Who Can Apply:
- Foot Locker Foundation works to improve upward mobility to build a more equitable and inclusive future through education, economic development and community empowerment. For nearly twenty years, it has partnered with leading organizations helping to mobilize and uplift local communities.
- In partnership with UNCF, this scholarship program, funded by the Foot Locker Foundation, provides support to students attending a UNCF member college or university during the 2025-2026 school year. All undergraduate classifications (freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors) and high school seniors will be considered.
- When applying, a UNCF member school will appear in the drop down options in the application. If you are not enrolled or a high school senior who will be enrolled in one of those particular schools for the 2025-2026 academic year, you are ineligible for consideration.
- The following are excluded from the eligible class: (a) officers and directors of the Foundation and of Foot Locker, Inc. and its affiliates and (b) family members of these officers and directors.
- Completed application packages include: transcript, essay, and one letter of recommendation from a faculty member, employer or other community member familiar with your academic performance. All information will be submitted in the appropriate section of the online application.
- Students must complete the FAFSA form and all parts of the online application by the deadline to be considered; and students must have demonstrated unmet, financial need as verified by the college or university. Additionally, due to the anticipated overwhelming response in applicants, recipients will be notified in writing with an award letter. All non-selected students will receive an auto notification at the conclusion of the award process.
- Previous recipients of the Foot Locker Foundation, Inc. – UNCF scholarship must reapply to be considered for the 2025-2026 school year.
Deadline: April 10, 2025
Amount: $5,000
Learn More: https://opportunities.uncf.org/s/program-landing-page?id=a2iVJ00000X0P2KYAV
