NCAA: Freedom Forum-NCAA Sports-Journalism Scholarships

S U M M A R Y

Contest / Scholarship

Type:

Sports

Description:

Sports-Journalism Scholarship Program assists deserving full-time students in their final year of study. You must apply as a junior.

Deadline is soft; please check the website for exact deadline (as it approaches).

Sponsor:

NCAA

Sponsor's Goals:

This program is specifically designed to foster freedom of speech and press while promoting quality sports journalism education at the collegiate level.

Deadline:

2010-12-08

P R I Z E S

Total # of Prizes:

Low Prize:

Top Prize:

$3000

R E Q U I R E M E N T S

Applies To:

Journalism

For Residents of:

None given

Grades:

College

Other Requirements:

Applicant involved in Sports-Journalism.
The Freedom Forum, through a grant to the NCAA, supports eight $3,000 scholarships to college juniors who have career goals in sports journalism and major in journalism or have experience in campus sports journalism.

The program assists deserving full-time students in their final year of study and is designed to foster freedoms of speech and press while promoting quality sports journalism education at the collegiate level

Applications for these scholarships are available in late August from the institution's NCAA faculty athletics representative, journalism department or school newspaper office.

For more information concerning this program:
The NCAA Leadership Advisory Board
P.O. Box 6222
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6222
317/917-6477

(The NCAA website does not have more information on this and is not regularly updated, but you can get information about and an application for this program from your institution's NCAA faculty athletics representative or school newspaper office.)

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