UNC-Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the Morehead-Cain, you must be:

• a competitive applicant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• on track to graduate in the spring

Please note: While candidates for the scholarship are more than welcome to apply to other colleges and universities under Early Action or Regular Decision application plans, candidates are not permitted to apply binding Early Decision to other colleges or universities while under consideration for the Morehead-Cain.

Entering the Selection Process

These eligibility requirements are the same for all students applying for the Morehead-Cain, but there are five different ways to enter the selection process:

North Carolina

• Be nominated by your high school (All N.C. high schools are eligible)
• Apply directly for the scholarship

Canada

• Be nominated by an eligible school
• Apply directly if you don’t attend an eligible school
• Learn more about the Canadian selection process

Great Britain

• Be nominated by an eligible school
• Apply directly if you don’t attend an eligible school
• Learn more about the British selection process

Out-of-state or International

• Be nominated by your high school (only eligible schools can nominate)
• Be nominated by an eligible affiliate program
• Apply directly as a self-nominee if you are a resident of North Carolina who attends an out-of-state school

Admissions Referral Program (ARP)

The UNC Admissions Office refers particularly strong Early Action applicants to UNC to the Morehead-Cain selection process. In most cases, referred students attend high schools that are not eligible to nominate on their own.

• Apply for admission to UNC by the (non-binding) Early Action deadline of October 15 to be considered for the Morehead-Cain
• Be nominated by the UNC Admissions Office through the Admissions Referral Program