Houston Illini Club

Scholarship info and application

Each spring the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's (UIUC's) Admissions Department furnishes the club’s scholarship committee a list of accepted Houston-area rising freshmen who will be attending UIUC in the fall. From that list we send an invitation and an electronic form to apply for one of our club's two scholarships.

For 2026 the Club awarded $5,000 to a highly deserving rising Houston-area freshman attending UIUC, and $1,000 to the second place winner, for a total of $6,000 - an all time club record! View the Houston Illini Club's distinguished gallery of current and past scholarship recipients here!

All Houston metro-area high school seniors who have been admitted to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are invited to apply for the Houston Illini Club's scholarship.

Please note that to qualify the student must:

Have been accepted for admission to the freshman class at UIUC.
Have a permanent home address within the greater Houston metropolitan area, as defined by UIUC's Admissions Department.
Be enrolled for full-time undergraduate study at UIUC at the time the award is paid, i.e. during the scholarship winner's freshman year.
Neither be a direct dependent of a scholarship committee member, nor of a Houston Illini Club Officer.

We encourage applications! We request that interested and eligible students:

Complete and submit the following application form via clicking on this 2026 application link (Google Form.)
Email a scanned copy of your high school transcript, and your SAT and/or ACT scores to scholarships@houstonilliniclub.com.
Ensure that your High School Faculty reference has on your behalf e-mailed a letter of recommendation (200 words maximum) to scholarships@houstonilliniclub.com.

With any questions contact our Scholarship Chair, Dr. Jennifer Luth, via scholarships@houstonilliniclub.com

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Our scholarship is funded by generous donations from our members, so please consider making a donation to our fund. As our club is dues-free your support is extrememely appreciated!