The scholarship application can be accessed by clicking on the link below:
The application will be open now until 11:59pm EST on March 17, 2025.
Instructions on how to complete the application:
1. You will need to enter your NKU username and password to access the application form. (This is the same information that you use to access your NKU email and myNKU portal).
2. You will have the option to save your application and come back to it later and complete it.
- When you have completed all areas of the general application to your satisfaction, please be sure to click, 'Finish and Submit' at the bottom of the application screen.
3. You will be asked to provide a short answer or essay to the following prompts:
- Briefly list your long-term professional goals.
- Essay on Success: People have various definitions of success (career, wealth, civic engagement). How do you define success? When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful?
- Essay on Leadership and Community Services Involvement: How do you define leadership? Describe your leadership experience/community service involvement.
We would encourage you to think about those essays before starting the scholarship application.
4. You must have at least one (1) form or letter of reccomendation for your application to be considered complete. We encourage you to reach out to a faculty member, advisor, guidance counselor or another individual that can speak to your academic abilities.
- You will have to provide the name and email address of at least one (1) person that can serve as a reference for you. The individual will be sent an email with a link to the Reference Questionnaire. You can provide more than one contact for this area if you chose.
- The completion of the Reference Questionnaire by your reference must be completed by March 17th. The system will send out automatic reminder emails about the questionaire.
- Your reference can chose to complete the Reference Questionnaire or they can chose to write a letter of recommendation for you.
- Please Note: if they write you a letter of recommendation, you would be responsible for uploading the letter to your application.
- The upload of the letter of recommendation must be completed by the application deadline of March 17, 2025.
5. There are are some donor scholarships that will require additional information. After you complete the general scholarship application, if you meet the first level of eligibility for these scholarships, you will be given the option to answer the additional questions for these scholarships.
