Eligibility
Who is eligible to participate in an Upward Bound Project?
As per funding sources, The United States Department of Education, an individual is eligible to participate in a Regular, Veterans, or a Math and Science Upward Bound project if the individual meets all of the following requirements:
- Is a citizen or national of the United States
- Is a permanent resident of the United States
- Is in the United States for other than a temporary purpose and provides evidence from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of his or her intent to become a permanent resident.
- Is a permanent resident of Guam, the Northern Mariana islands, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
- Is a resident of the freely Associated States - the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau,
- Participant is:
- A potential first-generation college student;
- A low-income individual; or
- An individual who has a high risk for academic failure.
- Has a need for academic support, as determined by the grantee, in order to pursue successfully a program of education beyond high school.
- At the time of initial selection, has completed the eighth grade and is a least 13 years old but not older than 19, although the age requirement may be waived if the applicant demonstrates that the limitation would defeat the purposes of the Upward Bound program. However, a veteran as defined in section 645.6 (of the US Education Code), regardless of age, is eligible to participate in an Upward Bound project if he or she satisfies the eligibility requirements in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section.
eCode of Federal Regulations, Title 34, Subtitle B, Chapter VI, Part 645, Subpart A, Section 645.3
* The program requires that two-thirds of the participants in a project must be both low-income and potential first-generation students. The remaining one-third must be either low-income, first generation college students or students who have a high risk for academic failure.
Furthermore, potential applicants must be active students in the grantees' target schools.