Applications

Here are the current applications for scholarship, grant and loan repayment/forgiveness programs.

ISAC Gift Assistance Program Applications
     Scholarships & Grants
     Loan Repayment/Forgiveness

ISAC Gift Assistance Program Applications

Unless followed by a PDF symbol (Adobe Acrobat), the below links for program applications launch the corresponding section of the Students & Parents – Applications area of this website.

Scholarships & Grants

The following programs are listed alphabetically.

Displaced Energy Worker Dependent Transition Scholarship Program

  • The 2025-26 application for this program is no longer being accepted.

Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity (ECACE) Scholarship Program

Grant Programs for Dependents of Police, Fire, or Correctional Officers

  • 2025-26 applications for these programs are no longer being accepted. The 2026-27 application is anticipated to be available soon.

Grant Program for Exonerees and Their Dependents 

  • The 2025-26 application for this program is no longer being accepted.

Illinois Graduate and Retain Our Workforce (iGROW) Tech Scholarship Program

  • The 2024-25 application for this program is no longer being accepted.
  • This program was not funded for the 2026 fiscal year (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026) in the State of Illinois budget. Therefore, no applications will be accepted, and no awards will be made during the 2025-26 academic year.

Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant Program

Illinois Special Education Teacher Tuition Waiver (SETTW) Program

Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Program

Nursing Education Scholarship (NES)

  • The 2026-27 application for this program is no longer being accepted.

Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License Scholarship Program

  • The 2025-26 application for this program is no longer being accepted.

Teachers of Illinois Scholarship Program

  • The 2025-26 application for this program is no longer being accepted.

Loan Repayment/Forgiveness

Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program

  • Applications for the 2026 Award Year are no longer being accepted.

Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program

  • Applications for the 2026 Award Year are no longer being accepted.

Illinois Teachers Loan Repayment Program

  • Applications for the 2026 Award Year are no longer being accepted.

John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment Program

  • The 2026 Award Year (October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026) application period has closed and applications are no longer being accepted.

Nurse Educator Loan Repayment Program

  • Applications for the 2026 Award Year are no longer being accepted.

School and Municipal Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program

  • Applications for the 2026 Award Year are no longer being accepted.

Veterans' Home Medical Providers' Loan Repayment Program

  • Applications for the 2026 Award Year are no longer being accepted.