The Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is offering eight $5,000 scholarships to high school and community college students planning to attend California State University, Fresno.

Applications are due April 1.

The Scholarships in Entrepreneurship program, which began in spring 2007, brings students from across the country to Fresno to learn how to be entrepreneurial in the central San Joaquin Valley, officials said in a release. The scholarship requires students to be in high school or community college and have either a current operating business plan or intend to have a business in the Fresno area. Students must also qualify for acceptance and meet admission deadlines into Fresno State.