NFB Scholarship Program

NFB Scholarship Program

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The National Federation of the Blind will award

$128,000 in scholarships this year. Individual scholarship amounts range from $3,000 to

$21,000, and the competition is open to any legally blind individual who will be a

full-time, post-secondary student in Fall 2000.

All 30 scholarships are merit-based, and most are

unrestricted. Entries will be judged on the criteria of academic excellence, financial

need, and service to the community. The committee making the award decisions will be

composed of blind citizens with distinguished academic and community backgrounds from

across the country.

The scholarship winners will be presented their

awards in July, at the 2000 convention of the National Federation of the Blind, in

Atlanta, Georgia. The NFB will also pay all expenses of scholarship winners to attend the

convention.

Each scholarship winner will also receive $1000

cash, and $1500 of software and scanner equipment, given by Dr. Raymond Kurzweil, in honor

of Dr. Jernigan, former President of the NFB. This is in addition to the Federation's

scholarship amounts.

The National Federation of the Blind is an

organization dedicated to creating opportunity for all blind persons. With more than

50,000 members, it is the largest organization of blind citizens in existence, and it

awards more scholarships to the blind than does any other group or organization.

Recipients of Federation scholarships do not have to be members of the NFB.

Applications for the 2000 NFB Scholarship program

must be received by March 31, 2000. Scholarship winners will be notified by June 1. We

receive approximately 500 scholarship applications each year, so don't delay! Anyone

interested may request as many application forms as needed from:

1. Mrs. Peggy Elliott, Chairman, National

Federation of the Blind Scholarship Committee, 805 5th Avenue, Grinnell, IA 50112-1653;

telephone: (515) 236-3366.

2. National Federation of the Blind Scholarship

Committee, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230; telephone: (410) 659-9314.

3. All NFB state officers.

4. Financial Aid Offices of educational

institutions.