Various Scholarships for Students with Disabilities



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LDA-IA  Scholarships

The Learning Disabilities Association of Iowa will award three scholarships to high school seniors planning to obtain post-secondary education (college or vocational). Each award will be for the amount of $1,000. Deadline: March 31, 2010



Disabled War Veterans Scholarships

The AFCEA Educational Foundation is pleased to offer the Disabled War Veterans Scholarships.  These $2,500 scholarships, co-sponsored by Microsoft employees and the AFCEA Educational Foundation, are offered twice annually to active-duty service personnel, honorably discharged U.S. military veterans, reservists, and National Guard personnel who are disabled because of wounds received during service in Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan or Iraqi Freedom Operations. Deadlines: April 1, 2010 and November 15, 2010



Landscape Architecture Foundation
13 Scholarships and internship programs to study landscape architecture at any accredited university. The scholarship is open to undergraduate or graduate landscape architecture students. Some awards are only open to women, minorities, or students with disabilities.
Please contact the web site for scholarship information or call, if you cannot access the web or download the information.
American Society of Landscape Architects

636 Eye Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001-3736

Fax: 202-898-1185



http://www.asla.org

Panasonic Young Soloists Awards
Awarded to vocalists or instrumentalists under age 25 who are permanently disabled and interested in studying music.
Very Special Arts

Attn: Education Office



info@kelleycom.com

http://www.kelleycom.com



Scholarships for Students with Hearing Impairments

These organizations award college scholarships to students who are deaf or hearing impaired.



Minnie Pearl Scholarship
Applicant must: Renewable scholarship for full-time college students with a severe to profound bilateral hearing loss. Initially, recipients must be mainstreamed high school seniors with at least a 3.0 GPA. Renewals based upon maintenance of 3.0 GPA, with a $500 bonus per year for a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5. The scholarship is available for up to four years of undergraduate study at schools in the United States; be a U.S. Citizen.
Award Amount $8,000 - $10,000

Number of Awards 1

Application Deadline March 1

Available to Class Level Freshmen, Juniors, Seniors


Special Projects Coordinator

Ear Foundation Minnie Pearl Scholarship Program

Address 415 Fourth Avenue South

City, State, Zip Nashville, TN 37201

Telephone (615) 248-8828

Fax (615) 248-4797

E-mail nr@ldhh.org

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Applicant must: have pre-lingual hearing loss, moderate-to-profound; use spoken language as their primary mode of communication; be enrolled (or registered for enrollment) or applied full-time to a mainstream and accredited college or university. (AG Bell) offers several scholarships for undergraduate and graduate study.
This is a merit-based scholarship program with award selection being extremely competitive. While the number and value of awards varies from year to year, in 2009, 348 applications were received for 20 awards, which ranged from $1,000 to $10,000.

Alexander Graham Bell Association

3417 Volta Place NW

Washington, DC 20007-2788

(202) 337-5220

http://www.agbell,org/Desktopdefault.aspx?p=GNofer



Millie Brother Foundation Scholarship -- Millie Brother Scholarship for Hearing Children of Deaf Adults.

This year, two scholarships for $3000 each will be offered. Applicants must be the hearing son or daughter of deaf parents. Applicants may compete for both scholarships but a separate essay is required for each submission.

SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO:
Dr. Jennie E. Pyers
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Wellesley College


106 Central St., SCI480
Wellesley, MA 02842
ATTN: Coda Scholarship Committee
email: coda.scholarship@gmail.com

Tel: 781-283-3736


Fax: 781-283-3730

Sertoma - Oticon Scholarchips for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Students
This organization offers multiple $1,000 scholarships to deaf or significantly bilaterally hearing impaired students in the United States. Students attending undergraduate or graduate school are considered. Deadline May 1.
Sertoma Headquarters

Hard of Hearing and Deaf Scholarship Program

1912 E. Meyer Boulevard

Kansas City, MO 64132


Travelers Protective Association Scholarship Trust for Hearing Impaired
Provides financial aid to children and adults who suffer deafness or hearing impairment and who need assistance in obtaining mechanical devices, medical or specialized treatment or specialized education as well as speech classes, note takers, interpreters, etc. and in other areas of need that are directly related to hearing impairment. The Traveler's Protective Association scholarship is funded through a trust and is awarded annually. Deadline March 1.
Travelers Protective Association of America

3755 Lindell Boulevard

St. Louis, MO 63108-3476

314-371-0533

Fax: 314-371-0537

bschulte@tpahq.org

http://www.tpahq.org




Graeme Clark Scholarship

The Graeme Clark Scholarship is an award open to Nucleus® cochlear implant recipients around the world. Awarded by Cochlear, this Scholarship has been set up to help individuals further themselves by undertaking university studies. The Scholarship consists of financial assistance toward a minimum three-year undergraduate degree at an accredited university and is paid in annual installments on the completion of each year of study.


It is available to those currently completing their final year of high school, to mature aged students who have been accepted into a university course and to current university students. Deadline: August 1, 2010
National Association of the Deaf - William C. Stokoe Scholarship

Description: Graduate student will be awarded $1000. Applicants must be deaf or hard of hearing.


NAC: Stokoe Scholarship Secretary
814 Thayer Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Phone: 301-587-1788 V; 301-587-1789 T


Fax: 301-587-1791
Email: NADinfo@nad.org

http://www.nad.org/

Scholarships for Students with Physical Disabilities

These organizations award college scholarships to students who have physical disabilities.


Chair Scholars Foundation

Provides scholarships for college or vocational training to low-income students with severe physical disabilities - allowing them the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Any young person with a physical disability and a dream can apply for a scholarship.

Based in Tampa, Florida with chapters in Sarasota and New York City, ChairScholars has two scholarship programs; the National Scholarship Program and the Florida Scholarship Program.

National Scholarship Program provides eligible high school seniors and college freshmen up to $20,000 for tuition to attend the college or university of their choice.


  • The student must be physically challenged and may be "chair-confined". The physical challenge must be significant. No minor disability will be considered.

  • Must have verifiable unmet financial need.

  • Must have at least a B average.

  • Must be a high school senior or college freshman. We do not fund graduate studies. (Our charter does not permit anyone over 21 years of age from applying.)

  • The applicant must show some form of significant community service or social contribution in the past.

APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REGARD TO GENDER, RACE, CREED, OR RELIGION.

Fifteen to twenty new students are taken yearly and are given $1,000-5,000 per year for each college year to a maximum of $20,000 total. About 150 applicants apply yearly.


1-800-Wheelchair.com Scholarship
This disability scholarship program awards two $500 scholarships each year to students age 16 or over.

1-800-Wheelchair Scholarship


320 Roebling Street
Suite 515
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Scholarships
The ELA Foundation will award scholarships depending on academic and leadership achievements in addition to participation in disability activities. The ELA scholarship is a supplement to financial assistance for tuition costs for female graduate students with physical disabilities.
Applicant must: are available only to women graduate students with physical disabilities who are enrolled in an accredited college or university in the United States. These scholarships are awarded on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis.


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