- The applicant must be a U.S. Citizen with at least an Italian or Italian-American grandparent.
- Applicants must have a minimum grade point average of 3.00 (not weighted)
- Applicants must have a minimum SAT total score of 1000 or must have an ACT composite score of 23.
- Recipients must be accepted as a full-time student into an accredited community college, college, university or technical/vocational school and enroll immediately following graduation from high school.