Scholarships

JEA and NSPA will provide up to 50 need-based registration scholarships for students. Scholarship recipients will receive free registration to the convention.

Priority will be given to schools with underrepresented groups and low-income students.

To apply, students must complete this application form and explain in the space provided why they want to attend the convention and how the scholarship would help them. Attach a letter of recommendation from the school media adviser or other school administrator addressing the student’s interest in journalism as well as the student’s financial need.

The scholarship deadline is Feb. 23.
Recipients will be notified on Feb. 27, before the early-bird convention registration deadline on March 1.

Each scholarship will cover the recipient’s registration fee but not hotel or other expenses. Students attending the convention must be accompanied by a media adviser or other responsible adult.

Advisers: Please do not register your scholarship applicant for the convention until you’ve been notified whether your student has received a scholarship. If you’d like to, register yourself and the rest of your group that will be attending. You can always go back and add additional students later.

If the scholarship applicant is approved, we will add him/her to the existing publication registration and send a confirmation email to both the adviser and the student informing them they have been chosen.

If the scholarship applicant is not approved and will still be attending the convention, please utilize the modify capability in your convention confirmation email to add them to your registration.