Alumni Stipend Scholarship

The Alumni Legacy Stipend is a one-time $2,000 award. Eligible candidates must be full-time continuing Boise State students who are at least sophomores in class standing with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0, and who have at least one relative who is a Boise State alumna/us. Four stipends are awarded each spring to students who live in the four defined geographic regions (one per region, based on the location of graduating High School):

• North Idaho/NE Washington: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Pend Oreille, Shoshone; Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman
• East Idaho: Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Clark, Custer, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, Oneida, Power, Teton
• South Central Idaho: Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Twin Falls
• Treasure Valley: Ada, Adams, Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, Owyhee, Valley, Washington

Scholarship Application Minimum Requirements:

• The relative of the applicant is preferably a parent, step-parent, legal guardian, grandparent, or great-grandparent (rather than an aunt, uncle, sibling, etc.) of an alumna/us of Boise State University, Boise State College, or Boise Junior College
• Applicant must be a relative of an alumna or alumnus of Boise State. (An individual who has completed at least 25 credits qualifies as an alumna/us of Boise State.) Preference will be given to a relative who is a graduate.
• The relative is preferably a current dues-paying member of the Boise State University Alumni Association
• Minimum unweighted cumulative GPA of 3.0
• Enrolled as a full-time fee-paying student; undergraduate or graduate student
• Completed Essay (no more than 250 words) “What does Blue Turf thinking mean to you?” For more information on Blue Turk thinking, please visit https://www.boisestate.edu/news/2021/08/19/blue-turf-thinking-at-boise-state/.