SCHOLARSHIPS, PROGRAMS, INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
UNCF has helped more than 500,000 students earn their college degrees since its founding. UNCF is the nation’s largest private scholarship provider to minority group members. Each year, we award more than $100 million in scholarships to students attending more than 1,100 schools across the country, including our prestigious network of 37 HBCUs.
We also manage a variety of scholarship programs, such as the Fund II Foundation UNCF STEM Scholars Program, UNCF/Koch Scholars Program, Walton K-12 Education Fellowship and the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship Program. Each of these programs—as well as dozens of other internships, fellowships and faculty development opportunities—comes with its own eligibility criteria, application requirements and deadlines. ADVOCACY FOR STUDENTS REACHING COLLEGE AND IN COLLEGE
UNCF works diligently on advocacy efforts in Washington and across the United States to make sure that the needs of students are on the agenda when Washington policymakers debate education policy and set federal budgets, UNCF is one of the most prominent education advocates in the nation’s capital. And to ensure that students get the kindergarten-through-high-school education they need to prepare them for college success, UNCF helps communities around the country engage in improving the schools their children attend. K-12 Advocacy: UNCF focuses on elevating the college readiness crisis, building a college-going culture within the African American community and empowering leaders and communities to drive change at local, state and national levels. Public Policy and Government Affairs: UNCF works with policymakers on both sides of the aisle to ensure the needs of our member colleges and the students we support are heard, understood and considered when laws and federal regulations affecting them move forward. WHO WE ARE - MEMBER HBCUs
Member HBCUs
Thirty-seven historically black colleges and universities belong to the UNCF network of member institutions. UNCF provides these colleges and universities with a range of support that enables them to keep their academic programs strong and their tuitions affordable. As a result of this support, member institutions educate more than 60,000 students each year and have produced more than 450,000 graduates with the help of UNCF. The economic impact of member institutions extends beyond just the students they educate. UNCF recently commissioned a landmark study to measure this impact; HBCUs Make America Strong: The Positive Economic Impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities details the individual impacts each institution has on its communities.
