University of Washington-Seattle Campus (out-of-state)

Award Amount: $8,000 Description: To recognize achievement by blind scholars, the National Federation of the Blind annually offers blind college students in the United States and Puerto Rico the opportunity to win one of thirty $8,000 merit-based scholarships. Each year at its National Convention in July, the NFB gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. Eligibility: -Must be legally blind (PDF) in both eyes. -Must be residing in the United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico. -Must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, post-secondary course of study in a degree program at a U.S. institution in the fall of the year of application (one scholarship may be given to a person employed full-time while attending school part-time). -Must participate in the entire NFB National Convention and in all of its scheduled scholarship program activities (finalists will receive assistance to attend the national convention).