/16/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/SargentMemApp.pdf - Scholarships for Disabled Students - Amount varies
- 2011-12 Academic Year - Must be a full-time High School Senior, Undergraduate, or Graduate student who is disabled or involved with the disabled community
- Financial need varies with scholarship - Deadline - Varies with scholarship
Applications available at: http://www.proyectovision.net/english/opportunities/scholarships.html -
Southeast
Idaho Wildland Firefighter Southern Zone Only Scholarship -
Spring 2012 Semester Award of $950, you must be a Wildland Firefighter in the Southern Zone of the BLM. Any Major, Any Class
Level, 2.50 min. GPA, Need is Not required.
Application Available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/SEIWildlandFirefighter-SouthernZoneOnlyApp.pdf - Steele-Reese Foundation -
Number and amount of awards varies depending upon funding levels - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 2.00 cumulative gpa
- Must be a Lemhi or Custer county high school graduates, including the following high schools: Challis, Leadore, Mackay, or Salmon - Financial need is
required - Deadline - 02/15/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/SteeleReeseApp.pdf - Stone, Kay Memorial - Number of awards and amounts
vary - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time Sophomore or above student majoring in Education or Nursing with a minimum 2.00 cumulative gpa (3.00
for graduate students) - Must be a graduate of Salmon High School - Financial need will be considered - Deadline - 04/20/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/KayStoneMemApp.pdf - Tri-Sigma Achievement - Amount availalble is dependent upon
funding levels - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time Sophomore or above student with a minimum 2.00 cumulative gpa - Must be an active Tri-Sigma member.
Award will go to the applicant with the most improved Spring 2012 semester gpa when compared to the applicant's final Fall 2011 semester gpa - Financial need is
not required - Deadline - 03/20/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/TriSigmaApp.pdf - U S Bank Internet Scholarship Program - 40 awards at
$1,000 - 2012-13 Academic Year - Open to high school seniors and college undergraduates - Random Drawing - Financial need not required - Deadline - 03/31/12
Applications available at: http://www.usbank.com/studentloans - Veteran Motor Car Club - Eastern Idaho Chapter
- Amount available is dependent upon funding - Fall 2012 Semester - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 2.50 cumulative gpa (3.00 for graduate students)
- Can be any major if related to a member of the Eastern Idaho Chapter - Veteran Motor Car Club of America - Must be a College of Technology
major if not related to a member of the Eastern Idaho Chapter - Veteran Motor Car Club of America - Financial need is not required - Deadline
- 03/01/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/EIDChapterVMCCapp.pdf - Zions Bank - 2 scholarships totaling $1,187.50 -
Spring 2012 Semester - Must be a full-time student with a minimum 2.50 cumulative gpa (3.00 for graduate students) - Financial need is required
(must be Pell eligible) - Deadline - 02/21/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/ZionsBankApp.pdf
Arts and Letters Majors
- None currently listed, but check with your major department.
Business Majors
- National Society of Accountants - $500-$1,000-$2,000 (Depending on Class Level) - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a part-time OR full-time Sophomore, Junior, or Senior majoring in Accounting with a minimum 3.00 cumulative gpa - Financial need is required - Deadline - 03/10/12
Applications available at: http://www.nsacct.org/foundation.asp - Native American Business Administration (NABA) - $1,000 available - Spring 2012 Semester - Must be a full-time Native American student majoring in Business with a minimum 2.00 cumulative gpa (3.00 for graduate students) - Financial need is required - Deadline - 02/18/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/NABAApp.pdf
Education Majors
- Bellon, Jerry J & Elner C - Amount available is dependent
upon funding levels - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time Junior or Senior student majoring in the Teacher Education program with a minimum 2.00 cumulative
gpa - Financial need is required - Deadline - 03/01/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/BellonCacciaApp.pdf - Caccia, Babe - Amount available is dependent upon funding
levels - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time Junior or Senior student majoring in the Teacher Education program with a minimum 2.00 cumulative gpa -
Preference to students pursuing coaching in educational settings, or those who have made coaching and interscholastic athletics an important part of their goals
and objectives. Student athletes sho have completed their eligibility and are within 30 hours of graduation from the teacher preparation program - Financial need
is required - Deadline - 03/01/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/BellonCacciaApp.pdf - Gorman, Dr. John B. Memorial - Amount available is dependent upon funding levels
- 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a full-time student majoring in the Department of Sport Science and PE who has demonstrated an interest and involvement in
Outdoor Recreation/Education with a minimum 2.00 cumulative gpa - Financial need is not required - Deadline - 02/25/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/GormanApp.pdf
Science and Engineering Majors
- National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM Scholarships in
Chemistry and Biochemistry - up to $10,000 annually - 2012-13 Academic Year (renewable annually)- Must be an undergraduate
student pursuing a BA, BS, or combined BS/MS in Chemistry and/or Biochemistry with a minimum 3.00 cumulative gpa - Must be planning to work
in the chemical or biochemical sciences or to attend a chemistry-related graduate program (Students intending to enter health professional
programs, such as pharmacy, medical, or dental school, are not eligible for this scholarship) - Financial need is required - Deadline - 04/02/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/NSF-S-STEMapp.pdf
- Physics Freshman - $3,000 available to award -
2012-13 Academic Year - Must be a current high school student who plans to be a full-time student at ISU at the time of award with a minimum 3.00 High School
gpa and a high ACT/SAT score - Must be a minimum of 16 years old on June 11, 2012 - Financial need is not required - Deadline - 03/05/12
Applications available at: http://www.physics.isu.edu/internships/intenship.html
- School of Engineering Combined - Actual amounts and number
of awards will depend upon funding levels - 2012-13 Academic Year - Must be full-time student majoring within the School of Engineering with a minimum 2.00 to 3.00
cumulative gpa (varies by scholarship) - Financial need varies by scholarship - Deadline - 03/27/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/SchoolofEngCombapp.pdf
Divison of Health Sciences Majors
- None currently listed, but check with your major department.
Pharmacy Majors
- None currently listed, but check with your major department.
College of Technology Majors
- College of Technology Combined - Fall 2012
Semester
- See detailed list of the scholarships this announcement/application covers on the
All Scholarships web page under Technology - Deadline - 03/02/12
Applications available at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/CombCoTapp.pdf - Goshen North Wind Farm Energy Scholarship -
$2,500 available to award - Spring 2012. Must be a full-time student with a minimum 3.0 cummulative
GPA - enrolled in the College of Tech - Energy Systems Wind Energy Technology Program (taking Wind Energy Courses). Must also reside in or be from
Bonneville County. Include your educational, occupational, and personal goals in the essay - Deadline - 02/29/2012
Applications avaliable at: http://www.isu.edu/scholar/forms/WindEnergyApp.pdf