Professional Development Grants

The NACA Foundation recognizes that many institutions have reduced professional development funds and therefore impacted campus professional staff ability to participate in professional development opportunities. To help ease financial barriers, the NACA Foundation has created a grant to be awarded to qualified individuals to help offset the costs to attend professional development activities sponsored by NACA. Questions may be directed to [email protected]. 

• For use for:
  • NACA event registration (deadlines vary by event)
  • Student Affairs Educators Core and/or Campus Activities Speciality Certification fees (rolling deadlines based on exam date)
• Submit a Professional Development Grant application

Upcoming Deadlines:

• 2026 NACA LIVE Conference: Jan. 2, 2026
• 2026 NACA Milwaukee Conference: Jan. 26, 2026

• Certification for Student Affairs Educators & Early Career Professionals Course: see Consortium website for deadlines.

Application Instructions

• Only ELECTRONIC applications and supporting documents submitted through the online scholarship application will be accepted.
• We will not accept any materials via mail, email or fax. Any materials received through these methods will be disregarded.
• Online applications will NOT be accepted if all of the supporting documents are not attached.
• Note: High school students (including graduating seniors) are NOT eligible for these scholarships.