What is the scholarship deadline?

For the Lance Scholars Program cycle shown: FAFSA due February 1, 2026; Lance application due February 15, 2026; recipients notified April 1, 2026; deadline to accept May 1, 2026. Oredigger Merit Scholarships require no application (automatic on GPA/test scores); the Marie Moebus Presidential application is submitted via the student's PURL page.

What stats does the Presidential Scholarship require?

A cumulative high school GPA of 3.75+ and ACT ≥ 30 or SAT ≥ 1410, plus an essay, two letters of recommendation, and a resume.

Montana Tech· Renewal Rules

Keeping Montana Tech’s Merit Aid for Four Years

What the financial-aid office actually requires after freshman year: minimum GPA, credit-hour pace, and the cliffs that quietly downgrade families mid-degree.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 3 of 3
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 3
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Montana Tech's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

Oredigger Merit Scholarship: See notes
Marie Moebus Presidential Scholarship: See notes
Ryan and Lisa Lance Scholars Program: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Oredigger Merit Scholarship
Amount not published
Entry requirements: Based on GPA (specific cutoffs not published) GPA · Based on test scores (specific cutoffs not published) SAT · Based on test scores (specific cutoffs not published) ACT
To keep it: Renewal terms not stated on the pages opened; confirm with Financial Aid.
Source: https://www.mtech.edu/financial-aid/scholarships/index.html
Marie Moebus Presidential Scholarship
Amount not published (combination of a tuition waiver and cash)
Entry requirements: Cumulative high school GPA of 3.75 or higher GPA · SAT >= 1410 SAT · ACT >= 30 ACT
To keep it: Renewable for up to four years; specific renewal GPA/criteria not stated on the page.
Source: https://www.mtech.edu/financial-aid/scholarships/presidential/index.html
Ryan and Lisa Lance Scholars Program
$4,000 per year (renewable up to an additional three years; up to $16,000 total)
Entry requirements: Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher at the time of application GPA
To keep it: Renewable for up to an additional three years (four years total / up to $16,000); specific renewal GPA not stated.
Source: https://www.mtech.edu/lancescholars/index.html

How families lose this aid

Missing the Lance Scholars deadlines.
For the cycle shown, the FAFSA was due February 1, 2026 and the Lance application February 15, 2026, with recipients notified April 1 and acceptance due May 1, 2026. Miss these and you lose the $4,000/year award.

Renewal questions families ask

What is the scholarship deadline?: For the Lance Scholars Program cycle shown: FAFSA due February 1, 2026; Lance application due February 15, 2026; recipients notified April 1, 2026; deadline to accept May 1, 2026. Oredigger Merit Scholarships require no application (automatic on GPA/test scores); the Marie Moebus Presidential application is submitted via the student's PURL page.
What stats does the Presidential Scholarship require?: A cumulative high school GPA of 3.75+ and ACT ≥ 30 or SAT ≥ 1410, plus an essay, two letters of recommendation, and a resume.

How Montana Tech compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Montana Tech is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against Montana Tech’s own published materials.