Professional Disability Studies Scholarships
Financial aid for disability studies may include policy and advocacy program scholarships, public health scholarships, physical therapy scholarships, and healthcare scholarships, among others. They have in common a professional commitment to improve the lives of people with disabilities.
Scholarships
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Development Disabilities Scholastic Excellence Award for Lutherans in Nursing Programs
Provides financial assistance to nursing students who are Lutherans and interested in preparing for a career in the field of developmental disabilities. Financial data: The stipend is $1,500. Number awarded: Up to 2 each year.
Grotto/Job's Daughters Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to members of Job's Daughters who are working on an undergraduate or graduate degree in a dental field, preferably with some training in the field of disabilities. Financial data: The stipend is $1,500. Number awarded: 1 or more each year.
Don Miller Memorial Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to upper-division students preparing for a career serving people with developmental disabilities. Financial data: $1,000. Duration: 1 year. Number awarded: 1 each year.
Sertoma Communicative Disorders Scholarship Program
Students must be accepted into a graduate-level program in speech language pathology and/or audiology at a college or university in the U.S., accredited by the ASHA's Council on Academic Accreditation, plus have a minimum 3.2 GPA for all undergrad and graduate-level course work. Financial data: $1,000. (816) 333-8300; Fax: (816) 333-4320: E-mail: infosertoma@sertomahq.org.
Provides financial assistance to those who wish to teach those with developmental disabilities. Financial data: The stipend is $1,000 per year. Funds are to be used for registration fees, tuition, and textbooks only. (614) 228-3276; (800) 848-0123, ext. 126; Fax: (614) 314-6994; Email: info@uct.org.
Malamazian Memorial Endowed Blind Rehabilitation Scholarship
Awarded annually to students in the Orientation and Mobility Program of the Blind Rehabiliation Department at Western Michigan University.
AMBUCS Therapeutic Tricycles for Disabled Children
Financial assistance to students in an accredited health therapy profession: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, and hearing audiology. Financial data: $500 to $1,500 annually.
American Speech Language Hearing Foundation offers assistance to communication sciences and disorders graduate students/new researchers, or for master's or doctoral level students studying audiology or speech language pathology. Financial data: $2,000-$4,000. (800) 638-8255, ext. 4314.
Brian Cummins Memorial Scholarship
Provides financial assistance for college or graduate school to students in Connecticut who plan to become a teacher of the blind and visually impaired. Financial data: The stipend is $5,000. (860) 289-1971; Email: info@nfbct.org.
Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Scholarships available for full/part-time students who will study: Low Vision Rehabilitation; Orientation & Mobility Therapy; Vision Rehabilitation Therapy; Low Vision Rehabilitation; Education of Children/Youth with Visual or Multiple Impairments; Mobility Therapy. (215) 780-1300, (800) 824-6262.
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