The Oregon Opportunity Grant
Current and future Oregon undergraduate students should apply
The Oregon Opportunity Grant, managed by the Oregon Student Assistance program, provides financial supportto low and middle-income families who want the dream of a college education to become a reality. This grant is money that will not need to be paid back because the state of Oregon is committed to making college more afford-able to more families.
Over 33,000 Oregon students will qualify to receive money from the Oregon Opportunity Grant. Together with the Oregon College Savings Plan, Oregon has made college more affordable.
For more information, please visit www.GetCollegeFunds.org.
Oregon Opportunity Grant informational video
La Beca de Oportunidadde Oregon vídeo informativo
for video download see below
Radio MP3 - download file
Radio española MP3 (Spanish radio MP3) - descargue y escuche (download & listen)
On-Line Grant Estimator
The confidential on-line grant estimator helps student predict what the amountthey may receive from their Pell and Oregon Opportunity Grant.
- Go to www.GetCollegeFunds.org and click on the estimator link to get started.
Download more informational material
Materials for students, family members and educators
- Questions and answers about the Oregon Opportunity Grant
- 10 important facts to know
- Oregon Opportunity Grant brochure
- Oregon Opportunity Grant poster
- Folleto de Grant de la oportunidad de Oregon en español (Spanish version brochure)
Materials for use in newsletters, articles and other communications.
“Don’t just dream about college: go” is the state’s key message to spread the word about the increases in Oregon’s primary need-based financial aid program for college, the Oregon Opportunity Grant (OOG). Please use all or any part of the following to help communicate the opportunity for students to receive financial aid from Oregon.
- For high school students and can be used in high school newspapers Download document
- For more general audience and can be used in school or district newsletters and announcements Download document
- For use in Oregon University System (OUS) and community college student newspapers Download document
For use on school and community Web sites
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Notes:
You may right click an on the link and save the target or open the link and save the image.
Important:
do not stretch, shrink or pull the images to make them fit your Web site, because the text may become unreadable. Also work with your Web master to make the image a link directly to the www.GetCollegeFunds.org Web site.
Video resources
Online presentations
Oregon Opportunity Grant informational video
La Beca de Oportunidadde Oregon vídeo informativo
Alternative video formats for download
Please note: we have various sizes and formats of video for download or to embed please email woflgram@wou.edu with the following information, and we will work with you to get the proper size and format.
- Your contact information and/or organization's name
- A short description of how you wish to use this material
(online, email, handout disc/dvd, English and/or Spanish language versions or screen presentation) - What type of technology your organization and/or users may be using
- Also what type of tech staff that you may have on hand to assist with this
For High School Counselors
Presentation material for high school counselors to use when talking about the Oregon Opportunity Grant. The following presentation is offered in three formats: Power Point, PDF and web html. As with all software and technology, please check with the tech support staff at the venue you plan to give the presentation and try to test the media on the computer you will be using during the lecture. (Please note: you may also request video material - see above)
Oregon Opportunity Grant presentation materials Power Point | .PDF | online
To download and save the above materials
- Click on the link and after it opens in your web browser or the native application save it to your hard drive
- Or right click on the link and choose the 'save target as' option
- The online option is for live web useage. It can not be saved, and will require an internet connection. For best results, run through the presentation once so the images will appear quickly during the presentation.
More resources coming soon
Different types of banners and other media to help get the message to students