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Oregon Teacher Scholars — licensure grant application
Higher Education Coordinating Commission — Office of Student Access and Completion (OSAC) · Shared Oregon or institution-specific route
Aid for eligible candidates in approved preliminary teaching, counseling, school social-work or school-psychology licensure programs.
Closed round: Publisher says 2026-27 eligible demand exceeded funding and no Winter/Spring 2027 awards will be issued.
How to apply: start, prepare, submit and follow up
Amount or support
Award depends on program and current funding.
Start here: The supporting guidance or sources are unavailable; no next step was invented.
1. Is this for me?
Oregon residency, meaningful experience with diverse populations, eligible licensure program, at least half-time enrollment and proximity to completion are required.
Service area: Oregon; confirm program-specific location and institution requirements.
2. What should I prepare?
Some documents may be conditional. Ask about alternatives. Checkmarks are temporary and are not saved or sent.
3. Where and how do I submit?
Read the linked publisher instructions to confirm the receiving office, accepted submission method and current forms. This page has not separately verified those details. A county filter does not decide the correct court or filing location.
- Check program eligibility and whether a new application cycle is available.
- File the matching FAFSA or ORSAA.
- Submit OTSP through the OSAC Student Portal by the deadline for your program’s start term.
- Complete school enrollment verification and any OSAC requests.
- Renewal applicants must reapply each year.
Timing: 2026-27 application is closed. The page’s general rolling term deadlines do not override that closure.
This application round is closed. Check the publisher notice for future rounds.
4. What will it cost?
Details to confirm with the provider
A program-specific cost explanation has not been verified. Ask the provider whether this route has any fees, required contribution or repayment terms, and what cost assistance is available.
5. What happens after I submit?
Details to confirm with the provider
Keep a copy of what you send and its confirmation or receipt. Ask the receiving office how to track it, when to expect a response and how it will request missing information. These follow-up details have not been separately verified for this route.
6. What if something goes wrong?
Details to confirm with the provider
Read any returned filing, correction request or denial notice promptly. Ask the responsible office for the correction, review or appeal instructions and the deadline that applies to your notice. This guide does not verify a route-specific appeal process.
Language, disability and offline help
Ask the receiving office about language assistance, disability accommodations and an alternative to online submission. Available options have not been separately verified for this route.
Choose your step and follow-up instructions
Work through the existing instructions for this route. Reviewing a step does not complete a legal requirement.
Do not present the general rolling deadlines as an open 2026-27 application opportunity.
Sources and review date
Application guidance reviewed 2026-10-11. Check the current publisher instructions before applying.
Oregon Teacher Scholars Program Grant | Oregon Student Aid
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