The NAVUB Scholarship application is now open! NAVUB hosts one scholarship competition every year that is open to current and past VUB participants. Each NAVUB member program may nominate one person for this scholarship. Amounts vary and have ranged from $500 - $2,000 per winner.

Download the 2025 Nomination and Application Packet

It is with great pleasure that the National Association of Veterans Upward Bound Project Personnel announces its national scholarship competition. Veterans Upward Bound participants are invited to compete for a scholarship award for the 2025-2026 academic year. Winners will be presented with a Certificate of Merit. Payment of the scholarship will be provided once proof of enrollment and attendance is received for the following fall semester. Checks will be made payable to the winners.

The application will be scored on five categories:
 
nomination letter
​recommendation letter
financial need
academics
nominee's essay 
 
Letters must contain nominee’s name and writer’s contact information 
The nominator must write a letter in support of his/her student, including: 
 
how the nominator knows the nominee 
the circumstances of the nominee's financial need 
the nominee’s education progress and commitment to completion of PSE
why nominee is deserving 
any other relevant information. 
 
All materials must be submitted by Monday, June 30, 2025 11:59 pm CDT