Goodnight Scholars Program

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Goodnight Scholars Program
Formation2008
Location
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
Website https://goodnight.ncsu.edu/

The Goodnight Scholars program is an undergraduate scholarship program in the United States funded by a gift from James Goodnight and Ann Goodnight. The mission of the program is to "invest in students from low- and middle-income families in North Carolina studying in STEM or STEM education disciplines." [1]

A total of 100 scholarships are awarded each year to 50 high school and 50 transfer students for undergraduate study in certain STEM disciplines at NC State. [2]

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References

  1. "Goodnight Scholars Program About".
  2. "About | Goodnight Scholars Program | NC State University". goodnight.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-15.