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Impact Scholars Program

Are you a student with an independent background? The Impact Scholars Program is about your success at Boise State.

“Your life has purpose. Your story is important. Your dreams count. Your voice matters. You were born to make an impact.” Rae Smith

Impact Scholars Program

About

Are you a student with an independent background**? The Impact Scholars Program is here to support your success by offering you individualized support, connections to campus and community resources and access to scholarships.

The Impact Scholars Program aims to:

  1. Engage Impact Scholars in academics, campus life and leadership development to help you take full advantage of college.
  2. Support Impact Scholars with financial planning, academic assistance and mentorships to promote retention and well-being.
  3. Equip Impact Scholars to achieve educational and career goals by creating opportunities for networking, civic engagement and scholarships.

**Independent Backgrounds include one or more of the following:

  • Foster Care: a minor placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the State agency has placement and care responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, placements in foster family homes, foster homes of relatives, group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, child care institutions, and pre-adoptive homes.
  • Orphan: a youth with both biological parents deceased.
  • Dependent or Ward of the Court:  a minor who was placed in the custody of a court appointed guardian or the court has assumed custody.
  • Legal guardianship: a minor placed in the custody of a court appointed guardian.
  • Kinship care: a minor placed in the custody of a relative by a court or Department of Human Services.
  • Homelessness in youth, without the presence of a parent or guardian and/or McKinney Vento Unaccompanied Youth.
  • Emancipation: a minor pursued a legal process before the age of 18 so biological parents no longer have custody.

Eligibility

To qualify for the Impact Scholars Program, you must:

  1. Be a current Boise State student or new freshman or transfer student, enrolled in classes.
  2. Be an undergraduate, degree-seeking student with an independent background (see above definitions).
  3. Apply for financial aid by completing the FAFSA.

Apply

To apply for the the Impact Scholars Program, please complete the following process:

  1. Review eligibility requirements above.
  2. Complete the Impact Scholars Application.**NOTE: If you receive an error upon clicking on the form link, please clear your cache or open the form in an incognito window. We are aware of the issue and are working on it.
  3. If you have not applied to Boise State yet, but would like to receive more information about the Impact Scholars Program, please contact the coordinator: (208) 426-1527 or annamoreshead@boisestate.edu.

Give

Are you a Boise State faculty, staff or alumni interested in mentoring our Impact Scholar students? Check out the commitment and apply today.

Mentor Application

Interested in financially supporting Impact Scholars’ success? Make your donation to the Impact Scholars Scholarship fund online below.

Make a Donation to Impact Scholars Scholarship Fund

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