February 16, 2027

The HBCU Week Sports Scholarship is available to HBCU-bound and current HBCU students who have demonstrated excellence in athletics, leadership, and academic achievement. This $10,000 scholarship is designed to support and empower student-athletes as they pursue their educational and athletic goals. Whether you compete in football, basketball, track and field, soccer, volleyball, softball, baseball, tennis, cheer, dance, or another high school/collegiate sport, this opportunity is for you.

• Must commit to or attend a Historically Black College or University (HBCU)
• Must be a collegiate student-athlete at an HBCU
• Be a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States

• Application form
• Transcript

• Provide most recent transcript (Subject to authentication)
• Provide a letter on official college or university letterhead verifying current membership on a collegiate athletic team

• GPA requirements – High school seniors: 3.0 (unweighted)| Current college students: 2.75

The HBCU Week Foundation will lead the process for receiving and reviewing applications, including the identification of external participants for the scholarship Selection Committee. Following an initial, quantitative, automated screening process, the Committee will review qualitative application details, determine the candidates(s) which best fit relevant scholarship criteria, and assign scholars an overall rating. Scholars with the highest scores will be chosen as recipients, based on the number of scholarships available. The scholarship recipients will be notified by June 1st via phone call or email, and will also be emailed an award letter. HBCU Week Foundation, Inc. will administer funding of scholarships to each of the Universities. Scholarship recipients will be required to meet ongoing scholarship criteria each semester.

Areas reviewed by the Selection Committee include, but are not limited to the following:

• Academic accomplishments
• Financial Need

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