Students who are offered this award by the Admissions Office and accept it will abide by the following terms and conditions.

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2023-2024 Terms & Conditions

Fall 2023-Spring 2024

Award Title

HB 118

Value

Approximately $60,000; approximately $15,000 per year for four years
(Pays towards the nonresident portion of tuition charges. Recipients are responsible for resident tuition rates.)

Eligibility

Must be a foreign national admitted to the United States and attended a Utah high school for three or more years.

Conditions

  • This scholarship will pay towards undergraduate tuition at Logan or Statewide Campuses (will not pay towards tuition charges for out-of-state online)
  • While enrolled at USU on this scholarship, you cannot count the time towards the 12-month residency requirement. You are not able to establish UT residency while on this award

Award Retention Requirements

  • This scholarship is available for 4 years (8 semesters)
  • To retain this award, 24 credits must be earned between fall and spring semesters. To meet this requirement, you are encouraged to enroll full-time (12-18 credits) each semester. To accommodate course registration, this award will pay at 9+ credits. If you are only enrolling one semester during the academic year, you must earn a minimum of 12 credits that semester to retain this award.

Accepting Your Award

  • Scholarship automatically accepted upon enrollment confirmation

Declining Your Award

  • If you confirm your enrollment to USU but prefer to decline your award, email Office of Admissions

Deferral and Notification of Leave

  • Scholarships may be held to a future semester for extenuating illness, military, or humanitarian service
  • Deferment must be processed through the Office of Admissions. A deferral is for admitted students who have not started classes at USU.
  • To hold this award, submit a Notification of Leave. A Notification of Leave is for current USU students who need to take a leave of absence from the university. Students who have have only completed concurrent enrollment classes should use the deferral process.

Terms of Award

Student resides in Utah and is eligible for HB144/HB118.

The scholarship is applied in consecutive semesters (excluding summer semester) beginning the first term of enrollment at USU unless a Deferment or Notification of Leave has been submitted.  

Any unpaid expenses may result in the loss of their classes. Review payment deadlines.

Tuition can only be covered once. If the student has been offered tuition-based academic scholarships or waivers covering in total more than 100% tuition, they will contact Student Financial Support to discuss their options. This scholarship is not a cash award. After 100% of tuition charges are paid, any remaining balance of this award will be not be refunded to the student.

If the student has previously received an academic scholarship, the new offer replaces the previous academic award.

This scholarship may be revoked should the student attend another institution of higher education. The student is able to attend another institution of higher education during the summer semester, but attending during the normal academic year (fall/spring) may result in the cancellation of this award.