NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation

Promoting the lessons of free enterprise in the classroom

Apply Now for the 2009 NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards

If you are high-school student with an entrepreneurial spirit, you could be one of the next NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award winners and receive $1,000 - $10,000 in tuition assistance.

Apply now online! Use access key "NFIB."

Download the application to send by mail. (234 KB, PDF)

Application deadline is Dec. 15, 2008. Learn more.

NFIB Announces Young Entrepreneur Award Winners

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation is excited to announce the winners of the 2008 NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards. Recipients will attend the university, college, community college or vocational/technical institute of their choice with $1,000-$10,000 in tuition assistance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation.

Read the full story, and watch the video below to learn more about Young Entrepreneur of the Year Peter Crabtree and the four regional winners: Jim Cerenzie, John Kirkpatrick, Eric Knudson and Jacob Lindemann.

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The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation offers college scholarships and classroom resources about entrepreneurship.

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, is NFIB's education arm. By promoting the lessons of free enterprise in the classroom, the Young Entrepreneur Foundation hopes to build the next generation of small-business owners and entrepreneurs. We educate young people about the critical role of small business and the American free-enterprise system and help students interested in small business and entrepreneurship further their education.

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