Scholarships for ºÚÁÏÍø Students
Calling ºÚÁÏÍø Students!
The State of ºÚÁÏÍø has scholarships and grants for you.
Introducing ºÚÁÏÍø LAUNCH at ºÚÁÏÍø. A grant for ºÚÁÏÍø students to train in high-demand careers.
Applications for the ºÚÁÏÍø LAUNCH program are now open, through April 15, 2025. High school students are highly encouraged to apply early. Initial applications are due Nov. 30, 2024.
ºÚÁÏÍø LAUNCH
ºÚÁÏÍø LAUNCH is a grant program that provides students a one-time opportunity to have 80% of the tuition and fees at an eligible institution covered, up to a maximum amount of $8,000. With approximately 75 million dollars available for ºÚÁÏÍø LAUNCH funding, it is possible for this program to offer between 9,000 and 10,000 awards per year!
Students can receive up to one-half of the initial grant award in the first year of a program. However, for programs that are less than 12 months in length, students can use the full awarded amount (80% of tuition and fees up to $8,000) in one year.
- ºÚÁÏÍø LAUNCH application opens: October 1
- Initial applications due: November 30
- Contingent Award letters sent by: December 31, March 31 and May 31
- ºÚÁÏÍø LAUNCH application closes: April 15
- Graduate from an ºÚÁÏÍø High School or equivalent
- Be an ºÚÁÏÍø resident
- Be enrolled in or have applied to an in-demand career program at University of ºÚÁÏÍø
- Begin enrollment by Fall Semester after graduation
- Complete a Career Pathway Plan or equivalent
- Review the approved list of eligible in-demand careers
For renewal, students must:
- Earn at least a 2.0 cumulative U of I GPA
- Complete at least 67% of all attempted credits from the census date (10th day of class) through the end of the term. *A 66.50% completion percentage will round up to the required 67%*
- Enroll for and complete coursework each semester towards the LAUNCH-eligible major that leads to your in-demand career
- Be in continuous good standing with ºÚÁÏÍø Workforce Development Council (i.e. if a repayment is required, funds need to be repaid first, before subsequent LAUNCH fund disbursements are made)
ºÚÁÏÍø LAUNCH funds can help fund at U of I. The current list of approved careers has been provided by Next Steps. Here are the degrees that qualify:
- Accounting
- Advertising
- Agricultural Education
- Agricultural Science, Communications and Leadership
- Agricultural System Management
- Agriculture Commodity Risk Management
- Animal and Veterinary System
- Applied Finance
- Art
- Biochemistry
- Biological Engineering
- Biology
- Biotechnology and Plant Genomics
- Broadcasting and Digital Media
- Business Administration
- Business Economics
- Career and Technical Education
- Chemical Engineering
- Child Development
- Climate Change and Solutions
- Communication
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Conservation Biology
- Criminology
- Crop Science and Management
- Cybersecurity
- Early Childhood Education
- Earth and Spatial Sciences: Geography and Global Sustainability
- Earth and Spatial Sciences: Geological Sciences
- Earth and Spatial Sciences: Hydrology and Climate
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Elementary Education
- Enterprise Systems Integration
- Entomology
- Environmental Science
- Exercise, Sport and Health Sciences
- Finance
- Fire Ecology and Management
- Fire Safety
- Fisheries Science
- Food and Nutrition
- Food Science
- Forestry
- Forest and Sustainable Products
- Geographical Information Systems
- Geology
- Global Disease Ecology
- Horticulture and Urban Agriculture
- Industrial Technology
- Interior Architecture and Design
- Journalism
- Management and Human Resources
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Sciences
- Microbiology
- Music
- Music Education
- Music Performance: Instrumental
- Music Performance: Keyboard
- Music Performance: Vocal
- Natural Resources Enterprise Management
- Nutritional Science
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Organizational Sciences
- Physics
- Psychology
- Public Relations
- Rangeland Ecology and Management
- Recreation, Sport and Tourism Management
- Robotics Systems
- Sales Management
- Secondary Education
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Sustainable Food Systems
- Technical Program Management
- Technical Workforce Training
- Theatre Arts
- Water Science and Management
- Wildlife Sciences
The Financial Aid team is available to help with your ºÚÁÏÍø LAUNCH questions.
Phone: 208-885-6312
Toll-free: 1-888-884-3246
Fax: 208-885-5592
Email: finaid@uidaho.edu
For more specific LAUNCH questions, reach out to ºÚÁÏÍø Workforce Development Council:
Phone: 208-488-7575
Email: idaholaunch@wdc.idaho.gov
What's next?
Step 1: Apply to University of ºÚÁÏÍø
Step 2:
Step 3: Submit your FAFSA
Step 4: Become a Vandal!
Other Funding
Is the ºÚÁÏÍø LAUNCH grant not for you? The may be what you're looking for.
ºÚÁÏÍø Opportunity Scholarship
The ºÚÁÏÍø Opportunity Scholarship is awarded to ºÚÁÏÍø residents who have graduated, or will graduate, from an ºÚÁÏÍø high school, ºÚÁÏÍø home school or who pass a GED/HSE test in ºÚÁÏÍø. This scholarship is available to both new and renewal students.
The ºÚÁÏÍø Opportunity Scholarship awards up to $3,500 per academic year and is renewable for up to four years.
- Application Opens: Oct. 1
- Initial applications due: Nov. 30
- Round 1 Contingent Offers* sent via email: Dec. 31
- Deadline to submit FAFSA: March 1
- Application closes: March 1
- Round 2 Contingent Offers* sent via email: March 31
- Official Offers sent via email: by mid-April
*Contingent offers are NOT final until the State Board of Education:
- Verifies your 2024-25 FAFSA submission and;
- Ranks all applications based on need (FAFSA) and merit (GPA).
- Have an unweighted, cumulative GPA of at least 2.7
- Be an ºÚÁÏÍø resident
- Graduated or will graduate from an eligible ºÚÁÏÍø high school, ºÚÁÏÍø home school, or its equivalent (GED/HSE from ºÚÁÏÍø)
- Must attend during the upcoming academic year (fall semester)
- Must pursue a first bachelor’s degree
- Complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 1
- Must attend University of ºÚÁÏÍø