Disability-Related Scholarships

Eligibility:

  • A legal resident of the United States
  • Accepted to a two-year, four-year, or graduate school program full-time in the fall of the year of application

Please note that we are unable to accept applications for students enrolled in medical school.

Also, applicants must be under a physician’s care for one of the following conditions:

  • Spinal cord injury
  • Spina bifida
  • Transverse myelitis
  • Neurogenic bladder
  • Ostomy (ileostomy, colostomy, and/or urostomy)

Any other medical conditions not listed here are not eligible to apply.

Amount: $1,000

See application instructions, deadlines, and additional scholarship information for the 180 Medical Scholarship here.

Eligibility: A graduating high school senior who will be enrolled in a full-time bachelor’s degree program in the fall. Students must have a documented learning disability (LD) and/or ADHD.

Amount: $10,000 ($2,500/year for four years)

See application instructions, deadlines, and additional scholarship information for the Anne Ford Scholarship here.

Eligibility:

  • Citizen of the United States or in possession of an Alien Registration Card
  • High school senior or enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university
  • Achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
  • Pursuing a degree in the medical field such as therapy, nursing, medicine, nutrition, laboratory science, dentistry, health law, etc.

Although all students with the above criteria are welcome to apply for this scholarship, preference will be given to students with a physical disability.

Amount: $1000

See application instructions, deadlines, and additional scholarship information for the Avacare Medical Scholarship here.

Eligibility: College students with hemophilia or a related bleeding disorder.

Amount: $1,000 (ten awards given)

See application instructions, deadlines, and additional scholarship information for the Eric Dostie Memorial College Scholarship here.

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 3, 2024.
  • 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 person in the entire NFB National Convention and in all of its scheduled scholarship program activities (finalists will receive assistance to attend the national convention).

For more information regarding eligibility, we strongly encourage you to review our scholarship program FAQs.

Amount: $8,000 (up to thirty awards given)

See application instructions, deadlines, and additional scholarship information for the National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program here.

Eligibility:

  1. 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.
  2. Candidates must have a medically recognized physical or mental disability.
  3. The minimum GPA required for application is 2.5, indicating that all applicants are in good academic standing.

Amount: $1,500

See application instructions, deadlines, and additional scholarship information for the Guide3Fluency Scholarship here.

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.

See application instructions, deadlines, and additional scholarship information for the National Hemophilia Foundation Scholarships here.

Eligibility:

  1. Applicants 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.
  2. Candidates must have a medically recognized physical or mental disability.
  3. The minimum GPA required for application is 2.5, indicating that all candidates are in good academic standing.

Amount: $1,500

See application instructions, deadlines, and additional scholarship information for the Test Prep Insight Scholarship here.

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.

See application instructions, deadlines, and additional scholarship information for University HQ Scholarships here.