Disability-Related Scholarships
Eligibility: Students enrolled in college full-time in the upcoming academic year, and under a physician’s care for a spinal cord injury, transverse myelitis, spina bifida, or neurogenic bladder.
Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: High school seniors with a documented learning disability who will be enrolled in college full-time in the upcoming academic year; 3.0 GPA minimum required.
Amount: $10,000 ($2,500/year for four years)
Eligibility: High school senior or enrolled in an accredited university with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Must be pursuing a degree in the medical field, and preference is given to students with a disability themselves.
Amount: $1000
Eligibility: College students with hemophilia or a related bleeding disorder.
Amount: $1,000 (ten awards given)
Eligibility:
- Must be legally blind (PDF) in both eyes.
- Must be residing in the United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.
- Must be 18 years of age by July 5, 2022.
- Must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, post-secondary course of study in a degree program at a U.S. institution in the fall of the year of application (one scholarship may be given to a person employed full-time while attending school part-time).
- Must participate in the entire NFB National Convention and in all of its scheduled scholarship program activities (finalists will receive assistance to attend the national convention).
Amount: $3,000–$12,000 (up to thirty awards given)
Deadline: March 31, 2022
Eligibility: Any blind or visually impaired person who will be a full-time student during the upcoming academic year and who is a resident of Pennsylvania.
Amount: $1,000 (two scholarships awarded)
Eligibility: The majority of the scholarships listed are for high school seniors or current college students with hemophilia or related bleeding disorders.
Amount: Varies based on scholarship.
Eligibility: Students who are planning to pursue a full-time, post-secondary undergraduate education at an accredited US institution that has had an autism spectrum diagnosis.
Amount: $3,000
Eligibility: People with disabilities.
Amount: varies
Deadline: varies
Eligibility:
- Must be currently enrolled at or planning to attend a 2-4 year university, community college or graduate school program located in the United States.
- Candidates must have a medically recognized physical or mental disability.
- The minimum GPA required for application is 2.5, indicating that all applicants are in good academic standing.
Amount: $1,500
Eligibility: Majority of the scholarships listed are for high school seniors or current college students with physical and/or learning disabilities
Amount: Varies based on scholarship.