If you are a blind student who needs money for school you have come to the right blog. Each year, the National Federation of the Blind gives away scholarships to blind students in Colorado and the National Federation of the Blind gives away scholarships to blind students form across the United States. We also have leads on several other organizations who provide scholarship opportunities to blind students. If you find this information helpful, pass it on to other blind students!
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF COLORADO
Each year, the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado gives away over $10,000.00 in scholarships to students who are blind and are residents of the state of Colorado. While we know the money is helpful to students, many agree that the greater prize is the free trip to our National Convention in Orlando Florida as well as to our state convention in Colorado Springs. The deadline for application is APRIL 15 so APPLY NOW! For more information and to fill out an application, please visit our website:
http://www.nfbco.org/scholarships
If you have additional questions, please contact Buna Dahal
303-758-1232
bunadahal@dynamicbuna.com
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
Each year, the National Federation of the Blind gives away 30 scholarships to students from across the Unites States who are blind. Scholarships ranging in value from $3,000.00 to $12,000.00. In addition to the monitary prize, students also receive a free trip to our National Convention in Orlando Florida. Deadline for application is March 30 so APPLY NOW! For more information and to access the application, please visit our website:
www.nfb.org/scholarships
SEE THE FUTURE FOUNDATION
The see the Future Foundation gives away scholarships to blind students in Colorado. For more information, please visit the see the Future website at:
http://www.seethefuture.org/Application_Information_2.html
American Council of the Blind (ACB)
The American Council of the Blind (ACB) annually awards approximately twenty
scholarships ranging in amounts from $1,000 to $2,500 to vocational, entering
freshmen, undergraduate and graduate college students who are legally blind,
maintain a 3.3 GPA and are involved in their school/local community.
Applications can now be submitted and all materials must be received by 11:59
pm Eastern Standard Time by February 28th. Scholarship monies will be awarded
for the upcoming academic year.
For applications or additional information contact:
American Council of the Blind (ACB)
Scholarship Program
Attn: Dionne Matthews
2200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 650
Arlington, VA 22201
Telephone: 800-424-8666
Web site: http://www.acb.org/scholarship
American Foundation for the
Blind
The American Foundation for the Blind administers a scholarship program for
deserving students. Each year individuals who are blind or visually impaired
can apply for financial awards, from $500
- $1,500, to support their post-secondary education. For applications or
additional information contact:
Attn: Tara Annis
American Foundation for the Blind
Scholarship Committee
Information Center
1000 Fifth Ave., Suite 350
Huntington, WV 25701
Telephone: 304-523-8651 or 800-232-5463
Web Site: http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?Documentid=2962
Association of Blind Citizens (ABC)
The
Association of Blind Citizens will offer five thousand dollars in college
scholarships to legally blind individuals seeking a college degree. The Reggie Johnson Memorial Scholarship
will be valued at $2,000 and three $1,000 scholarships will be available.
Association of Blind Citizens
PO Box 246
Holbrook, MA 02343
Telephone:
(781) 961-1023
Fax: (781) 961-0004
http://www.blindcitizens.org/abc_scholarship.htm
Association for Education
and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)
The Association for
Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired offers the
Ferrell Scholarship to students who are legally blind and are preparing for a
career in the education or rehabilitation of blind or visually impaired
children or adults. For an application or additional information contact:
AER Ferrell Scholarship
Fund
4600 Duke Street, Suite 430
Alexandria, VA 22397
Telephone: 703-823-9690
Web site: http://www.aerbvi.org
Bank Of America Ada Abilities Scholarship
Program
Applicants
must maintain a permanent residence in states where Bank of America has retail
locations: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia,
Metropolitan Washington DC, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, News York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. Applicants
must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on the most recent transcript and must
pursue a degree in Finance, Business or Computer Systems AND plan on a career
with a banking institution.
Bank Of America Ada Abilities Scholarship
P.O. Box 1465
Taylors, SC 29687
Phone: 864-268-3363
Email: allisonlee@bellsouth.net
The
Blinded Veterans Association (BVA)
The Blinded Veterans Association offers six $2000 scholarships to dependent
children and spouses of veterans of the United States Armed Forces who are
blind (either service or non-service connected.) Veterans need not be members
of the Blinded Veterans Association. For applications or additional information
contact:
The Kathern F. Gruber Scholarship Program
Blinded Veterans Association
477 H Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-2694
Telephone: 202-371-8880
Email: bva@bva.org
Chairscholars Foundation Inc.
The National
Program is available to students in any state and provides fifteen
to twenty deserving high school seniors or college freshmen are taken yearly
and are given $1,000-$5,000 per year for tuition at any college or university
of their choice.
ChairScholars
Foundation
16101 Carencia
Lane
Odessa, FL
33556-3278
Telephone: 813-926-0544
or 888-926-0544
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are
Blind or Visually Impaired
The
Lighthouse offers The Mary Kathryn and Michael Panitch Scholarship Program.
Five or more scholarships ranging from $1,000 up to $5,000 will be awarded to
individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Students applying for these
scholarships must have been accepted to or be attending an accredited college
or university (undergraduate or graduate level program) or pursuing vocational
education and training options.
The Chicago
Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or VI
Attn: Scholarship
Coordinator
1850 West
Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
Telephone: 312-666-1331
Fax: 312-243-8539
The
Christian Record Services
The Christian Record Services offers scholarships in all areas of study to
undergraduate students who are legally blind. For applications or additional
information contact:
Christian Record Services
4444 South 52nd Street
Lincoln, NE 68516
Council of
Citizens with Low Vision International (CCLVI)
The
Council of Citizens with Low Vision International offers two scholarship
programs.
The Fred Scheigert Scholarship Program:
This
competitive scholarship awards three (3) students an individual prize of $3000
annually. Applicants must be full-time college students with low vision, chosen
from among those who meet the visual acuity and academic guidelines.
Guidelines, Application and Certification of Low Vision forms and the on-line
application are available at http://www.cclvi.org/scholarship.htm.
The application must be completed online. The required CCLVI Certification of
Low Vision form may be downloaded and completed between June and February.
Completed applications and supporting documents must be received by March 1st. If you have any questions about the
scholarship application guidelines, please call CCLVI at (800)733-2258.
The Carl Foley Graduate Scholarship
Program:
This
program is for graduate students attending one of several colleges and
universities which offer a degree in the field of low vision. Applicants need
not be visually impaired. Application is made through the school directly.
If your
college or university has a program in the field of low vision and is not
currently recognized, contact CCLVI so that a questionnaire can be sent to the
school to determine if the program qualifies for the provisions of the Carl Foley
Scholarship.
Council of
Citizens with Low Vision International
2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 650
Arlington, VA 22201
Telephone: (800) 733-2258
http://www.cclvi.org
The Council
for Exceptional Children
The Foundation for Exceptional Children offers scholarships to incoming college
freshman who are disabled.
The Kayte M. Fearn Council for Exceptional
Children Ethnic Diversity Scholarship is awarded annually. It is a cash
scholarship to a CEC student member from an ethnic background who is currently
pursuing a degree in special education. The amount of the scholarship may vary
from year-to-year depending on the amount of money raised for the scholarship
fund. For applications or additional information contact:
Council for
Exceptional Children, Student Awards
1110 North Glebe
Road, Suite 300
Arlington, VA
22201-5704
Fax: 703/758-1896,
Attn: Susan Simmons
E-mail:
students@cec.sped.org, Attn: Student Awards
Illinois
Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (IPVI)
IPVI awards three $500 scholarships each year.
P.O. Box 2947
Naperville, IL 60567-2947
Telephone: 877-411-IPVI (4784)
www.ipvi.org
Illinois
Council for the Blind
Office Manager
Illinois Council of the Blind
522 East Monroe,
Suite 200 PO Box 1336
Springfield, IL
62705
217-523-4967
Floyd R. Cargill Scholarships $1,000
Jewish
Guild for the Blind
The Jewish Guild for the Blind offers scholarships to college-bound high school
seniors who are legally blind. The Guild Scholar Program will award 12 to 16
scholarships of up to $15,000 each. For applications or additional information
contact:
The Jewish Guild for the Blind
15 West 65th Street
New York, NY 10023
Telephone: 212-769-7801
Web site: http://www.jgb.org
Lighthouse International
Lighthouse International offers scholarships to students who are legally blind
and residents of the northeastern region of the United States. Scholarships are
available for academic programs leading to undergraduate or graduate degrees or
for vocational programs leading to career changes. For applications or
additional information contact:
Lighthouse International
Career Incentive and Achievement Awards
111 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: 800.829.0500
National
Federation of the Blind (NFB)
To recognize achievement by blind scholars, the National Federation of the
Blind annually offers blind college students in the United States the
opportunity to win one of thirty national scholarships worth from $3,000 to
$12,000. The National Federation of the Blind offers a broad range of
scholarships. Applications for scholarships will be accepted from July 1
through March 31 of each year. For applications or additional information
contact:
NFB Scholarship Program
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
at Jernigan Place
200 East Wells Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
NOAH
Michael J. McGowan Leadership Scholarship Award
Established on behalf of the National Organization for Albinism and
Hypopigmentation (NOAH) to recognize leadership and empower young people with
albinism. NOAH will award one $3,000 scholarship annually to a student with
albinism enrolled in an undergraduate program at an institution of higher
education. All application materials should be sent to:
NOAH McGowan Scholarship
PO Box 959
East Hampstead, NH 03826-0959
Telephone: 800-473-2310
Fax: 800-648-2310
Opportunities for the Blind, Inc.
Provides financial
assistance for career-oriented purposes such as graduate school tuition
assistance, vocational grants, job counseling and placement services, aids and
appliances.
Opportunities for
the Blind, Inc.
P.O. Box 9218
Fredericksburg, VA 22403
Phone: 540-379-1309
Recording
for the Blind and Dyslexic
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic offers scholastic achievement scholarships
to students who have been enrolled in the recording for the blind program for
one year prior to application. For applications or additional information
contact:
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Scholarship Office
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
Telephone: 609-452-0606
Web site: http://wwww.rfbd.org
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Offers scholarships
to students from communities who face limited access to educational and career
opportunities
RMHC U.S. Scholarship Program
International Scholarship and Tuition
Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 22376
Nashville, TN 37202
Telephone:
630-623-7048
Through the Looking Glass and its National Center for
Parents with Disabilities and their Families are pleased to announce new
scholarships specifically for high school seniors and college students who have
parents with disabilities. A total of ten $1,000 scholarships will be
given out Fall
2011. Please note that the 2011 awards have different application
procedures than previous years. There are separate scholarship awards for
high school seniors and for college students, and each has separate eligibility
requirements:
1. High School Seniors. To be eligible, a student must be a high school
graduate (or graduating senior) by Summer 2011, planning to attend a two-year
or four-year college in Fall 2011 in pursuit of an AA, BA or BS degree, and
have at least one parent with a disability
2. College Students. To be eligible, a student must be currently enrolled in a
two-year or four-year college in Fall 2011 in pursuit of an AA, BA or BS
degree, be 21 years of age or younger as of March 1, 2011, and have at least
one parent with a disability.
All application materials must be postmarked by March 1, 2011.
Individuals may submit only one application per award period.
Please go to our website, www.lookingglass.org,
for more information, including the application form, complete application
directions and an FAQ page that answers many common questions as well as offers
helpful suggestions.
Scholarship Committee
Through the Looking Glass
3075 Adeline Street, Suite 120
Berkeley, CA 94703
(800) 644-2666
(800) 510-848-1005 (TTY)
www.lookingglass.org
Email: scholarships@lookingglass.org
University of Missouri Healthcare/Scholarship Awards in
Vision and Medicine
Offers seven $1,000
to $2,500 scholarship awards for talented, ambitious, and self-motivated
graduating high school seniors who are economically disadvantaged or who are
members of an underrepresented minority group. Additionally, the high schools that nominated the recipients of the SAVM
scholarships will receive $500 for use in their science departments.
SAVM Scholarship
University of
Missouri-Columbia
5401 W. Tayside
Circle
Columbia, MO 65203
Phone: (573)
449-5656
Web: http://medicine.missouri.edu/ophthalmology/scholarships.php
Very Special Arts (VSA)
The Playwright Award recognizes young adults
who promote awareness of disabilities through creative playwriting. Award
recipients receive scholarships, a professional production of their script at
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and a trip to Washington
D.C. to see the performance.
Very Special Arts
(VSA)
818 Connecticut Ave.
N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 800-933-8721
Yes I Can! Foundation for Exceptional Children
Scholarships for
incoming freshman who have disabilities
Yes I Can!
Foundation for Exceptional Children
1110 North Glebe
Road, Suite 300
Arlington, VA
22201-5704
Telephone:
800-224-6830 ext. 462
Web:
yesican.sped.org/scholarship/index.html
Need
to pay for college and don't know where to start? Check out the Federal Student
Aid website or call their toll-free number to find out how you can make higher
education affordable. Information is available in both English & Spanish.
Surf: http://studentaid.ed.gov
