What It Is
Grants-in-aid are need-based and offer financial assistance to students who, for reasons such as coming from families with modest means or coming from distant lands at great personal sacrifice, are unable to pay the full cost of their education.

Why It Is a Priority
Although tuition at BYU—Idaho is considerably less than at most universities, it is still out of reach for many. Your investment in the grant-in-aid program opens a life-changing door for many students—changing their whole future. Often a small amount of financial assistance is all students need to start them on the road to a college degree.

What It Does and How It Helps
Grants-in-aid assist hard-working students who do not qualify for academic or other merit-based scholarships, but are in need of financial assistance because of serious economic limitations. Your support of these students can provide immediate and long-term benefits. Often, once the stress of financial survival is alleviated, there is a dramatic improvement in the recipient’s academic performance. Many of these students later qualify for scholarships, having achieved far beyond their previously perceived level of capability.

The academic and spiritual growth that these students experience at BYU—Idaho is often unexpected; yet, it has the potential of helping them become successful parents, strong Church leaders, and active citizens in their communities and as part of the global society.