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The NBMBAA® Graduate Scholarship Program awards scholarships to deserving graduate students. Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence, strong communication skills, community involvement and leadership ability. Click here to begin the application process.

Applicants must:

• Be a minority student
• Be enrolled full or part-time at an AACSB accredited university Master's Degree program in a management or business related program
• Have a 3.0 or better Grade Point Average
• Provide a letter of recommendation (Cannot be a family member)
• Provide a headshot
• Be a citizen or resident of the United States
• You must at least 18 years old  to apply

Recipients receive:

• Scholarship awards up to $15,000
• NBMBAA® student membership for one (1) year

Additionally some recipients may receive:

• Round-trip airfare & housing to the NBMBAA® Annual Conference & Exposition
• Complimentary conference registration
• Access to receptions and events at the conference

Recipients are required to:

• Agree to participate in limited public relations activities
• Share their story

Application materials:

ESSAY:
Essays must be submitted online. Paper applications will not be accepted.

Complete a 750 word essay that addresses one of the topics below:

OPTION 1:
In Fast Company magazine, Business leadership guru Warren Bennis famously stated, “Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing”. It is argued this distinction was accurate but potentially dangerous because it could distort how some bosses--at all levels—may view and do their work. It could encourage bosses to see generating big and vague ideas as the important part of their jobs--and to treat implementation, or details of any kind, as mere “management work” best done by “the little people.” Discuss the Bennis statement. What will you do (what will you keep from doing?) to keep from being a ‘big picture only’ manager?

OPTION 2:
What do you see as the value of the MBA degree? Why pursue it? Where is it going to take you? How will you complement your MBA degree to enhance its value to maximize career outcome?

To accommodate for a blind review by our evaluators, please DO NOT include your name in the essay. Including your name will result in immediate disqualification.

RESUME:
Resumes must be submitted through our online process only. Resumes must not exceed 2 pages.

TRANSCRIPT(S):
Transcripts are required for all college coursework. Please upload a copy of your most recent transcript. An official transcript may be requested if you are selected as a scholarship recipient.

PHOTOGRAPHS:
Submit a professional looking headshot in jpg. The image should be at least 1024x768.

Applicants are responsible for submitting all required information. Applications are evaluated on the information supplied; therefore, answer all questions as completely as possible. Incomplete applications will not be evaluated. All information received is considered confidential and is reviewed only by members of the NBMBAA® Scholarship Committee.