Illinois College Grants for Law Enforcement Majors

WIU Law Enforcement Scholarships

• The School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration at Western Illinois University makes a variety of scholarships available to its students. For instance, the $1,000 Kara Leigh Broughton Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a law enforcement student at WIU who is in his junior or senior year and has a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5. The $250 Roy Shepard Scholarship is awarded to an African-American law enforcement student. The $425 Jerilyn Pecharich Scholarship is awarded each year to a WIU law enforcement major. The annual application deadline for WIU law enforcement scholarships is March 1.

  School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration

  Western Illinois University

  1 University Circle

  Stipes Hall 403

  Macomb, IL 61455-1390

  309-298-1038

  wiu.edu

Rockford Area Crime Stoppers College Scholarship Program

• Rockford Area Crime Stoppers provides grants to law enforcement majors through its College Scholarship Program. Rockford Area Crime Stoppers Scholarships for $500 are available to graduating high school students and to current college students for $1,000. Students must be pursuing a career in criminal justice or law enforcement and must have graduated from a high school in Winnebago County. The annual deadline for application is the second Friday in April.

  Rockford Area Crime Stoppers

  P.O. Box 4535

  Rockford, IL 61110

  815-963-7867

  rockfordcrimestoppers.com

University of Illinois Conservation Law Enforcement Scholarships

• The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers two scholarships to students majoring in conservation law enforcement. The $1,000 Illinois Federation of Outdoor Resources Undergraduate Scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate conservation law enforcement major each year. The $1,000 Illinois Federation of Outdoor Resources Graduate Scholarship is awarded annually to a graduate student in conservation law enforcement. Students must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 and must be a permanent resident of Illinois.

  Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

  W-503 Turner Hall

  1102 S. Goodwin Ave.

  Urbana, IL 61801

  217-333-2770

  illinois.edu