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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>The National Federation of the Blind and the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland each administer a separate scholarship program for post-secondary students. The deadline to apply for an NFB scholarship is March 31, 2022, and the deadline to apply for an NFBMD Scholarship is April 15, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>National Scholarship Program: Each year, the NFB awards 30 merit-based scholarships totaling at least $120,000. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Scholarships range in amount from $3,000 to $12,000.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement, leadership, and community service.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The 30 scholarship finalists are announced in the spring and attend the National Convention, where they are awarded a specific scholarship.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Application materials must be submitted (online or postmarked) by 11:59PM on March 31, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To be eligible, applicants must:<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Be legally blind in both eyes;<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Reside in the United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico;<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, post-secondary course of study in a degree program at a U.S. institution in the Fall of 2022 (one scholarship may be awarded to an individual who works full-time and attends school part-time); and<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Attend the entire National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind (and all scholarship activities) in New Orleans, Louisiana from July 5 through 10, 2022 (scholarship finalists will receive convention financial assistance).<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To apply:<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Submit an application using the online application system at </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/scholarships/login"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>https://nfb.org/civicrm/scholarships/login</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; or<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Download, complete, and email or mail in a hard copy application form by visiting: </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="https://nfb.org/scholarships"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>https://nfb.org/scholarships</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:.75in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>State Scholarship Program: Each year, the NFB of Maryland awards the John T. McCraw Scholarship to </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>up to four </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>students </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>with a combined maximum total of $10,000. Though the Scholarship Committee will determine the amount awarded to each individual scholarship finalist, the minimum amount per scholarship is $2,000 and the maximum amount is $3,500. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>NFBMD may award </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>a </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>scholarship to a former McCraw scholarship recipient. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Scholarships are </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>merit-based and </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>awarded based on academic achievement</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>,</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> community involvement</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>, and leadership</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Application materials must be submitted (online or postmarked) by 11:59PM on April 15, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To be eligible, applicants must:<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Be legally blind in both eyes;<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>reside in Maryland or be pursuing post-secondary studies at a school in Maryland;<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'> or part-time</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, post-secondary course of study in a degree program in the Fall of 2022</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'> and Spring of 2023 (priority will be given to full-time students)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; and<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Attend the entire National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind in </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>New Orleans, Louisiana </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>from July 5 through 10, 2022 and the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland in Towson, Maryland from November </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> – </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>13</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, 2022 (scholarship finalists will receive convention </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>financial </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>assistance).<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To apply:<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Submit an application using the online application system at </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://nfbmd.org/scholarship/apply"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>http://nfbmd.org/scholarship/apply</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; or<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Download, complete, and email or mail in a hard copy application form by visiting: </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://nfbmd.org/scholarship"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>http://nfbmd.org/scholarship</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have questions, please reach out to me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ronza<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ronza Othman, </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>President</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>443-426-4110<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>