Application   Our application for the 2025-2026 academic year is now closed. Applications for the following year are usually posted in May.    TRIO Achievers has a waitlist for students who were not accepted in the first round for the next academic year. If you would like to know the status of your application, or want to apply for the waitlist, please send us an email: trioachievers@calpoly.edu.

Students who apply to become a part of the TRIO Achievers program must be:

• A U.S. Citizen or U.S. permanent resident with a Form I-551, I-151, or I-551C (Permanent Resident Card, Resident Alien Card, or Alien Registration Receipt Card), also known as a green card.
• or a non-citizen eligible for Federal Financial Aid
  • You can find a list of eligible non-citizens here
• Enrolled full-time in an undergraduate program at Cal Poly. 

Additionally, selection for the TRIO Achievers program is based on students meeting at least one of the following federal requirements:

• First-Generation College Student

  1. A student, neither of whose natural or adoptive parents received a baccalaureate degree; or
  2. A student whose sole custodial parent did not receive a baccalaureate degree;

• Low Income Eligible

Based on the U.S. Department of Education low-income guidelines, determine if your family's taxable income fell at or below the listed income for your family size.

• Disability Eligible

If a student has a documented (physical or learning) disability, the student is eligible for the TRIO Achievers program.

Students who have a disability, as defined by Section 504/ADA, may be eligible for participation in TRIO Achievers as a result of the educational needs stemming from that disability. You must register with the Disability Resource Center at Cal Poly to have this eligibility requirement be considered for entry into TRIO Achievers. Register with the DRC here: https://drc.calpoly.edu/