Applicants must meet all five of the following eligibility criteria:
- Be legally blind;
- Be registered with Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic for at least one year prior to February 21, 2000 (individually or through a school);
- Have received or will receive a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States or its territories between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000 (applicants need not plan to continue their educations further);
- Have an overall academic average for their undergraduate years of 3.0 or more on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent, if the academic average is not computed on a 4.0 scale);
- Provide evidence of leadership, enterprise and service to others.
RFB&D presents the SAA awards annually to a total of nine students in three categories: three winners receive $6,000 each; three Special Honors winners receive $3,000 each; and three Honors winners receive $1,000 each.
Application for the 2000 awards will be mailed on request beginning in October 1999. The deadline to submit applications is February 21, 2000. Call 1-800-221-4792 for more information and an application.
National Achievement Awards Information
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540