The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign President's Award Program is available to students in historically underrepresented groups who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement. Students must be from any of the following underrepresented groups at the University of Illinois to be eligible: A) Students who are members of one of the underrepresented racial/ethnic groups at the University of Illinois (African American, Latino, or Native American; Latino is based on origins from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, or Central or South America); B) Students from underrepresented Illinois counties, with underrepresented defined as counties sending an average of two or fewer students per academic year to the University of Illinois in the past five-year period; and C) High achieving dependent students whose families are at or below the poverty level and are not expected to contribute to the cost of their education, as verified through FAFSA and financial aid application processes. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.