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Awards

The National Braille Association (NBA) is dedicated to acknowledging and bolstering the educational pursuits of individuals involved in braille transcription. To achieve this goal, it offers educational awards designed to provide crucial financial support for accessing NBA’s programs and services. Each award carries distinct criteria and advantages. Explore this page for comprehensive details on the currently available awards.

NBA Lifetime Achievement Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

The recipient will be invited to attend the banquet at our Professional Development Conference. Along with an award, recipients’ biographies will be forever imprinted on our page of honor on the NBA website.

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Mary Archer Scholarship

The Mary Archer Scholarship Fund was started with monies donated to NBA in memory of Past President Mary Archer, who died in 2009.

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The Margaret (Meg) Wagner Fund and the Guiding Light Award for Devotion

The Guiding Light Award for Devotion or G.L.A.D., will include NBA Life Membership status and free conference registration along with meaningful recognition.

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Contribute

The Mary Archer Scholarship and the Margaret “Meg” Wagner funds are available thanks to the financial contributions of our generous supporters. If you’d like to join them by contributing a monetary donation to one of these funds, we’ve made a special form for you to do so. Your gift will help to ensure that each of these awards will continue to be available to support transcribers well into the future. Click below to access the special and make your donation today.
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