NWAG Scholarships 2015 Application Closes 30th May

Application for the 2015 NWAG Scholarships ends on 30th May, 2015. You can still fill the form and send before the closing date. If you don’t know about the NWAG Scholarship, here is a little bit of introduction.

What you should know about NWAG Scholarship

The Nigerian Women Association of Georgia (NWAG) plans to award 37 one-time scholarships, one per state of origin as well as one for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in the amount of fifty thousand Naira each, to Nigerian female undergraduate students in Nigerian universities.

Who is eligible for the scholarship?

Female undergraduates from unrepresented or minimally represented states and universities. You must also have the documents listed below to apply.

Applicants are required to submit the following documents together with their completed application form:

1. Proof of State of Origin- Letter of Origination from the university or a letter from your local government office
2. Two letters of recommendation from any two of the following: Church Pastor/Mosque Imam, Village Head, Local Government Chairperson or One of your Lecturers.
3. 1 Letter of recommendation from either the Dean of your Faculty/School or your Head of Department.
4. Photocopy of your current university student identification card
5. A current photograph of yourself
6. An explanation of why you need and should receive the scholarship-(not more than one-half typed page).
7. A type-written, double-spaced, two-page essay on:

 “What is the one system in Nigeria, such as educational, political, health care, financial…, that you feel if changed would have the most beneficial impact on Nigerians, and why?” 

How To Apply For The Scholarship – 2015

Interested prospective applicants should go online to download the application form.  Click here to download.

Completed application can be submitted with all required documents by pdf or word version to NWAG either by electronically via email at nwagscholarship@yahoo.com or by regular mail to P.O.

Box 14542, Atlanta, GA 30324.

SUBJECT LINE OF EMAIL: NAME OF APPLICANT & STATE OF ORIGIN, AND ALL ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS MUST BE IN PDF OR WORD FORMAT.

All applications must be POST-MARKED BY May 30, 2015. Late applications will not be accepted. Applications may not be faxed or hand-delivered.