Diaz-Balart Scholarship

The Díaz-Balart Scholarship has been established by Florida National University to honor the Díaz-Balart family. Political immigrants from Cuba, the Díaz-Balart family has continued in the United States its long history of public service, which began many years ago in their homeland. The scholarship is awarded to a student who is an immigrant to the United States of America. (The ADN, BSN, and MSN programs are not eligible for the scholarship.)

The scholarship is to be awarded every year to the winner of an essay contest, written by high school candidates on the subject of “Educational Opportunities within the American Democracy”.

Deadline: June 1

Basis for Selection: Must be an immigrant to the United States of America. The content of the essay and the writing skills exhibited in the essay.

Source of the Díaz-Balart Scholarship: University revenue.

Amount Awarded: The complete tuition cost of the program for baccalaureate and associate degree programs offered by FNU.

Students awarded this scholarship will be required to perform 150 – 300 community/university service hours (hours are dependent on the program enrolled in). These hours are a mandatory component as a recipient of an FNU scholarship.

FNU reserves the right to modify or terminate this and all scholarships at FNU’s sole discretion.

Application procedure for the Diaz-Balart scholarship

The applicant must:

1. Be a graduating senior of a Dade County public or private high school.
2. Be a U.S. Resident, U.S. Citizen, or other eligible non-citizen (humanitarian parole, Cuban-Haitian Entrant, refugee status, asylum).
3. Provide two testimonials from school, business, church and/or leaders in the community testifying to good moral character and reputation.
4. Demonstrate financial need.
5. Submit official high school transcript with the application.