• The Generations Award is awarded to students who have been offered admission to Iowa State University and who are nonresident children or grandchildren of Iowa State graduates

• The scholarship is renewable for up to three more years for freshmen ($6,000 total) or two more years for transfers ($4,500 total) if the student maintains continuous, full-time, nonresident enrollment at Iowa State University with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00. 
• This grant is only available during the fall and spring semesters, not the summer.

Students who meet the following criteria are eligible to receive the Generations Award:

• Students who have a parent, step-parent, legal guardian, or grandparent who graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree
• Students who enroll at Iowa State University as a new full-time, nonresident, undergraduate student beginning summer or fall term

This scholarship needs a separate external application.