Varies
Avg. Amount Awarded
68
Days
March 31 2025
Application Deadline
N/A
Renewable
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What you'll need:
  • Checkmark Other - Proof of legal blindness
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Community Service
  • Checkmark Essay
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Charles and Melva T. Owen Memorial Scholarship

Description

First established by Charles Owen in loving memory of his blind wife, this scholarship is now endowed to honor the memory of both. The Charles and Melva T. Owen Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to students who must be pursuing or planning to pursue a 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. Applicants must be legally blind in both eyes. Applicants do not have to be U.S. citizens but they must be...

Amount Details

$8,000
Low Amount Awarded

Eligibility Requirements

  • CheckmarkMust be an undergraduate student
  • CheckmarkMust attend a university or a four-year college
  • CheckmarkMust be at least 18 years old
  • CheckmarkMust study full-time

How to Apply

What you'll need:

  • Checkmark Other - Proof of legal blindness
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Community Service
  • Checkmark Essay
  • Checkmark Interview
  • Checkmark Recommendations Or References
  • Checkmark Test Scores
  • Checkmark Transcript
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Contact Cayte Mendez
Chairperson, NFB Scholarship Committee
scholarships@nfb.org
Tel: 410-659-9314 ext. 2415 Address 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230