The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK ACCOUNTANTS, INC. (NABA) RTP CHAPTER is proud to announce that the organization will award local scholarships for the current academic year. The application deadline is March. Scholarships will range from $250 to $1,250.

These scholarships will be presented at the Annual Scholarship Award Banquet to be held in April. The place and time will be provided to all scholarship recipients at a later date. The actual cash awards will be provided directly to the recipient, who must have at least one year of school remaining. 

In accordance with National scholarship guidelines, monetary scholarship awards will only be provided to students that have at least one year of school remaining. Any CPA review scholarships provided will be the only scholarships that graduating students are eligible to receive (undergrad or grad). Eligible graduate students can not have held full-time employment without being enrolled in school or ever been a professional NABA member. Eligible graduate students must be those students who have continued from their undergraduate studies to the graduate level.

The NABA RTP Scholarship application should be submitted online. Completed scholarship applications include:

• Current Resume
• Essay Response - Describe how you plan to use your specific degree to assist NABA post-graduation to promote the Accounting/Business Profession? In describing your plan, be sure to include factors that helped to mold your career and NABA membership choices, and transition into a professional. Lastly, explain how you will give back to your local community. (350 words or less).*
• Two Letters of Recommendation as completed by a faculty member and a paid NABA professional member who is a non-relative. Note: Students are to notify the faculty and professional NABA member who will be writing the recommendation letter. Please obtain the reference correct full name and email address.
• Email or Mail a current, official Academic Transcript. You must request that your registrar send this to NABA directly via email (info@nabartp.org) or mail (PO Box 532 Morrisville, NC 27560) in a sealed envelope. We will not accept student copies or other unofficial transcripts. Most schools assess a nominal service charge to send official transcripts. If mailed, your transcript should also be postmarked by March.

Applicants must:

1. Are you an ethnic minority who is currently enrolled as a full-time (12 semester hours or equivalent), undergraduate freshman, sophomore, junior, or first-year senior accounting, finance or business major?

2. Be a minority graduate student enrolled as a full-time student (nine semester hours or equivalent) who was an undergraduate accounting major and is presently accepted in a masters-level accounting, business administration, finance, or taxation program, OR who had any undergraduate major and is presently accepted in a masters-level accounting program.

3. Are you a current fiscal year NABA member? A member is one whose membership dues have been received by NABA's National Office by January 31, 2019 to ensure verification by NABA National Office records. Dues are $35 for undergraduate students or students entering graduate school "immediately" after receiving their undergraduate degree. All other graduate students are considered professional members and must submit dues of $200.

4. Have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in your major and overall. Please provide a conversion of your grades to the "4.0 grading scale" if your college does not use this scale.