Freshman Scholarships

Rules for Freshman Scholarships for 2024-25

Entering freshmen who plan to enroll as full-time, on-campus students each semester (minimum of 12 credits) are eligible to apply for most freshman scholarships. Online-only, transfer, and returning Indiana State University students are not eligible for these scholarship opportunities. To receive first consideration for many freshman scholarships, students must be admitted to Indiana State University by December 1.

Competitive Scholarships

• President's Scholarship
• Center for Leadership Development Scholarship
• Gongaware Scholarship
• Networks Scholarship
• Rural Health Scholarship
• University Honors Scholarship
• Warren M. Anderson Scholarship
• Sycamore String Quartet Program Scholarship
• President's Academic Excellence Scholarship
• Creative and Performing Arts Award
• Sycamore Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

Admission-Based Scholarships

• Academic Excellence Scholarship
• Academic Distinction Scholarship
• Academic Merit Scholarship
• Child of Alumni Textbook Scholarship
• Illinois Student Scholarship
• Incentive Scholarship
• International Scholar Award
• Kentucky Student Scholarship
• Midwest Achievement Scholarship
• Midwest Consortium Scholarship
• Ohio Student Scholarship
• 21st Century Scholars Housing Scholarship
• 21st Century Scholars Textbook Scholarship

About the Textbook Scholarships

To qualify for Indiana State’s textbook scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year, students must be new freshmen enrolled full-time, taking a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester.

The scholarships are designed to help students save money on textbooks so they can be fully prepared for classes. They must be used at the Indiana State University Barnes & Noble Bookstore, and they are specifically for textbooks. The scholarships may not be used for clothing or other school supplies.

How to Access the Scholarships

Beginning August 1, you will have a spending balance at Indiana State’s Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Fall spending for textbook scholarships closes December 1. If you have a balance on your account in the fall, after purchasing your textbooks, that balance will roll over to the spring semester. All of your textbook scholarship money for the academic year must be spent by April 1. There are no refunds.

To use your textbook scholarship, visit the Bookstore, use your course schedule to select your textbooks, tell the cashier you are a textbook scholarship recipient (a 21st Century Textbook Award recipient or a Child of Alumni Textbook Award recipient, for example), and present your University ID. The cashier will verify the available funds and apply the award to your purchase.

Visit the Barnes & Noble Bookstore

If you have questions, contact the University Scholarship Office at 1-800-GO-TO-ISU or email scholarships@indstate.edu.