Transfer Achievement Award (TAA)
$19,500 ($6,500/year for up to 3 years*)
The Transfer Achievement Award is automatically awarded to all nonresidents who have been offered admission to Iowa State for the fall or spring semester and who have completed 30 transferable academic college semester credits with a minimum 3.25 cumulative transferable academic grade point average. (Remedial or career/technical credit does not contribute to the academic GPA.) This scholarship can be combined with Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships, but it cannot be stacked with the Transfer Success Award.
Requirements:
- Complete a minimum of 30 transferable academic semester credits
- Attain a minimum 3.25 cumulative transfer GPA on a 4.00 scale
- Enroll full-time at Iowa State immediately following enrollment at a previous higher education institution
- Preference is given to students who apply by May 1, 2024, for the upcoming fall semester
- Must be assessed nonresident tuition
- Must be pursuing the first bachelor's degree; students who have already earned an undergraduate degree are not eligible.
Transfer Success Award
$9,000 ($3,000/year for up to 3 years*)
The Transfer Success Award is automatically awarded to all nonresident transfer students who have been offered admission to Iowa State for the fall or spring semester and who have completed transferable academic college credits with a minimum 3.00 cumulative transferable academic grade point average. (Remedial or career/technical credit does not contribute to the academic GPA.) This scholarship can be combined with Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, but it cannot be stacked with the Transfer Achievement Award.
Requirements:
- Attain a minimum 3.00 cumulative transfer GPA on a 4.00 scale
- Enroll full-time at Iowa State following enrollment at a previous higher education institution
- Preference is given to students who apply by May 1, 2024, for the upcoming fall semester
- Must be assessed nonresident tuition
- Must be pursuing the first Bachelor’s degree; students who have already earned an undergraduate degree are not eligible.
Transfer Expedition Award
The Transfer Expedition Award can be stacked with the Transfer Achievement Award or Transfer Success Award.
Transfer Expedition Award
Generations Award
$4,500 ($1,500/year for up to 3 years)*
The Generations Award is awarded to students who have been offered admission to Iowa State as non-resident transfer students for the fall or spring semesters and whose parents, step-parents, legal guardians, grandparents, or great-grandparents are Iowa State graduates. A graduate is defined as any person who has been awarded a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree from Iowa State. In order to be considered for this scholarship, students must provide information so the graduation of the parent, step-parent, legal guardian, grandparent, or great-grandparent may be verified.
Generations Award
* To renew the Generations Award, the Transfer Achievement Award, and the Transfer Success Award, the student must remain continuously enrolled at Iowa State University on a full-time basis as an out-of-state resident in good academic standing with a minimum of 12 credits per semester, be assessed nonresident tuition, and maintain a minimum 2.50 cumulative grade point average. This award is not available for the summer term.
