The University of Iowa has partnered with the Raise.me scholarship platform on a statewide pilot project to encourage and improve college readiness among Iowa high school students.

Using Raise.me, high school students from select school districts in each of Iowa’s 99 counties will be eligible to earn up to $1,200 in “micro-scholarships” to attend the UI by meeting certain criteria, such as achieving an A or a B grade in select math classes or being involved in arts, athletics, or other extracurricular programs.

The high schools selected for the four-year pilot project are from the district in each county with the highest free and reduced lunch percentage, based on 2015–16 data from the Iowa Department of Education. Here's the list of districts:

Albia
Algona
Alta
Atlantic
Audubon
Battle Creek-Ida Grove
BCLUW
Boone
Boyer Valley
Burlington
CAL
Cardinal
Carlisle
Cedar Rapids
Central Decatur
Chariton
Charles City
Clarke
Clinton
Colo-NESCO
Columbus
Coon Rapids-Bayard
​Corning
Council Bluffs
Creston
Davenport
Davis County
Decorah
Denison
Des Moines Independent
Diagonal
Dubuque
Eagle Grove
East Mills
East Sac County
Edgewood-Colesburg
Eldora-New Providence
English Valleys
Estherville Lincoln
Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton
Fairfield
Fort Dodge
George-Little Rock
Grinnell-Newburg
Harmony
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
Howard-Winneshiek
Humboldt
Independence
Interstate 35
Keokuk
Laurens-Marathon
Le Mars
Lenox
Lone Tree
Maquoketa
Marshalltown
Mason City
MFL MarMac
Midland
Moulton-Udell
New Hampton
Newton
North Butler
North Cedar
North Iowa
Northwood-Kensett
Oelwein
Okoboji
Orient-Macksburg
Osage
Oskaloosa
Paton-Churdan
Perry
​Postville
Red Oak
Ruthven-Ayrshire
Sibley-Ocheyedan
Sidney
Sioux City
South Central Calhoun
South Page
South Tama County
Spencer
Storm Lake
Tri-County
Tripoli
Twin Cedars
Vinton-Shellsburg
Washington
Waterloo
Wayne
Webster City
West Central Valley
West Hancock
West Liberty
​West Sioux
Whiting
Winfield-Mt Union