21st Century Scholarship – Details and Application Guide

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21st Century Scholarship is targeted at scholars attending or intending to school at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. This scholarship covers undergraduate tuition at the university for up to four years (12–18 credits per semester). Students who meet the requirements and enroll as 21st Century Scholars in seventh or eighth grade are eligible for the state of Indiana’s 21st Century Scholarship.

To be eligible for your scholarship, you must fulfill many requirements while still in high school, sign the 21st Century Pledge, submit your FAFSA, and submit an online application.

You must submit a fresh FAFSA by the April 15 priority deadline, demonstrate satisfactory academic progress, and complete 30 credit hours per year to renew your scholarship each year. Additionally, each year, finish the College Scholar Success Program by updating ScholarTrack.in.gov with your progress.

Host Schools

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

Values/Inclusions

Not stated

Requirements

  1. Be an Indiana resident at the time of application and during the scholarship’s term of the award (determined by the residency of the parent or legal guardian).
  2. Fit one of these descriptions:
  3. A citizen or national of the United States (including residents of American Samoa or Swain’s Island);
  4. A permanent resident of the United States with an I-151, I-551, or I-551C. (Alien Registration Receipt Card)
  5. Un no ciudadano con cualquier de las designaciones que siguen (A non-citizen with any of the following designations):

Refugee, Asylee, Indefinite Parole, and/or Humanitarian Parole, and Cuban-Haitian Entrant, Pending Status

  1. Attend a public or private school in Indiana that is accredited by the Indiana Department of Education and be enrolled in the 7th or 8th grade.
  2. Foster children may apply after the eighth grade.
  3. Students who are homeschooled are not permitted to apply for the 21st Century Scholars program.
  4. Be a part of a family that satisfies the income requirements. For current income requirements, see the chart below. Students must adhere to the income requirements both at the time of admission and each subsequent year of college. Learn more in English or Spanish about the financial policies for college students.
  5. A pupil who is in foster care is exempt from this requirement.
  6. An eighth- or seventh-grade kid under legal guardianship is exempt from this requirement.

HOUSEHOLD SIZE MAXIMUM ANNUAL INCOME

2 $33,874

3 $42,606

4 $51,338

5 $60,070

6 $68,802

7 $77,534

8 $86,266

Add $8,732 for each extra family member.

How to apply

Send in your application

Visit ScholarTrack.IN.gov to start your application. To register for ScholarTrack, you must supply your name and email address. To apply, click “My Account.”

After the application is received, you will get an email with a summary of your scholarship enrollment details and instructions on how to enroll in the program. Please, note that all 21st Century Scholars applications must be turned in before June 30 of the qualifying student’s eighth-grade year.

Make sure you have the following before applying:

  1. Your (student’s) address, birthdate, and Social Security number
  2. If appropriate, the ITIN or Social Security number of your parent or legal guardian.
  3. Gross income figures from the prior year for each of your family members (Example: if you are applying after December 31, 2020, use 2020 income figures).
  4. A legitimate email address. Yahoo!, Gmail, and Live all provide free email accounts and you can use any of them.
  5. If you are applying for legal guardianship, get a court document to validate/authenticate your application.

During the application process, you will:

  1. Respond to the scholarship enrollment questions.
  2. Specify your (students’) contact details like your residential address, phone, email, school information, and SSN.
  3. Agree with the 21st Century Scholar Pledge.
  4. Enter your parent’s or guardian’s income data.
  5. Examine and send the application.

Utilizing a Local School or Community Group to Submit an Application

Your child’s school counselor could agree to submit an online application on your behalf using the Scholar Enrollment Worksheet if you don’t have access to the online application (available in other languages here). Once you’ve given your counselor all the necessary enrollment information, you can ask them for assistance with the application and direct them to this website.

Acceptance Rate

This scholarship program has a low rate as it applies only to students of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Deadline

April 15.

Contact

Indianapolis, IN 46204, 101 W. Ohio Street, Suite 300, 1-888-528-4719.

Any other information

Find more information at the scholarship online portal.

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