Vision: To host an annual bike ride from Newark, NJ to Howard University in Washington D.C. in efforts of raising money for scholarships to be awarded to graduating students in Newark, NJ attending HBCUs.
History: The HBCU Scholarship Ride was started in 2020 when the founder Hassan Abdus- Sabur and few fellow cyclists who love to bike agreed to support the vision that Hassan had shared for graduating students from the City of Newark. Since the inception.
The annual Historically Black College and University Bus Tour exposes aspiring college students to the world of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in order to promote increased college attendance at these institutions of higher learning. Over 10 original partner HBCUs from Pennsylvania to Georgia are visited throughout the tour, and the majority of these institutions become the future academic homes of our college tour participants. Candidates are required to attend a series of preparatory workshops to strengthen their prospects for college admission including:
You can begin your application on March 1, 2024.
The deadline for the application is May 1st (11:59 PM EST). Please note that incomplete and late applications are not eligible.
You do not have to be currently enrolled in school to apply, but you must show evidence from an accredited institution that you will be enrolling, and that the scholarship support you see will be applied there.
If your employer has a matching gift program, please follow the below process:
