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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>2025 Scholarship Program for Blind Students in Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>2025 National Federation of the Blind of Texas Scholarship Application<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Each year the National Federation of the Blind of Texas offers scholarships to the best and brightest blind students in the state. The scholarships are<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>awarded during our annual convention. This year the convention will be held on the weekend of October 31-November 2, 2025. The site for this year's convention<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>is the DoubleTree by Hilton Houston Hobby Airport. Attendance, at our expense, is mandatory for all finalists. Finalists should plan to arrive at the hotel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>no later than 4:00 PM, on October 31, and should plan to leave the hotel no earlier than noon on November 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>ELIGIBILITY - The following requirements apply to all applicants:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>• Must be legally blind in both eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>• Must be a resident of Texas. Texas residency means that you must be living in Texas at the time of application.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>• Must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, post-secondary course of study at a U. S. institution of higher education in the fall of the application<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>year. Members of the National Federation of the Blind of Texas value both work and education. Therefore, the committee may, at its discretion, grant one<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>scholarship to a student who attends school part-time while working full-time. It may also consider students who are attending a trade or technical school<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>on a full-time basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>• Must attend the entire convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Deadline: August 1, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The application information and form can be found at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://nfbtx.org/scholarships<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>