Liz Colantuono & Mark Sanz Endowment Scholarship Grant

The Liz Colantuono & Mark Sanz Endowment Scholarship, offered by the United Negro College Fund, provides need-based financial support to Native American students and adult refugees enrolled or accepted at accredited U.S. four-year institutions. With a focus on those facing financial challenges, this scholarship aims to empower students who demonstrate a commitment to education in STEM, education, accounting, or journalism, thereby fostering future leaders in these fields.

“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”®
For more than seven decades, this principle has remained at the heart of UNCF, enabling us to raise more than $5 billion and help more than 500,000 students and counting not just attend college, but thrive, graduate and become leaders.
We do this in three ways: By awarding more than 12,000 students scholarships, worth more than $65 million, each year. By providing financial support to 37 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). And by serving as the nation’s leading advocate for the importance of minority education and community engagement.
Liz Colantuono & Mark Sanz Scholarship
The Liz Colantuono & Mark Sanz Scholarship provides need-based scholarships to Native Americans or adult refugees or a child of adult refugees who are currently enrolled or have been accepted to a 4-year U.S. Based accredited institution

Eligibility

Scholarships will be awarded to selected, applicants who meet the minimum eligibility criteria listed:
Possess a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scaleHave completed the Free Application for Federal Aid (FASFA) formHave demonstrated an unmet financial need as verified by the college or universityBe a US citizen or permanent resident who is a resident of the state of Montana, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming or New MexicoBe a high school senior, or adult refugee, Native American or child of refugee currently enrolled college student of any classification that has been accepted or is attending a U.S. based 4-year college or university as a full time student Have a major in or demonstrate an interest in pursuing a degree in a STEM-related science or in education, accounting or journalism.