The CSI Scholarship Application available through MyCSI Self Service covers over 200 CSI Foundation scholarships including the CSI Presidential, Laura Moore Cunningham Scholarship, and the New Hope scholarship.
CSI along with the CSI Foundation awards over $1,000,000 in scholarships annually. These awards recognize students’ achievements in academic, technical, art, music, drama, athletic, and leadership skills.
Yes, if you are an incoming freshman or transfer student then transcripts need to be received in the CSI Admission Office in order to complete your scholarship application. Priority deadline will apply to receipt of transcript, just like the scholarship application. Current CSI students do NOT need to submit a transcript.
Please visit Transcript Info to learn more about transcript requirements.
Each scholarship application will designate the required documents needed to complete the application. Please make sure to read each scholarship application instructions carefully.
You may still submit your CSI Scholarship Application after the March 1st deadline for consideration of any open scholarships. Your application will be reviewed for 2nd Round scholarships.
Second Round is the process of awarding scholarship dollars from any previously awarded funds within the current school year that students became ineligible to retain. Second round closes after the 6th week in fall/spring semester or until funding is gone.
Yes, beginning in October of each year the CSI Scholarship Application will be available for the upcoming school year. Each school year is a separate awarding year.
After you complete the CSI Scholarship Application follow the steps below:
Scholarship aid offers will be sent to students via email for the upcoming school year. The student will receive an aid offer from the College of Southern Idaho with guidelines and requirements of the pending award(s).
Students will need to respond within the timeframe to accept or decline scholarships through MyCSI Self Service. August 1st is the deadline for accepting scholarship awards for priority awarding. Students that are not awarded scholarships will receive a regret letter via email.
Priority Applicants will receive notice of awards by May. Second Round applicants will receive notice as availability of funding allows. Students who are not awarded scholarships will receive a scholarship application status letter via email.
A first-generation student is any student whose parents have not completed a college degree.
A first-time student is any degree-seeking freshman student who has never attended any college or university as a degree-seeking student. First-time students may have college-level credit through a high school dual-credit or equivalent program, but may not have directly attended the College of Southern Idaho, or another college or university, as a degree-seeking student.