The Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) Board of Regents organized the State Scholarship Task Force to examine how best to redesign existing scholarship programs to meet the needs of the state without requiring additional funding. The criteria considered by the State Scholarship Task Force and their recommendations are provided. Details regarding three of the larger state scholarship programs are found at the end of the paper. [This issue brief was prepared by the USHE Board of Regents State Scholarship Task Force.]