How to Apply

To be eligible, students must meets ALL of the following requirements:

1. Is enrolled at Southern Oregon University.
2. Has a need for academic support in order to pursue successfully a postsecondary educational program (This criteria is broadly defined, and may include but not limited to low GPA, low entrance or placement test scores, a need for assistance in completing college level math course, and/or being a transfer student or nontraditional student, among others).

AND students must meet at least ONE of these criteria:

• First generation college student (the parents or person that raised you does not have a bachelor’s degree);
• Meet the low income eligibility criteria (means an individual whose family’s taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150 percent of the poverty amount – according with yearly Federal TRIO Programs Low Income Levels) or
• Have a disability.

(Effective January 11, 2024 until further notice)

For family units with more than eight members, add the following amount for each additional family member: $8,070 for the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia and outlying jurisdictions; $10,095 for Alaska; and $9,285 for Hawaii.

The term “low-income individual” means an individual whose family’s taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150 percent of the poverty level amount.

The figures shown under family income represent amounts equal to 150 percent of the family income levels established by the Census Bureau for determining poverty status. The poverty guidelines were published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register on January 17, 2024 and are effective as of January 11, 2024.