2025-2026 Scholarship Application
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2025 - 2026 Scholarship Application will open on December 15, 2024, and close on April 15, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria Applicants must:
- Certify that they are currently placed in foster care, a ward of the state, and eligible for ILP, having aged out of foster care as a young adult.
- Be a high school graduate or equivalent and have a high school cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
- Have been accepted into an accredited, Pell-eligible college or another post-secondary school.
- Be under the age of 26 of the year they apply if they have not previously received funding from The nsoro Foundation.
- Be a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident of the United States.
Application Deadline: April 15, 2025
Scholarship Guidelines
Students are required to maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA to retain scholarships. Scholarships are announced annually on May 15th. Recipients are notified via email at the email address provided in their application.
- Scholarships may be used for tuition, books, room and board, transportation, and food. Scholarship disbursements are sent directly to the academic institution.
- Applicants must obtain three letters of recommendation from teachers, employers, or community leaders. The letters must include a brief description of the relationship with the applicant. They should address why the applicant deserves a scholarship, describing specific abilities, skills, or attributes that exemplify excellence in their school or community. The three letters must be uploaded as part of the complete application to submit.
- An official high school or college transcript must be uploaded, along with the school registrar's name and contact information, as part of the complete application to submit. Applications will not be considered if the school registrar's name and phone number are not included.
- The applicant must provide documentation that they are currently placed in foster care by the state court system or that they "aged out" of the foster care system and have not been adopted. (Must be a court document or letter from caseworker or ILS)