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Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships
Application forms for these scholarships will be available in November of 2026.
NRCSA Scholarships and Award Nominations
Scholarship and award nomination forms will be available in November of 2026.
NRCSA Para to Teaching & Transition to Teaching Scholarships
The NRCSA Executive Committee has created a scholarship program that will provide opportunities for three programs that are helping to alleviate the teacher shortage in rural schools: (1) a “Para to Teacher” program such as those offered by Chadron State, Peru State and Wayne State, and (2) a transitional program in which a candidate is employed as a teacher while working to attain his/her teaching certification in a program such as that offered by the University of Nebraska-Kearney. The colleges or universities attended must be within Nebraska. Also added this year is a program known, as ITeach Nebraska, which is provided by K12 Coalition. The program offers alternative teacher certification and is approved by NDE. Candidates must be currently employed by an NRCSA-member school district or ESU.
Three scholarships will be awarded for the fall semester and three scholarships for the spring semester each year. Candidates may be eligible for one scholarship in each semester in a given year, but the candidate must submit a separate application each time.
NRCSA Para-to-Teacher & Transition to Teaching Scholarship Form Spring 2026 (MS Word Document)
Application Deadline: Nov. 13, 2026