Launch of the 2023 NFB of Virginia Scholarship

To all my NFB family and Friends,

We are pleased to launch this year’s 2023-2024 NFB of Virginia Scholarship program. The scholarship committee would love to request your help in distributing the information below to everyone you know who is attending a college or university this upcoming year. Your participation and help are appreciated and are a huge part of our success. Please see all the details below. Thanks again for your help and support in making this a fantastic opportunity for our blind students across Virginia.

The NFB of Virginia is pleased to announce the launch of its James F. Nelson merit scholarship program for the academic year 2023-2024. Up to three scholarships of $2500.00 will be awarded based on academic achievement, community engagement, and leadership potential. One of these three scholarships will be directly pledged to a qualifying freshman or sophomore.

The NFB of Virginia believes that all blind and vision-impaired students who apply for a James F. Nelson scholarship can benefit from the experience of attending the State Convention. The NFBV will cover the reasonable costs associated with attending the convention for all eligible applicants, including a room at the hotel shared with a fellow scholarship applicant, most meals, the cost of registration, and a banquet ticket. Scholarship applicants should work with their local chapters to explore transportation options and should notify the scholarship committee if they encounter any difficulties. Convention related expenses will be reimbursed or covered by the affiliate at the convention. Please notify the committee if you do not have access to a credit card or other means of covering pre-convention costs. Applicants are expected to pre-register for the gathering to signal their intentions to attend the state convention, and to assist the scholarship committee in making hotel reservations.

Eligibility - Applicants must:

• Be legally blind or have a visual impairment that qualifies them to receive services under IDEA or from a state vocational rehabilitation program

• Be a resident of Virginia, or attending a Virginia accredited institution of higher education full-time

• Plan to pursue a full-time, postsecondary course of study in the 2023-24 academic year

• Participate in the entire NFB of Virginia in-person state convention in Williamsburg, Virginia and participate in all scheduled scholarship program activities to be held on November 2nd- 5th, 2023.

To submit an online application, please visit https://www.nfbv.org/scholarship

Deadline: Applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Monday, October 2nd, 2023

For any questions, please contact Jimmy Morris.

Email: jimorris0116@gmail.com Phone: (434) 547-2720