Wisconsin Talent Incentive Scholarship

Accepting Applications

About the Scholarship

Opens: 1/1/2024

Closes: 12/31/2024

The Wisconsin Talent Incentive Scholarship provides financial assistance for college to needy and educationally disadvantaged students in Wisconsin.

Win up to

$1,800

Essay Required: No
Need-Based: Yes
Merit-Based: No
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Requirements

This program is open to residents of Wisconsin entering a college or university in the state who meet the requirements of both financial need and educational disadvantage.

Financial need qualifications include 1) family contribution (a dependent student whose expected parent contribution is $200 or less or an independent student whose maximum academic year contribution is $200 or less); 2) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Wisconsin Works (W2) benefits (a dependent student whose family is receiving TANF or W2 benefits or an independent student who is receiving TANF or W2 benefits); or 3) unemployment (a dependent student whose parents are ineligible for unemployment compensation and have no current income from employment, or an independent student and spouse, if married, who are ineligible for unemployment compensation and have no current income from employment).

Educational disadvantage qualifications include students who are 1) members of a qualifying minority group (African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, or students who were admitted to the United States after December 31, 1975, and who are former citizens of Laos, Vietnam, or Cambodia or whose ancestor was a citizen of 1 of those countries); 2) enrolled in a special academic support program due to insufficient academic preparation; 3) a firstgeneration college student (neither parent graduated from a 4-year college or university); 4) disabled according to the Department of Workforce Development, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, or a Wisconsin college or university that uses the Americans with Disabilities Act definition; 5) currently or formerly incarcerated in a correctional institution, or 6) from an environmental or academic background that deters the pursuit of educational plans.

Students already in college are not eligible.

Details

Pursued Degree Level

Associate Degree, Bachelor's Degree

Current Grade

High School Senior

Location

Country: US
State: WI

Condition

Disability

Situation

First-Generation College Student

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