Noor Inayat Khan Interfaith Community Service Scholarship

About the Scholarship

The UNF Interfaith Center is proud to present the Noor Inayat Khan Interfaith Community Service Award each spring to two outstanding students. Each winner receives a tuition scholarship in the amount of $500 and a commemorative award.

This scholarship was made possible by generous contributions from members of the Jacksonville community and is intended to recognize the significant voluntary community service focused on advancing interfaith cooperation, women’s equality or social justice provided by student leaders.

Applicants must complete the application and submit a short essay (500 words or fewer) telling their inspiring interfaith, women’s equality or social justice community service story. Students can log in to UNF Academic Works via MyWings for information on applying for the Interfaith Community Service Scholarship. 

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements: 

• Significant voluntary community leadership that focuses on advancing interfaith cooperation, women’s equality or social justice 
• A full-time (12 credit hours) student in good standing 
• A minimum 2.75 GPA
• Must be enrolled for the Fall as a full-time (12 credit hours) student at UNF 

About Noor Inayat Khan

Noor Inayat Khan was a young Muslim heroine who joined the British network of spies sending coded messages between England and the French Resistance. The daughter of a Sufi Master from India and an American mother, Noor grew up in a Sufi interfaith center in Paris, where she was living when the Nazi invasion occurred. Resisting numerous opportunities to escape to safety, Noor's selfless dedication to aid the resistance (and save countless lives) ultimately cost her own.