The Renaissance Scholars Program provides renewable college scholarships to talented students who will be the first in their family to earn a bachelor’s degree. This scholarship is renewable for up to four years. There are two scholarship deadlines. In order to be eligible, students must: be the first in their family to graduate from a four-year institution; have at least a 3.0 GPA; demonstrate financial need; and be a high school senior or current college student from Oregon or Illinois.