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21st Century Scholars
Indiana’s 21st Century Scholars Program offers income-eligible Indiana students up to four years of paid tuition at an eligible Indiana college or university after they graduate from high school.
After the passage of House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1449-2023, 7th and 8th grade Hoosier students who are financially eligible for Free and Reduced Price Lunch will be automatically enrolled in the 21st Century Scholars Program. Parents and guardians of eligible students no longer need to complete an application for their students to participate.
Students who are automatically enrolled in the 21st Century Scholars program must meet all requirements to obtain the scholarship upon graduation. Click here for more information on automatic enrollment.
Automatic enrollment has currently taken effect for students on track to graduate high school in 2028 and 2029. Letters to the cohort of 2029 were sent May and August, 2025 to parents and guardians of students who have been automatically enrolled. Parents and guardians can see if their students are automatically enrolled by creating ScholarTrack accounts. Do not submit an application to the program until you have confirmed that your student has not been automatically enrolled.
Click to watch the video below on how to set up your Scholar Track account & enroll today.
Hey how's it going great it's good to see you Ali how have you been are you excited for high school yes but I have a few questions about a program I'm in 21st century scholars I think there are some things I need to do now that I'm starting high school that's great have you created your scholar track account yet no but I remember something about that can you remind me what I need to do of course hi my name is Ali Szymanski and I'm Rachel Meyer if you're enrolled in 21st century scholars but you aren't
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sure what you need to do in high school this video will walk you through how to get started first let's review the 21st century scholar pledge with students enroll they pledge to graduate with at least a corny diploma achieve a cumulative high school GPA of at least 2 point 5 or higher maintain a pledge of good citizenship complete the scholar success program apply to an eligible Indiana College as a high school senior and apply on time for financial aid so let's talk a little more about the
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scholar success program to complete it students must create a scholar trek account scholar track is the one-stop shop for all state financial aid scholars also use scholar track to complete their scholar success program activities to create an account go to WWE track ing ov and select don't have scholar track account create one then select I am a student after this you can choose from two kinds of accounts full student account and limited access account to create a full student account you will
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need to know your social security number a full account lets you complete scholar success program activities and you'll also be able to access other features like applying for other kinds of state financial aid and limited access account will require your scholar ID and you will only be able to complete the scholar success programs if you don't know your scholar ID you can check the email your family received when you enrolled or you can check with your school counselor you will need to
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provide your first and last name your date of birth and a valid email address if you don't have an email address you can create one through platforms like hotmail Gmail or Yahoo next you need to set up your password to do this check the email address you use to setup your scholar Trac account and open the email from the Indiana commission for higher education it will contain a link to set your password now it's time to log into scholar track to complete those scholar success program activities if you created us
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limited access account you will see the twelve activities when you log in but if you created a full student account your home page will look different to access your scholar success program click my state aid then click scholar success program a scholar success program is designed to help students stay on track for college and career success twenty-first century scholars should complete three activities each year but don't worry you can catch up if you fall behind to get started let's take a look at the
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ninth grade activities first you need to create a graduation plan you may have already created your grad plan with a school counselor in eighth or ninth grade if not visit Indiana career explore com to get started next you should participate in an extracurricular or service activity there are a lot of ways to complete this requirement like sports clubs community service projects or the arts the last ninth grade activity is a short video called Tang for college 101 which will tell you about the cost of college including what
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your 21st century scholarship will and won't pay for if you have any questions about the 21st century Scholars Program there are a lot of great resources like your school counselor who can answer your questions love that school counselor you can also contact the 21st century scholars office at one eight eight eight five two eight four seven one nine or email scholars at the hdin gov you can also visit scholars ioan gov for more information best of luck in high school and have a great day Wow
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that was a lot of important information of course remember if you ever have questions about the 21st century Scholars Program just ask thanks for the help you're welcome
Click here to login to Scholar Track.
Visit learnmoreindiana.org/scholars to learn more about 21st Century Scholars program, and learnmoreindiana.org/scholars/resources/ for more resources.
However, if students do not receive Free and Reduced Price Lunch, but meet the income guidelines, parents or guardians can enroll them from the time they enter 7th grade to June 30 of their 8th-grade year. The 21st Century Scholars application opens in ScholarTrack each year on October 1. Click here for more information on eligibility.