The
National YoungArts Foundation (previously the
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, or
NFAA) is a
talent-based
scholarship program which honors and awards
high school and
college students, mostly
American, for their prowess in the
performing,
visual and
literary arts. It is the
flagship program of the National YoungArts Foundation. The program is considered by many to be the most prestigious arts competition for young adults; it is also the exclusive nominating organization for the U.S. Presidential Scholars of the Arts.