Scholarships for Black Students
Deadline December 1st.
The Ron Brown Scholar Program awards 50 college scholarships annually in the amount of $40,000 to extraordinary African American high school seniors. Students must attend a four-year accredited college or university within the United States. Since 1996, the Program has awarded more than 650 scholarships.
ELIGIBILITY
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Type
Undergraduate and Graduate
Amount
Up to $5,000
Criteria
In order to be considered for the NBMBAA® Undergraduate or Graduate Scholarships, you must first complete the NBMBAA® scholarship application below. Only applicants that are being considered will receive follow up from the scholarship committee.
- Be a financially active member of the National Black MBA Association®.
- Be a U.S. citizen or a U.S. Permanent Resident.
- Be a graduate student enrolled full-time in an accredited graduate business degree program at the time of award (September of each year).
- Submit essay on provided topic.
- Submit a current resume.
- Have a 3.0 or above GPA.
- Demonstrate academic excellence.
- Demonstrate exceptional leadership potential.
- Be actively involved in their local communities through service to others.
- All scholarship applicants must have a NBMBAA Membership that is in active financial status. Applicants that are not current members of the NBMBAA will be denied. We invite you to join the association by clicking HERE
- Student must submit a resume.
Deadline
May 15
Eligibility Criteria:
LGBTQ youth and young adults of color are eligible to be considered for a SOULE Foundation scholarship if they meet the following criteria:
- Have attained a cumulative high school or college GPA of at least 2.5
- Have a high school diploma or GED
- Are enrolled at a U.S. located, accredited college or university as a full-time student.
- Have submitted FAFSA by the deadline
- Meet the Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria
- Two (2) letters of recommendation (form attached at the end of the application)
- Award Winner/s must be available for photo/video shoot to receive the award.
- Award Winner/s must be available to attend the Soule Foundation Gala
The APF Queen-Nellie Evans Award will fund a graduate student from an underrepresented group, who has a demonstrated financial need and is committed to improving the disparities in societal structures and issues that negatively impact communities of color, particularly communities of African descent/