Lincoln Award
Offered by Scholarships for Illinois Residents, Inc. · Free to apply
The Lincoln Award provides a full-ride scholarship to Illinois residents applying Regular Decision to Trinity College in Connecticut. Recipients receive full tuition, room, board, and an internship stipend for four years of undergraduate study. Selection is based on academic achievement, extracurricular leadership, and an interview.
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How hard is the Lincoln Award to win?
A large applicant pool chases this award. Apply if the student is a genuinely strong fit, but build the plan around better-odds awards first.
- Estimated odds
- roughly 1 in 480 applicants
- Modelled applicant field
- ~1,500 students
- Awards each cycle
- 3
- Payoff per hour of work
- $8 / hr
What drives the odds here
Odds on a scholarship are mostly a question of how many students can enter. Each rule below changes the size of that field.
- Fewer rivalsOpen only to Illinois residents
- Fewer rivalsOpen to a single grade level only
How Solyo estimates this: We model the applicant field from how narrow the eligibility rules are, then divide the awards available by that field. Requirements such as essays and recommendation letters improve a serious applicant’s odds, because most browsers never complete them. These are estimates derived from each award's published structure, not reported acceptance rates, which almost no scholarship provider discloses. Treat them as a way to rank where the hours go, not as a guarantee.
Who can apply for the Lincoln Award?
These are the eligibility rules Solyo verified against the official award page, translated into plain English. Your student must meet each one.
- Must be a resident of Illinois
- Open to high school seniors
- Must be an Illinois resident living in Illinois when applying to Trinity College.
- Must apply to Trinity College under the Regular Decision program (Early Decision applicants are ineligible).
- Must not have applied Binding Early Decision to any other college or university.
- Deadline is February 15 of matriculation year; the year 2027 was inferred for the upcoming regular decision cycle.
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Does your student actually qualify?
Not sure your student clears every rule above? Solyo checks 20+ criteria against their real profile: GPA, state, grade level, intended major, and more, across every award in this directory at once.
What the application takes
No essay, recommendation letters, or transcript are required. This is one of the lighter applications in the directory.
Deadline and application cycle
The current deadline is February 15, 2027. This award runs on an annual cycle, with deadlines around February 15 each year.
- Applications close
- February 15, 2027
Free to apply. Legitimate scholarships never charge a fee. We use your student's information only to build their plan.
Common questions about the Lincoln Award
How much is the Lincoln Award worth?
The Lincoln Award awards varies and is renewable in later years. 3 awards are made each cycle.
When is the Lincoln Award deadline?
The current deadline is February 15, 2027. This award runs on an annual cycle, with deadlines around February 15 each year.
Who is eligible for the Lincoln Award?
Key requirements: Must be a resident of Illinois; Open to high school seniors.
Does the Lincoln Award require an essay?
No essay is required. The application is light on requirements. Expect to spend about 1 hour on it.
How hard is it to win the Lincoln Award?
Solyo estimates the odds at roughly 1 in 480 applicants, against a modelled field of ~1,500 students. The pool stays that size because open only to Illinois residents and open to a single grade level only. At 1 hr of work, that is about $8 of expected value per hour. This is an estimate from award structure, not a published acceptance rate.
Is the Lincoln Award free to apply?
Yes. The Lincoln Award is free to apply. Legitimate scholarships never charge an application fee, and Solyo verifies every listed award against its official page.
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