For Students

Applicants must be male students majoring in one of the following fields: Engineering , Chemistry, Physics or Mathematical Sciences. In addition, applicants must be U.S. citizens and be applying to or accepted at an accredited college (excluding proprietary schools) in the United States.

Graduate Students must posses a 3.0 average and are eligible for an award of $3000.

NAACP membership and participation is desirable. A copy of evidence of NAACP membership must be uploaded to the application.

Applicants must demonstrate financial need based on the following family income scale:

To learn more about size of family unit and income scale, please visit http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/incomelevels.html

For scholarship award consideration, applicants are required to submit the following documents to the online application:

1. Two letters of recommendations,

2. One page essay,

3. Recent official transcript,

4. Evidence of full time enrollment,

5. A copy of evidence of NAACP membership.

6. For income verification, Student Aid Report (SAR)

To learn more, please the instructions each section.

Undergraduate applicant must be a full-time student. If a student drops below the required full-time status, the Scholarship Selection Committee will adjust the grant received to 50% of the award allocated for that semester. Graduate applicant may be a full or part-time student.

* For more information and tips about the NAACP scholarship online application, please open the PDF file above.

Members of the National NAACP Board of Directors, SCF Trustees, National Youth Work Committee, the NAACP Scholarship Selection Committee, employees and their spouses or families to the first degree of consanguinity are not eligible to apply for or receive this scholarship