SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:

NAHRO Emerging Leader Scholarship

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2025

Who Are the Emerging Leaders?

The Emerging Leaders are a self-identified, diverse group of professionals who seek advancement in the housing and community development field. Emerging Leaders gain knowledge and integrate themselves into the industry through mentors, trainings, and conferences. An Emerging Leader demonstrates leadership and is willing to contribute and share knowledge/ideas with others.

What Does The Scholarship Provide?

The Emerging Leaders Scholarship empowers an emerging leader to grow within PNRC and NAHRO, emphasizing leadership and succession planning for our region and nationally.

Each scholarship awardee will receive $2,500 per year for a two-year period. This amount is intended to provide the financial support needed to attend the required NAHRO conferences.

What Are The Requirements?

Demonstrated Ambition: Applicants must show a willingness to serve on regional and national committees.
Membership: The applicant’s agency must be a member of PNRC and NAHRO or agree to become a member before the award is accepted.
Reference Check: A reference check from a supervisor or another NAHRO member is required. Executive Board Members are not permitted to serve as a reference.
Agency Commitment: The agency must commit to ensuring the applicant can attend the PNRC and at least two National NAHRO conferences annually.

Application Review and Award Announcement

The PNRC Executive Board will review all completed submissions and make the determination one month prior to the Regional Conference. The awardee will be notified one month prior to the PNRC NAHRO Conference, where the official announcement will take place.

Please review this material carefully. If you have any questions, please contact the Service Office at pnrc@nahro.org or call 940 521-9982.

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PNRC Scholarship

Submission Deadline: March 14, 2025

The Pacific Northwest Reginal Chapter provides one $500 scholarship opportunity to a graduating high school who reside in public housing or Section 8 housing through a PNRC-NAHRO member agency in “good standing”.

Listed below are the documents required for a complete application.

Scholarship Awards:

To be considered, all sections of the application must be completed. If a section is not applicable, write N/A (not applicable) in the section; do not leave any sections blank. Any application that has blank sections, or that is missing appropriate submittals or signatures will be disqualified.
A letter of character recommendation: Please attach a letter of recommendation from a non-relative. Letters of recommendation will be accepted from a representative from the local housing authority or community organization, an employer, or a school professional such as a teacher, principal, or guidance counselor. Recommendations from family members will NOT be considered. All recommendations should include the writer’s name; relationship to the applicant; and the length of time the writer has known the applicant.
A transcript from high school and/or the academic institution the applicant is currently attending. A digital copy or scanned in hard copy are both acceptable.
Attach summary of activities (i.e., resume) outlining past and current employment, internships, honors, awards, sports, clubs, and/or other recent school or community engagement.
An essay (750-1,000 words) written by the applicant. Essay prompt: Please tell us about yourself and how this scholarship will help you achieve his/her goal of attending and graduating from college.
A clear, high-resolution headshot photo of the applicant.

Please review this material carefully. If you have any questions, please contact the Service Office at pnrc@nahro.org or call 940 521-9982.

Scholarship funds for winners are sent directly to the scholarship winner’s accredited institution of higher education once proof of registration is received.

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The winner of the PNRC Scholarship will submitted to National NAHRO to compete for the National scholarship.

NAHRO Member Agencies:
Eligible NAHRO member agencies must submit all of their applications to a regional scholarship representative, who will then conduct a regional judging. One candidate per region will be submitted to National NAHRO Merit College Scholarship for additional award consideration.

The final regional applications will be emailed to NAHRO by the current years due date. (July 1, 2025) The PSWRC Service Office and the winners will be notified once selected each year. The NAHRO Scholarship Committee awards scholarships directly to the accredited institution of higher education once proof of registration at the college or university is received.

NAHRO Merit College Scholarship

The NAHRO Merit College Scholarship awards $3,000 each to eight scholars, one from each NAHRO region, who are pursuing their first post-secondary degree. Each NAHRO region submits an applicant of their choice from their own scholarship program. If no regional scholarship program is in place, the region will select one eligible applicant to complete the NAHRO Merit College Scholarship application. The regions’ scholarship applications then are judged by the NAHRO Scholarship Committee, which is comprised of Housing America Advisory Committee members.

NAHRO-LDG Scholars

From these eight scholarship winners, the NAHRO Scholarship Committee will choose three candidates to become a part of the NAHRO-LDG Scholars program, which is a 10-year venture that will provide $1 million in scholarships and internship opportunities to low-income students from around the country and is funded by the award-winning multi-family housing developer, LDG Development.