The NCAA awards scholarships and grants for further education to college athletes who demonstrate outstanding academic and athletic achievement. Colleges and universities are also awarded grants to improve academics and enhance campus culture – all to support student-athletes. In addition to the nearly $4 billion schools award in athletics scholarships each year, the NCAA funds more than $10 million in scholarships and grants annually to graduate student-athletes and member schools.

Students or student-athletes at an active NCAA member institution.

Depending on the award, applicant must have a 3.2 GPA or higher.

Review the details for each awards here.

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Application must be completed by the student or student-athlete.  Applications submitted by faculty and staff will not be accepted or reviewed by the committee.

• Log in to the Program Hub and complete a profile.
• Applicants may complete and save his or her application as they go along; however, the system will time-out after approximately 5 minutes of inactivity.
• Applicants must upload official transcripts to complete the application.  Official transcripts can be scanned and uploaded to the system as a .pdf document.  You must upload all transcripts at one time.  Please ensure the transcript reflects ALL undergraduate work.
• Applicants will provide email addresses for three individuals asked to complete a letter of recommendation.  Recommendation emails are generated after the applicant submits his or her application section.  NOTE:  Notify the endorsers that he or she will receive an email message with a link to complete their endorsement.
• You may check the status of your nomination by using the application tab at the top of the form.  It is imperative that you track your application’s progress, including submission of the three letters of recommendation.

Application sections

1. Applicant section: To be completed by the student/student-athlete; which includes a formal personal statement.
2. Transcript
3. Four letters of recommendation, by four different people are required. Each award will list who can be a recommender and may include:
   • Academic advisor or athletics administrator;
   • Professor teaching in the discipline of the student/student-athlete’s baccalaureate degree;
   • Someone in the position to speak about your community service and leadership.
   • A person able to judge your contribution to intercollegiate athletics.

Please note:  All recommendations should be viewed as formal recommendations for the applicant.

Notification process

Each applicant who applied is notified if they have or have not been selected as scholarship recipient in April.  An acceptance form and list of policies that govern the award are included with the notification letter. Notifications are sent to the address listed on the application.