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

Program News

(last updated June 25, 2026)

2026-27 Program Status
2025-26 Program Status
Enrollment Status Verification 

2026-27

Program Status

Because the 2027 fiscal year (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027) budget for the State of Illinois does not include an appropriation for the Illinois Graduate and Retain our Workforce (iGROW) Tech Scholarship Program, no applications will be accepted and no awards will be made during the 2026-27 academic year.

This page will be updated if funds for the program are appropriated in a future fiscal year.

2025-26

Program Status

Because the 2026 fiscal year (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026) budget for the State of Illinois does not include an appropriation for the Illinois Graduate and Retain our Workforce (iGROW) Tech Scholarship Program, no applications will be accepted and no awards will be made during the 2025-26 academic year.

This page will be updated if funds for the program are appropriated in a future fiscal year.

Enrollment Status Verification

NOTE: For the first time, ISAC is now requesting enrollment status verification data for the iGROW Scholarship Program.

Verification of award recipients' current enrollment status data is to be completed by the college and returned to ISAC as soon as possible. In order to be considered timely, all 2024-25 data must have been submitted on or before Thursday, May 7, 2026. Further details were provided in an April 8 e-Message.

Colleges are required to verify the enrollment statuses for recipients in programs with work requirements. Verification of enrollment status is required for all recipients who, according to our records, previously received funds from certain ISAC-administered programs and may have been enrolled at your institution during the prior academic year.

ISAC monitors recipients’ fulfillment of the program requirements because, if recipients fail to meet the applicable requirements, their awards convert to loans that must be repaid. Knowing recipients’ enrollment status, as reported by the colleges, allows ISAC to communicate with recipients who have graduated (or otherwise stopped attending college) regarding the steps they need to take in order to fulfill their program requirements. The sooner colleges submit enrollment verification data to ISAC, the sooner ISAC can communicate with impacted award recipients.

Refer to the Enrollment Status Verification page and the Enrollment Status Verification User Guide for step-by-step instructions on completing and submitting enrollment status verification data to ISAC. Details about requirements, extensions, deferments and repayment are provided in the Students & Parents – After College area of this website, and may be accessed via the "Program Requirements" link that appears in the right-margin menu of this page.