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DISABILITIES SCHOLARSHIPS

Incight Scholarships

• A great list of scholarship sources.

Incight Go-Getter Scholarship

• The Incight Go-Getter Scholarship is available to students with disabilities who are entering or attending college. The applicant must have a physical disability, including sight, hearing and learning disabilities, to be eligible for this award. A minimum 2.5 GPA, an essay and a letter of recommendation, are also required.

Patient Advocate Foundation Scholarships

• Applicant must be under the age of 25 and a survivor/current patient of a diagnosis of cancer or a critical or life threatening disease. Complete enclosed Scholarship for Survivors application in full (Part A-E). Applicant must write an essay on how their diagnosis has impacted their lives and their future goals. (1000 word maximum).

National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program

• Applicant must be legally blind in both eyes and must reside in one of our fifty states and must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, postsecondary course of study in a degree program at a United States' institution in the fall of the academic year.

Spina Bifida Association Scholarship Program

• Applicant must have Spina Bifida. Applicant must be an applicant of, enrolled in, or accepted by a four-year university, junior college, approved trade, vocational, or business school.  A letter of acceptance is required.  For those applicants who have not yet been accepted, final awarding of the scholarship is dependent upon acceptance.

Scholarship for Students Overcoming Epilepsy

• Applicant must be under a doctor’s care for epilepsy. In school as: a high school senior who has applied to college; a freshman, sophomore, or junior in college; or a college senior who has applied to graduate school.

Council of Citizens with Low Vision International (CCLVI) Scholarships

• Awarded to 3 students an individual prize of $3000 annually, this competitive scholarship is available to full-time college students with low vision, chosen from among those who meet the visual acuity and academic guidelines.

Lilly Reintegration Scholarship Application

• Applicant must have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizophreniform, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder; Currently receiving medical treatment for the disease, including medications and psychiatric follow-up; Actively involved in rehabilitative or reintegrative efforts, such as clubhouse membership, part-time work, volunteer efforts or school enrollment; U.S. citizen; 18 years or older

Robert Guthrie PKU Scholarship

• Scholarships are open to any college-age young person with PKU who is on diet treatment and is not in graduate school. Applicants must be accepted to an accredited college or technical school before the scholarship is awarded, but may apply for the scholarship before acceptance is confirmed.

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf Scholarship

• The applicants hearing loss must have been diagnosed prior to age seven (during the language-learning years).

Epilepsy Foundation Scholarship

• A short list of scholarships.

Hemophilia Health Services (HHS) Memorial Scholarship and Scott Tarbell Scholarship

• One-time award open to full-time students with hemophilia or another bleeding disorder.

LA Kelley Communications Scholarships

• A comprehensive list of scholarships for persons with disabilities.

Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation Scholarships

• A list of 11 scholarships.

United Cerebral Palsy Scholarship Resources

• Although UCP does not have a national scholarship fund, we suggest you contact your local UCP affiliate. They may offer local scholarship money or know of local scholarship resources.

ChairScholars Scholarship Application Form

• The student must be physically challenged and may be "chair-confined" but does not have to be. Award will go to low income students. The student should be United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) current member who is legally blind and enrolling/enrolled at a two-year or four-year or without this financial aid!

Keppra Family Epilepsy Scholarship Program

• The UCB Family Epilepsy Scholarship Program™ provides financial support to people living with epilepsy and to the family
  members/caregivers who contribute to their success. The awards
  are based on academic and personal achievement.
  

HRA Scholarship

• Annual awards for individuals who have hemophilia or vonWillebrand disease OR their children who are pursuing post secondary studies. Selection is based on financial need, community involvement, and academic performance. Nonrenewable.

American Council of the Blind (ACB) Scholarship

• All legally blind, full-time students admitted to academic and vocational training programs are encouraged to apply for one of these scholarships.

Association of Blind Citizens Scholarship Program

• Provide a 300 to 500 word autobiographical sketch of yourself. Please include how the scholarship award would help you achieve your goal to attend college or a recognized vocational program.

Athletes with Physical Disabilities Scholarships

• These are a few organizations that provide grants and scholarships to athletes with physical disabilities.  Most funding provides for equipment, travel and training expenses.

Helen and Arthur E. Copeland Scholarships

• The Arthur E. and Helen Copeland Scholarships are awarded annually to one male (Arthur E. Copeland Scholarship) and one female (Helen Copeland technical institution or university as a full-time student.

William and Dorothy Ferrell Scholarship Fund

• The Ferrell Scholarship is awarded biennially to two selected applicants who are legally blind and are studying for a career in the field of services to persons who are blind or visually impaired.

Harry Ludwig Memorial Scholarship

• Applicant must be an Oregon resident who is visually impaired and enrolled as a full-time student at an Oregon college.

Cystic Fibrosis Scholarship Fund

• Scholarships are awarded based on educational achievement, leadership, and financial need as submitted by the student in the scholarship application form.

Lois M. Hartley Benefit Scholarship

• For one scholarship, applicant must be a member of an Oregon Credit Union and have some degree of hearing impairment or be a student becoming medically qualified to assist the hearing impaired. For the other scholarship, applicant must be a member of an Oregon Credit Union and pursing an education major with preference given to ties to Klamath County, and/or special needs consideration or hearing impaired training.

TPA Scholarship Trust for the Deaf and Near Deaf

• The intent and purposes of the trust are the giving of financial aid or assistance to residents of the United States or its possessions who suffer deafness or hearing impairment and who will benefit from medical, mechanical or specialized treatment, or special education and who are unable to provide funds therefore for themselves.

AGSD Student Scholarship

• A list of a few scholarships that will be annually available.

New Horizons Scholars Program

• Supports Hispanic and African American students who are infected with Hepatitis C or who are dependents of someone with Hepatitis C.

Anne Ford Scholarship

• Students of high merit with an identified learning disability (LD) in public or private secondary schools. An overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher is required. Financial need will be strongly considered. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Only U.S. citizens are eligible.

Stanley Edward Jackson Award for Gifted/Talented Students with Disabilities

• Applicant must be disabled and intend to enroll in a full-time undergraduate program or vocational, technical, or fine arts training programs. Selection for two awards is based upon ethnic minority status.

Immune Deficiency Foundation Scholarship

• The Eric Marder Scholarship Program is open to patients with a primary immunodeficiency as classified by the World Health Organization and is intended for undergraduate students attending or entering college or a technical training school.

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