NFB 1999 Scholarship Application

NFB 1999 Scholarship Application

National Federation Of The Blind

Scholarship Application Form

Please read instructions and explanation above. Form may be photocopied but only if all

information in preceding pages is also included.

To apply for a scholarship, complete this application form and mail completed

application and attachments to Mrs. Peggy Elliott, Chairman National Federation of the

Blind Scholarship Committee, 805 Fifth Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa 50112; (515) 236-3366. Form

must be received by March 31, 1999.

Name (please include any maiden or other names by which you have been known):

Date of birth:

School address:

School phone number:

Home address:

Home phone number

Institution being attended in spring semester, 1999, with class standing (freshman,

senior, etc.):

Cumulative grade point at this institution:

Institution to be attended in the fall of 1999, with class standing. Send by separate

letter if admitted to school after submitting completed application. List all

post-secondary institutions attended with highest class standing attained and cumulative

grade point average:

High school attended and cumulative grade point:

Vocational goal:

State your major:

Awards and honors (attach list if necessary):

Community service (attach list if necessary):

Attach the following documents to completed application:

1. Include personal letter from applicant. NFB scholarships are awarded on the basis of

scholastic excellence, financial need, and service to the community. In preparing your

personal letter, please keep in mind that the committee members and decision-makers are

all successful blind college graduates. Take some time to think how you personally can

convey your best qualities in your own words. This is an advocacy job; the committee

members will note how you choose to do it. Please also keep in mind that the awards are

restricted to blind persons, so the committee will be interested in what techniques and

approaches you personally practice concerning your blindness. And please note that almost

all blind students have financial need. Committee members will assume basic need, so you

may choose merely to refer to this topic unless your need is unusual and extreme.

2. Send two letters of recommendation.

3. Provide current transcript from institution now attending and transcripts from all

other post-secondary institutions attended. If you have not yet attended such an

institution or have not completed one year of study, send high school transcript.

4. Send a letter from a state officer of the National Federation of the Blind showing

that you have discussed your scholarship application with that officer. We prefer that you

discuss your application with the Federation state president, but a letter from any

Federation state officer will suffice. President's address provided upon request.