Through the Financial Aid Office, NOBTS offers need-based scholarships to current students each semester.  The purpose of the NOBTS scholarships is to help offset the cost of tuition. Our philosophy for awarding scholarships is to help the greatest number of students possible who demonstrate financial need.

* If you are a prospective student, click this link to find out about available scholarships for your first semester.

The Award Process

Many NOBTS alumni and friends of the Seminary have generously donated funds to establish the scholarship accounts used each semester.  Each scholarship account may have certain stipulations given by the donor.  For example, the most common stipulation is geographical in nature, meaning that a recipient must come from a certain region, town, or state.  Rather than each student searching for a specific scholarship they will qualify for, students submit a standard grant application that allows them to be eligible for any of the scholarships of which they qualify.

Qualifications

• Current or returning students must complete the online grant application in September for the Spring semester and in April for the Fall semester.  The application will only be available during these months.
• A student must maintain full-time status during the entire semester of the award.  Full-time for main campus students is 12 hours for undergraduates, 9 hours for Masters level, and doctoral students must be currently enrolled in the program.  Extension center students must be taking at least two classes at the extension center to be considered full-time.  Full-time status for Financial Aid purposes only includes on campus classes and Saturday classes.  Internet courses, independent studies, and workshops DO NOT count toward full-time status.
• A student must not have a past due balance on their NOBTS account.
• A student must return a thank you note for the donor of their scholarship to the Financial Aid Office.

Award Notification

It takes several months after receiving the applications to process all of the scholarship awards.  Fall semester awards are notified in July and Spring semester awards are notified in December.

Link to Scholarship Application (only available during April and September)