IRF Scholarship The Immigrant Resilience Fellowship (IRF) is a fellowship program offered by Student Outreach and Retention (SOAR) Center with partnership with DREAM Center and the Office of Financial Aid aims to strengthen academic wellness and support students in improving their GPA throughout the academic year. The program recruits a cohort of undergraduate students and matches them with peer mentors. Recipients of the award receive up to $3,000 for the year and will participate in a student-run retention program. The program is open to any student and offers quarterly peer mentor consultations, workshops and social events led by the SOAR Fellows. Additionally, IRF participants are required to meet with their academic counselor, professor or TA during the academic year. IRF participants will receive quarterly LARC scholarships sponsored by the SOAR Center in order to further support academic and student.