The application for 2023-2024 scholarships has closed. Recipients will be announced by December 30.
The Nancy Larson Foundation awards scholarships to promising students majoring in elementary education. Each year the Foundation awards five $1,500 scholarships to deserving college students.
Juniors, seniors, and graduate students who have declared an elementary education major are invited to apply. They should submit a completed application, official transcript, résumé with employment history, activities, community service, and paid positions and/or internships involving work with children and a narrative about personal experiences that have inspired them to teach and personal traits they possess that will help them in their teaching career.
The Nancy Larson Foundation was established by Nancy Larson to encourage and support prospective teachers. Larson is the author of the nationally successful Saxon Math K–4. She formed Nancy Larson Publishers, Inc. in 2004 with the goal of providing engaging and challenging programs in content areas beyond mathematics. The company’s first release is the fun and interactive Nancy Larson® Science K–5 program.
Click here to see scholarship recipients for previous years.