<p>I also found this, so it appears to have been increased: </p>
<p>"Hogan said the university also reallocated $3 million to the President’s Award Program, for a total of $7.5 million – the first increase for the program since it was established more than 25 years ago.</p>
<p>The program helps students who are academically gifted but financially disadvantaged, including minorities and students from Illinois counties underrepresented at the UI.</p>
<p>Individual awards through the president’s program will increase to $5,000 up from about $1,000 to $3,000."</p>
<p>However, it does read that it goes to “financially disadvantaged,” but the letter we received says no such thing.</p>
<p>Sorry if the hyperlink does not work…I’m new here.</p>
<p>[Scholarship</a> program aims to make UI education accessible | Inside Illinois | News Bureau | University of Illinois](<a href=“http://news.illinois.edu/ii/11/0616/scholarships.html]Scholarship”>http://news.illinois.edu/ii/11/0616/scholarships.html)</p>