<p>Many D1 state universities do have some type of OOS academic scholarships that come close to getting the tuition down to in state levels that they use to attract OOS students. They are for ALL students not just athletes. In general, the school web sites are pretty clear in terms of possible out of state award levels. </p>
<p>Based on my S experience you need to get your application in for regular decision at the beginning of the application period to maximize your chance at academic money. (And there are TONS of other discussions on the school specific sites on this forum about this) Hopefully your daughter is a junior, since most of the schools we looked at had scholarship cut offs in Dec.</p>
<p>My S is also an athlete looking to get academic money at a solid sports school to make it affordable, since we are not expecting athletic money. He has already heard back from two D1 schools that he has applied to. In both cases he has been awarded academic money based on his grades/test scores. The only way they could have known he was an athlete was because it was mentioned in the extracurricular section on the application; the coach did not do anything on his behalf. At one of the schools, he was actually granted an award that is normally given to kids in neighboring states. His grades/scores met the requirements for that award, but we live across the country, so there can be some flexibility. </p>
<p>What you are trying to do is definitely possible, it will just take some investigating to identify which schools are generous to OOS students and which of them have a good rowing program and get the applications in early.</p>