Selection is based upon academic achievement and potential for college success.

Applicants must be in the top 25 percent of their high school graduating class and have above average SAT scores.

Applicant must demonstrate financial need. Selection is based upon academic achievement and potential for college success.

Applicant must have a minimum 2.7 GPA and demonstrate academic excellence. Preference given to candidates who are employees or the child of an employee of Lake County Government with five or more years of service.

Applicant must meet at least two of the following: have a minimum 3.8 GPA, rank in the top five percent of high school class, have a minimum combined SAT Reasoning score of 1290 (composite ACT score of 29), or be a National Merit Semifinalist.

Award determined by a combination of GPA and SAT or ACT scores.

Applicant must be a graduating senior from Boonville High School pursuing a college education in art or music or having demonstrated an aptitude in art or music.

Applicant must be a high school student in Indiana. Applicant must take the Americanism & Government Test and also submit a 300-word essay.

Awarded for book dealing with the history of race relations in the U.S.

Award is for an author's first book on some significant phase of American history.

Awarded for the best scholarly article published in the Journal of American History during the preceding calendar year (March, June, September, December issues).