Blazing Tributes Scholarship Application
2025-2026

• Applicants must be a high school senior graduating in 2026.

• Applicants must have an overall/cumulative grade point average of no less than 2.8 on a 4.0 scale.

• Applicants must be enrolling at an accredited college, university or trade school in the fall of 2026.

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Your application packet must include:

• A completed scholarship application. 

• An official copy of your high school transcript.

• Two letters of recommendations

• Personal Growth Statement (minimum of 200 words) which includes current skills, experiences and future goals that qualify you for this scholarship. 

• A minimum 300-word essay addressing one of the  following topics:

        

1.  Tell us about a time that you failed at something and what you learned from it. 

2. ​ Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated is a community conscious action oriented organization.  Tell us about a contribution you've recently made to your community and what actions did you specifically contribute. 

3. ​What are you academic and professional goals, and how will it impact the African American Community?

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NOTE: All documents should be submitted via email in PDF format to upzscholarship@gmail.com with the subject, "Just Give Me My Money."

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Application deadline is April 30, 2026 by 11:59 p.m.

 

Next Steps:

• Upsilon Psi Zeta Graduate chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated will host an in-person scholarship celebration. All recipients will be acknowledged at the ceremony. Additional details will be provided later.

• Scholarship awards are to be used for educational purposes only. Scholarship awards will be disbursed to the college, university or trade/vocational school once verification is provided of the awardee’s enrollment. Please email: name of the institution, school identification number, contact person/ department and mailing address for scholarship check disbursement by July 1, 2026