Having Trouble Accessing Your Account?

  • For Student Applicants – you can access BOSS using your BengalWeb User Name and Password. If you are a newly admitted ISU student, a link will be sent to you in an Email using the Email Address you provided on the ISU Admission Application. This link will take you to a web page where you will be asked to create a Password for your ISU Email and BengalWeb accounts. If you need help with this process, please contact the IT Service Desk at 208-282-HELP (4357) or help@isu.edu.
  • For References who are ISU Faculty/Staff or Students – if you received the reference request to your standard ISU Email Address (ex: doejohn@isu.edu), please sign into BOSS using your BengalWeb User Name and Password. Once in BOSS you may have to change to the Reference Role after clicking on your name in the top right-hand corner. Then you should see the name of the student for whom you have been asked to be a reference. IMPORTANT: After clicking on Add a New File and Browse to select the letter/file to attach, please remember to click Submit.
  • For Reviewers who are ISU Faculty/Staff or Students – you should access BOSS using your BengalWeb User Name and Password. If you need help with your BengalWeb User Name or Password, you may contact the IT Service Desk at 208-282-HELP (4357) or help@isu.edu. Once in BOSS you may have to change to the Reviewer Role after clicking on your name/initials in the top right-hand corner. Then you should see the Scholarship Opportunity you have been asked to review.

To return to the BOSS Sign In page click here.

Having Trouble Accessing Your Account?

I can’t remember my Password: If you have forgotten your BOSS Password and are NOT accessing BOSS as a student scholarship applicant or as an ISU Faculty/Staff/Student Reference/Reviewer using their standard ISU Email address (ex: doejohn@isu.edu), enter your Email address below and click Recover Password.

To return to the BOSS Sign In page click here.

  • For References who are NOT ISU Faculty/Staff or Students – you must access BOSS using the Email Address to which you received the Reference request along with the Password you created the first time you accessed BOSS. NOTE: The first time you access BOSS by clicking on the link provided in the Email you received, you will be asked for a new password in order to create an account in BOSS for this Email address. Please try to remember it for future access! If you need help with accessing BOSS as a reference who is NOT an ISU Faculty/Staff or Student, contact the ISU Scholarship Office at 208-282-3315 or scholar@isu.edu. If you have forgotten your password, please go to the bottom of this page, enter your Email address and click Recover Password. IMPORTANT: After clicking on Add a New File and Browse to select the letter/file to attach, please remember to click Submit.
  • For Reviewers who are NOT ISU Faculty/Staff or Students – you must access BOSS using the Email Address to which you received the Reviewer request along with the Password you created the first time you accessed BOSS. NOTE: The first time you access BOSS by clicking on the link provided in the Email you received, you will be asked for a new password in order to create an account in BOSS for this Email address. Please try to remember it for future access! If you need help with accessing BOSS as a reviewer who is NOT an ISU Faculty/Staff or Student, contact the ISU Scholarship Office at 208-282-3315 or scholar@isu.edu. If you have forgotten your password, please go to the bottom of this page, enter your Email address and click Recover Password. Once in BOSS you may have to change to the Reviewer Role after clicking on your name in the top right-hand corner. Then you should see the Scholarship Opportunity you have been asked to review.

To return to the BOSS Sign In page click here.

  • For References who are ISU Faculty/Staff or Students – if you received a reference request to your personal Email address (ex: doejohn@gmail.com) you should sign into BOSS using this Email Address along with the Password you created the first time to accessed BOSS using this Email address. NOTE: The first time you access BOSS by clicking on the link provided in the Email you received, you will be asked for a new password in order to create an account in BOSS for this Email address. Please try to remember it for future access! If you need help with accessing BOSS as a reference, contact the ISU Scholarship Office at 208-282-3315 or scholar@isu.edu. If you have forgotten your password, please go to the bottom of this page, enter your Email address and click Recover Password. IMPORTANT: After clicking on Add a New File and Browse to select the letter/file to attach, please remember to click Submit.

To return to the BOSS Sign In page click here.

I can’t remember my Password: If you have forgotten your BOSS Password and are NOT accessing BOSS as a student scholarship applicant or as an ISU Faculty/Staff/Student Reference/Reviewer using their standard ISU Email address (ex: doejohn@isu.edu), enter your Email address below and click Recover Password. You will receive an Email with instructions on how to reset your Password. NOTE: ISU Faculty/Staff and Students should normally utilize the Password Change process found in BengalWeb to change their password or contact the IT Service Desk at 208-282-HELP (4357) or help@isu.edu for assistance. (v. 12.28.15)

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