(SAFAC) SUNY Empire State Diversity Honors Scholarship

Award recipients candidates must:
1. Be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status,
2. Be a New York Resident, and
3. Demonstrate how they have overcome a disadvantage or other impediment to success in higher education.
4. Demonstrate a commitment to contributing to the diversity of the student body by facilitating and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in their academic programs and campus activities

Even though financial need is not a requirement for program eligibility, applicants may utilize economic disadvantage as a basis for eligibility.

Preference will be given to candidates who are:

From a low-income background (e.g., Pell-eligible as undergraduates), were first-generation college students (students whose parents have not earned a bachelor’s degree), have overcome adversity, are AmeriCorps alumni, or are veterans.

The Empire State Diversity Honors Scholarship at Nassau Community College Program is open to any and all prospective candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, or sex, and is consistent with all current governing federal and state nondiscrimination law.
All application submissions will be assessed and evaluated in accordance with the required eligibility criteria

Additional Scholarship requirements include:
• You are either a full-time or part-time student
• You are in good academic standing
• You have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for all courses taken at NCC
• You are enrolled in a degree program
• You must submit an essay describing your educational and personal accomplishments, your career goals in addition to share examples of your efforts to contribute to campus diversity, equity and inclusion.