National Federation of the Blind 2008 Scholarship Program
Each year at its national convention in July, the NFB gives a broad array of thirty scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. All applicants for these scholarships:
- must be legally blind, and
- must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, postsecondary course of study in a degree program at a United States' institution in the 2008 scholastic year, except that one scholarship may be given to a person employed full-time while attending school part-time, and
- must participate in the entire NFB national convention and in all scheduled scholarship program activities.
In addition to a scholarship, each winner will be brought to the 2008 National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention in July at Federation expense, providing an excellent opportunity for high level networking with active blind persons in many, many different professions and occupations.
The scholarship application deadline is March 31, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
What kind of student wins an NFB scholarship? Read about past NFB National Scholarship recipients in the August-September issues of the Braille Monitor.
The 2008 Scholarship Application Form is made available online, by mail, and in the upcoming December 2007 issue of the Braille Monitor (available in large print, Braille, cassette, and online).
To apply for a scholarship online, please begin here:
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2008 Scholarship Application Form (online—no longer available for 2008)
To print a 2008 Scholarship Application Form, download the Word document: 2008 Scholarship Application Form (no longer available for 2008)
NFB Scholarship Committee
Anil Lewis, Chairman
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Office: (404) 371-1000
E-mail: scholarships@nfb.org
