Each year, the Secular Student Alliance offers scholarship opportunities to students who exemplify its mission by proudly expressing their secular identities, building welcoming and inclusive communities, and promoting strong secular values. The scholarships support students who, in addition to pursuing excellence in their academic studies, are activists for secular values on their campus and/or in their community. NJHN is sponsoring the scholarship, which will be awarded by the Secular Student Alliance. The alliance is the only national organization dedicated to atheist, humanist, and other nontheist students. “NJHN welcomes the opportunity to support a student leader who is working to promote social justice, fight for marginalized communities, and build a better world through their activism,” said NJHN President Lisa Ridge.
Students can learn more about the Secular Student Alliance and its scholarship process and apply at secularstudents.org/scholarships. The application deadline is July 31, 2026.
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Founded in 1994, NJHN is a secular humanist community that embraces a nontheistic philosophy emphasizing human reason, ethics, and social justice. We are committed to the application of reason and science to the understanding of the universe and to the solving of problems through our compassion, common experience and civic engagement. Learn more about NJHN at njhn.org.
UPDATE on 5/18/26: Donations are now closed. Thank you to all of our donors who helped us make this year’s fundraising campaign a success!
We will soon update this page with information about the Secular Student Alliance’s 2026 Scholarship announcement and application process.
We will start our 2027 campaign early next year!
NJHN is excited to announce our 2026 Secular Student Scholarship fundraising campaign!
For our fourth year in cooperation with the Secular Student Alliance (SSA), NJHN will sponsor a $1,000 scholarship to be awarded to a student who will be attending an accredited college, university, or trade school in New Jersey in the fall of 2026.
Every year, the SSA offers scholarship opportunities to students who will exemplify the SSA mission by proudly expressing their secular identities, pursue excellence in their academic studies, and also promote secular values on their campus and/or in their communities.
Please visit the SSA Scholarship page for more information on the application process, which is now open. The submission deadline is July 31, 2026.
Our goal is to raise $1,000 from our members and supporters to fund our 2026 scholarship.
Email us with any questions. Thank you for supporting our New Jersey secular students!
Updated 5/18/26