The North Carolina Principal Fellows Program, launched in 1993, was a scholarship program that provides funding to exemplary educators who aspired to begin a career in school administration. For twenty six years, scholarship funds (in the amount of ~$3.2 million) were awarded. The Transforming Principal Preparation Program, developed in 2016, was a competitive state grant ($4 million) which required NC university programs to apply through a Request for Proposal process in order to receive funding. These grant awards were provided to university programs and not directly to students.
In 2020, the consolidation of the NCPFP and TP3 began, keeping the best aspects of each program. The full merger of these programs has been complete since 2021.
To read more about about the TP3 and Principal Fellows Program consolidation, click here. You can also find more information on the Principal Preparation Program by visiting BEST NC.