Eligibility

9th through 12th-grade students who are:

  • Attending Fort Dodge Senior High, Perry High School or Marshalltown High School
  • Be a Citizen or Permanent Resident of the United States
  • Have an academic need and want to go to college
  • Meet federal low-income guidelines and be first-generation college-bound (neither parent have completed a bachelor's degree)

All students must be either from low-income families or potential first-generation college students. The program requires that two-thirds of the participants in a project must be low-income and potential first-generation college students. The remaining one-third must be either low-income or potential first-generation college students.

Students are selected based on a number of criteria including academic need and performance, student self-assessment, and teacher/counselor recommendations.

Application

Are you eligible?

Find the TRIO Upward Bound application below. If you need a copy mailed to you, please contact Darcie Sprouse at dsprouse@iastate.edu or (515) 294-3703