Young entrepreneurs – Get a scholarship

Do you know an up-and-coming entrepreneur? Encourage them to apply for the 2008 Young Entrepreneur Awards, a program of the National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation.The sixth annual scholarship program for high school seniors is designed to promote and encourage entrepreneurship endeavors among teenagers in America.

Award recipients attend the university, college, community college or career institute of their choice with $1,000 in tuition assistance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation. Five students will be named finalist winners and will receive a $5,000 scholarship. One of the five finalists will be named the 2008 Young Entrepreneur of the Year and will be awarded an additional $5,000 for a total scholarship award of $10,000.

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award program was established to raise awareness among the nation’s youth of the critical role that private enterprise and entrepreneurship play in growing America’s economy. Since 2003, the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has awarded 1,538 scholarships to graduating high-school seniors totaling $1,609,000.

For more information about the YEF Awards, visit: www.nfib.com/YEA Students can apply for a scholarship online or download an application. For the online application process, students will need the ACCESS KEY = NFIB. The deadline for applying for a 2008 YEF Award is Feb. 11.