Indiana Landmarks Black Heritage Preservation Program is offering a college scholarship for Indiana residents who identify as Black or African American and who are attending or planning to attend an accredited college or university.
Two $10,000 scholarships to cover education-related expenses at an accredited college or university will be awarded for the 2025-26 school year.
Applicants must be a graduating high school senior, undergraduate, graduate student, or post-graduate. Preference will be given to the following majors: history, public history, African/African American studies, archaeology/anthropology, preservation, conservation, city planning, landscape architecture, and journalism. The deadline to apply is May 2, 2025, and the application can be found here.
In addition, two full-time paid internship positions with the Black Heritage Preservation Program are available for summer 2025. Interns will be paid $22.50/hour per 37.5 hour work week for 11 weeks. Eligible applicants include graduating high school seniors, undergraduate and graduate students. Post-graduates dedicated to pursuing preservation careers are also eligible. The deadline to apply is May 2, 2025, and the application can be found here.
“Indiana is full of untold stories of Black heritage, and we see the scholarship and internships as key to helping develop the next generation to tell the stories and preserve the heritage,” said Eunice Trotter, director of Indiana Landmarks Black Heritage Preservation Program.
Learn more about the Black Heritage Preservation Program at indianalandmarks.org/our-work/black-heritage-preservation-program/.
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