Scholarship Information:
The Board of the North Carolina Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Studies awards scholarshipsfor both the annual Summer School and Winter Schools.
Applications for Winter School scholarships are accepted between November 1st and December 15th, with notification of awards being emailed to applicants between December 30th and January 12th.
Applications for Summer School scholarships are accepted between April 1st and May 15th, with notification of awards being emailed to applicants between May 30th and June 12th.
Please DO NOT register for the School until you receive your scholarship application results.
Eligible Disciplines:
- Full-time para-professionals
- Full-time nurses
- Students working towards CRCC, NASW, NBCC, and NCASPPB
- Professionals working full-time in addiction prevention, intervention, education, treatment, recovery, etc.
Scholarship Requirements:
Applicants must complete our online NCFADS Scholarship Application Form and include the following information:
- A personal statement of justification as to why the scholarship is needed.
- The impact this opportunity would have on your work in the field.
- A statement of your career goals.
Other Considerations:
- All applications must be typed clearly for readability. Please include a correct email address and mobile phone number for direct contact about your application.
- Applicants must make a compelling case for need of a scholarship. We receive 150+ applications each School, so this is a very competitive process
- The completed application must be received by the due date indicated on the scholarship form.
- Final selections of scholarship recipients will be made by our volunteer scholarship awards committee. We will make our best effort to redact all personally identifiable information from your application before sharing to mitigate bias. In order to help us, please do not include any personally identifiable information in your essay responses.
- All Foundation scholarship applicants will be notified of their status by the notification date indicated on the form.
- Persons who have received a NCFADS scholarship within the past 2 years are not eligible.
- Completion of the Scholarship Application does not register one for the Summer or Winter School
