The mission of Greater Steps Scholars is to make certain that every child living in subsidized housing has both the opportunity for and expectation of a college education. https://greatersteps.org/lerner-scholarship 2026-08-12T15:17:13+00:00 Greater Steps Scholars 2016-11-21T18:59:23+00:00 2016-11-21T18:59:23+00:00 https://greatersteps.org/lerner-scholarship/176-lerner-scholarship Super User

<p><img src="https://greatersteps.org/images/LERNER_scholarship-2.jpg" /></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.2em;"><em><strong>The Samuel Lerner Scholarship Endowment Fund was established in 2002 to provide undergraduate scholarships to low income students in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.</strong></em></span></p> <p>Initially, the fund will award scholarships to recipients of the Greater Steps Scholars Program and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Scholarship Incentive Program/Communities in Schools ThinkCOLLEGE® Scholarship Fund.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5>Minimum Eligibility Requirements</h5> <ul class="item_list"> <li>Recipients must also receive scholarship support from the Greater Steps Scholars Program or the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Scholarship Incentive Program/Communities in Schools Think COLLEGE® Scholarship Fund;</li> <li>Recipients must be enrolled at an accredited four-year college or university;</li> <li>Recipients must have earned a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;</li> <li>Recipients must demonstrate unmet financial need; and</li> <li>Recipients must be college sophomores, juniors, or seniors.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><img src="https://greatersteps.org/images/LERNER_scholarship-2.jpg" /></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.2em;"><em><strong>The Samuel Lerner Scholarship Endowment Fund was established in 2002 to provide undergraduate scholarships to low income students in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.</strong></em></span></p> <p>Initially, the fund will award scholarships to recipients of the Greater Steps Scholars Program and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Scholarship Incentive Program/Communities in Schools ThinkCOLLEGE® Scholarship Fund.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5>Minimum Eligibility Requirements</h5> <ul class="item_list"> <li>Recipients must also receive scholarship support from the Greater Steps Scholars Program or the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Scholarship Incentive Program/Communities in Schools Think COLLEGE® Scholarship Fund;</li> <li>Recipients must be enrolled at an accredited four-year college or university;</li> <li>Recipients must have earned a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;</li> <li>Recipients must demonstrate unmet financial need; and</li> <li>Recipients must be college sophomores, juniors, or seniors.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p>