External Scholarship Announcements

Foundation for the Carolinas Scholarships

Foundation for the Carolinas manages nearly 150 scholarship funds that support students at all educational levels.

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Golden LEAF Scholarship

Deadline: March 1

The Golden LEAF Scholars Program provides scholarships to North Carolina students attending independent colleges and universities. Recipients must be from Tier 1 or Tier 2 rural, tobacco dependent counties, demonstrate both financial need and merit, and plan to attend participating North Carolina colleges and universities. The scholarship is funded by the Golden LEAF Foundation through a grant to the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority. Recipients can receive $3,000/year for up to 4 years and there is no limit on the number of Golden LEAF scholars per institution.

To be considered for this award, a student must:

• Be a North Carolina resident for tuition purposes.
• Be a high school senior enrolling full-time as a first-year student at a participating North Carolina college or university.
• Reside in a rural county that is tobacco dependent and/or economically distressed (Tier 1 or Tier 2 under the 3-Tier designation).
• Have financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)^®.
• Recipients are selected based on GPA, financial need, length of residence in the county, and the ability to communicate a commitment to returning to a rural county that is economically distressed.

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The Winston-Salem Foundation

The Foundation offers scholarships with more general eligibility criteria, as well as scholarships with more specific criteria, such as those for students attending specific high schools or colleges or those pursuing certain fields of study.

Some scholarships entail a one-time award, while many are renewable for three additional years. Additionally, many scholarships are strictly merit-based, while others will also consider family income as a factor.

Most scholarships are designated for students attending Forsyth County high schools, but there are also scholarships designated for students who attend high schools in other locations in our service area.

Some scholarships allow non-Forsyth County residents who attend a Forsyth County high school to qualify as long as they reside in a county in the Foundation’s service area.

The Foundation’s service area includes Davie, Davidson, Forsyth, Surry, Stokes, Yadkin and Wilkes counties.

There are two different scholarship application processes: many scholarship applications are made through the Foundation’s Common Application process, while other scholarships utilize their own application process.

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Triangle Community Foundation (NC)

Triangle Community Foundation administers a number of endowed and non-endowed scholarship funds established by individual donors and organizations to assist students in continuing their education.