IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If you are applying for a financial need-based scholarship, you must complete the 2024-2025 FASFA Form before submitting your MCF Scholarship Application.

Following a 'soft launch' by the Department of Education on December 31st, the 2024-2025 FASFA Form is now open at www.fafsa.gov. The application may be periodically unavailable for maintenance, and a brief ‘waiting room’ at the login is possible.

Criteria

• Application Access Code: 24VMSE2YR
  
• Applicant must be a Montana Resident:
• Graduate from a Montana high school OR
• Provide a strong connection to Montana
• Family, historic, or strong personal connection
• Strong preference for nontraditional, i.e., older, re-entry students
• Applicantmust plan or be currently enrolled at an accredited post-secondary educational institution, (university, college, community college, college of technology, or technical school)
• 2 year - community college, college of technology, or technical school
• Pursuing a certificate in a specialized field related but not limited to Aviation Technology, Industrial welding, Metal Fabrication, Carpentry, Computer-aided Design, etc.

OR

• 4 years - must have successfully completed 60 credit hours
• Must be a natural resources or agricultural field
• Field study may include but not limited to botany, geology, hydrology, wildlife biology, agricultural economics, animal, range, or plant sciences.
• Applicant must be enrolled with 9 or more credits
• Applicant must demonstrate financial need
• Renewable up to 2 years:
• Must have a 2.0 GPA or higher
• Must provide a current non-official Transcript -
• Name, 9+ credits, and next semester class schedule
• Must complete MCF renewal student information and acceptance form

Re-Apply, Renewal or One-time

2 yr Renewal

Submitted Items Needed

• Transcript
• FAFSA/SAR
• LOR
• Essay