Scholarships & Financial Aid

The College of Human Sciences uses one online application to gather your information and consider you for appropriate scholarships from our pool of more than 100 scholarship funds.

To get the best chances of matching with CHS scholarship funds and to make the application process more efficient, read these instructions first, before submitting your application online.

Important: To ensure successful submission of your application, it is critical that you follow these steps in numerical order:

Windows user instructions

1. Download the appropriate PDF file below, save it to your local computer (desktop) or thumb drive.
2. Right-click on the file > Open with > Adobe Reader. You must open it in Adobe Reader only. If Adobe Reader is not on the list, download Adobe Reader at no cost.
3. Fill the PDF form, save, and click Submit.

MAC user instructions

1. Download the appropriate PDF file below, save it to your local computer (desktop) or thumb drive.
2. Press and hold Ctrl + Right-click on the downloaded PDF file > Open with > Adobe Reader. You must open it in Adobe Reader only. Do not open it in Adobe Acrobat, Preview, Pages, your web browser, or other software applications. If Adobe Reader is not on the list, download Adobe Reader at no cost.
3. Fill the PDF form, save, and click Submit.

   If you are getting “An error occurred during the submit process. The server has an invalid SSL certificate” error, please submit the PDF on a Windows/PC machine.

Applications

Incoming freshman CHS scholarship application (PDF)
Incoming transfer student CHS scholarship application (PDF)
Current undergraduate student CHS scholarship application (PDF)

Graduate students can visit the graduate student scholarship page for electronic application documents for CHS scholarships.

Special circumstances: Other scholarships are available for students in special circumstances. These must be applied for separately:

Undergraduate students presenting at national/international professional conferences
Students who study abroad
Students in grades 6, 7, 8
Heddleson Summer Internship Scholarship with ISU Families Extension

These forms cover college-level and department-level scholarships only. Completing this application will not submit you for university-level financial aid. Please apply separately for ISU (university-level) scholarships below.

To apply for department-level scholarships, when completing the CHS application form, fill out the section for your department in addition to completing the college portion. Be sure to read and follow the complete instructions and take note of the deadlines.

Some departments have lists of department scholarships available on their websites:

Human Development and Family Studies

Curriculum and Instruction

Kinesiology

You must apply for university-level scholarships and financial aid separately from College of Human Science and departmental scholarships.

Apply for university-level financial aid

Scholarship resources available outside of ISU:
Des Moines Women’s Club
Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program

State of Iowa resources for financial aid:
Iowa Teacher Shortage Forgivable Loan Program (University Teacher Education Program website)

Federal resources for financial aid:
Free application for federal student financial aid (FAFSA)
Federal loan/scholarship cancellation/deferment options for teachers (University Teacher Education Program web site)