Scholarships for Idaho Students

Idaho 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 Idaho 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.

• Idaho LAUNCH application opens: October 1
• Initial applications due: November 30
• Contingent Award letters sent by: December 31, March 31 and May 31
• Idaho LAUNCH application closes: April 15

• Graduate from an Idaho High School or equivalent
• Be an Idaho resident
• Be enrolled in or have applied to an in-demand career program at University of Idaho
• Begin enrollment by Fall Semester after graduation
• Complete a Career Pathway Plan or equivalent
• Review the approved list of eligible in-demand careers

Idaho LAUNCH funds can help fund many programs 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
• Athletic Leadership
• Biochemistry
• Biological Engineering
• Biology
• Biotechnology and Plant Genomics
• Broadcasting and Digital Media
• Business Administration
• Business Analytics
• Business Economics
• Business Leadership
• Career and Technical Education
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Child Development
• Climate Change
• 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
• Ecology and Ecosystems Science
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering
• Elementary Education
• Enterprise Systems Integration
• Entomology
• Entrepreneurship
• Environmental Hydrogeology
• Environmental Science
• Exercise, Sport and Health Sciences
• Finance
• Fire Ecology and Management
• Fire Safety
• Food and Nutrition
• Food Science
• Forestry
• Forest and Sustainable Products
• Forest Nursery Management and Technology
• Forest Operations and Technology
• Geographic Information Systems — Certificate
• 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 Resource Management
• Natural Resources Enterprise Management
• Nutritional Science
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Organizational Dynamics
• Organizational Sciences
• Physics
• Precision Agriculture
• Promotions and Digital Marketing
• Psychology
• Public Relations
• Rangeland Ecology and Management
• Recreation, Sport and Tourism Management
• Remote Sensing of Environment
• Restoration Ecology
• Robotics Systems
• Sales Management
• Secondary Education
• Small Business Management
• Social Media Management
• Sociology
• Statistics
• Sustainable Food Systems
• Technical Program Management
• Technical Workforce Training
• Technical Writing
• Theatre Arts
• Trading and Capital Management
• Tribal Natural Res Stewardship
• Water Science and Management
• Wildland Fuel and Fire Technology
• Wildlife Sciences

The Financial Aid team is available to help with your Idaho 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 Idaho Workforce Development Council:
Phone: 208-488-7575
Email: idaholaunch@wdc.idaho.gov

The Idaho Opportunity Scholarship is awarded to Idaho residents who have graduated, or will graduate, from an Idaho high school, Idaho home school or who pass a GED/HSE test in Idaho. This scholarship is available to both new and renewal students.

The Idaho 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 Idaho resident
• Graduated or will graduate from an eligible Idaho high school, Idaho home school, or its equivalent (GED/HSE from Idaho)
• 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 Idaho