- Applications that are received and include all required information will be entered into a drawing that will be held live on Facebook.
- Applications not drawn as winners will be included in all future drawings in which five to seven more entries will be chosen.
- Grant winners will be featured in an article in an issue of the JCR Weekly and the Up-to-Speed quarterly student newsletter.
Quarterly submission dates
Application deadline dates (by 5 p.m. Eastern)
- March 14, 2023
- June 14, 2023
- September 14, 2023
- December 14, 2023
Drawings will be held the week following each deadline date above.
NCRF Career Launcher Grant application - Steno only
For questions, contact Jill Parker Landsman, Foundation Manager, at 800-272-NCRA (6272) or by email at jlandsman@ncra.org.
*Candidates must have passed one skills test writing at 180 words per minute or higher at the time of submission. NOTE: Speed skills information is subject to verification using the school reference provided below.
Student information
Speed verification information
Speed verification
This field is required
Please attach speed verification information. NOTE: If not available, NCRF reserves the right to verify this information by contacting your school reference provided below.
* Stenographic student candidates not in a formal court reporting program can provide verification of speed the following ways:
- One passed RSRJ skills test
- One passed RPRL skills test
- One passed test on EV360 or Realtime Coach
School reference information
School reference information may be used to verify that the student candidate has passed one skills test at 180 words per minute or higher.