Golden LEAF Transfer Scholarship

Designed to assist current high school seniors, current NC community college students and students currently enrolled at public North Carolina four-year universities.

Eligibility

To be considered for this award, a student must:

  • Enroll at any participating North Carolina public university as a full-time degree-seeking undergraduate student.
  • Be an incoming freshman, an incoming transfer student from a North Carolina community college.
  • Be a permanent resident of a qualifying rural county that is economically distressed and/or tobacco dependent. Note: this requirement does not apply to current recipients of the Golden LEAF Scholarship at public universities applying for grant renewal.
  • Demonstrate financial need.
  • Students who have earned four-year (bachelors) degrees are not eligible for consideration