Presidential Scholarships - Incoming students
Students with academic promise may be eligible for financial assistance. USI offers many campus wide awards, including Presidential Scholarships which provide full four-year scholarships to qualified Indiana high school valedictorians and salutatorians. Regional Academic Scholarships and Non-Resident Grants substantially reduce tuition costs for qualifying students from Illinois and Kentucky. A Non-Resident Top Scholar Award recognizes qualifying new freshmen from out of state. Find out about the variety of scholarships available to new students by contacting the Office of Admission or the Office of Student Financial Assistance at USI. www.usi.edu/finaid/

Nationally competitive scholarships
USI has a commitment to helping students learn about and apply for nationally competitive scholarships that will enrich their educational experience. These include such programs as the Goldwater, Truman, and Fulbright awards. Prestigious scholarships are available for students in almost any major. Some, such as the Goldwater Scholarship, may offer a significant financial award to assist with the cost of USI tuition or other study in the United States. Many of the awards fund opportunities to study at locations around the world. Special faculty mentors guide interested students through the application process. www.usi.edu/scholarships/

The Portz Fund is named in honor of the late John and Edythe Portz. Dr. John Portz was the first director of the University Honors Program at the University of Maryland, College Park and one of the founders of the National Collegiate Honors Council, serving as one of its first presidents and editor of the National Honors Review. John and Edythe were actively involved in honors education for many years and often traveled the country to visit various honors programs. Both cared deeply about students, study abroad, student scholarship, and innovation within honors programs and colleges. In recognition of their many contributions to NCHC, a committee, the Portz Fund Committee, was named and the Portz Scholars program created in their honor. Portz Fund grants for innovations in honors programs and colleges are awarded twice a year. Three Portz Scholars are selected each year and are featured at the annual NCHC conference.

Read about the Portz application process here.
More information about the Portz Grants and a Portz Grant application are available here:
Call for Portz Grant Applications
Portz Grant Application
More information about Portz Scholars and a Portz Scholar application are available here:
Call for Portz Scholars Nominations
Portz Scholars Applications

Associate Professor of Economics