Scholarships available for Illinois students

There are a number of scholarships and grants sponsored by Illinois government agencies. Please use the links below to find them.

• John Lewis Youth Leadership Award
• Illinois Student Assistance Commission Scholarships
  Programs denoted with an asterisk (*) are available to undergraduate students only, and programs with a double-asterisk (**) are available to graduate students only. All other programs are for both undergraduate and graduate students.
  • Illinois Special Education Teacher Tuition Waiver (SETTW) Program
  • Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity (ECACE) Scholarship Program *
  • Displaced Energy Worker Dependent Transition Scholarship Program
  • School Social Work Scholarship **
  • Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois *
  • Deceased, Disabled, and MIA-POW Veterans’ Dependents Scholarship
  • Nursing Education Scholarship
  • Illinois Graduate and Retain our Workforce (iGROW) Tech Scholarship Program *
  • Teachers of Illinois Scholarship Program
  • GEAR UP Scholarship *

Consult the individual scholarship information for application instructions and deadlines. Other scholarships may be available.

This message is being posted as a community service. The scholarships are not offered by KCC.

To learn about scholarships offered by KCC, visit www.kcc.edu/scholarships. The KCC scholarship application is open every year from Oct. 1 to May 1.