Scholarships

The Springboard Foundation is proud to extend scholarships to full-time undergraduate college students who have documented disabilities of any type that are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Our scholarship recipients attend college and universities across the United States and are currently enrolled full-time in undergraduate courses. The applicant must have an accumulative GPA of 3.0 or above and completed twenty-four credit hours from a four year accredited university/college. 
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Visit Springboard Foundation for more information and to apply: https://thespringboardfoundation.submittable.com/submit​

​Scholarship Description: The RevenueZen Social Selling Scholarship is an award for any current or soon-to-be undergrad who is looking to innovate the hiring process. In an ideal world, what would hiring and applying for a job look like? How will you stand out? The RevenueZen Scholarship has a brief submission process, and applicants will be judged on their ability to convey their idea for an innovative social selling process focused on getting hired at a specific company.
Application Deadline: December 15th each year
Award Amount: $1000
Link to Scholarship Webpage: https://get.revenuezen.com/social-selling-scholarship

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today more than $6 billion will be distributed immediately to colleges and universities to provide direct emergency cash grants to college students whose lives and educations have been disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. The funding is available through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law by the President  less than two weeks ago.

Students should contact their campus financial aid office now or check out the campus Financial Aid website for more information about these cash grants.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/10/feds-begin-distributing-emergency-grants-students-affected-campus-closures

​https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-rapidly-delivers-more-6-billion-emergency-cash-grants-college-students-impacted-coronavirus-outbreak

The Association on Higher Education And Disability announces its annual scholarship opportunity for current students in college.

One award will be made to an undergraduate student and one award to a graduate student.

The application deadline is April 15th, 2020.

Student Scholarships require nomination from a current AHEAD member. You can check with your campus' Disability Resource Center to see if staff there are members of AHEAD.

Complete eligibility, application and contact information is available at:
https://www.ahead.org/membership/2020-fall-scholarships/2020-fall-student-scholarship

Scroll to the bottom of https://www.nitrocollege.com/scholarships/disabilities to find lists of scholarships for students based on various disabilities.

Note: Nitro is a company that works with a number of financial institutions,  so if you sign up with Nitro you might get steered to those lenders. Still, they do have some good free information on their site.

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​The Phoenix Education Grant is the first national scholarship endowment fund created for burn survivor students pursuing their education dreams. 

The grant is available for burn survivor students pursuing their post-secondary education who have applied and been accepted to a:

    2-year College
    4-year College (University)
    Technical or Vocational School
    Graduate Program

​https://www.phoenix-society.org/our-programs/education-grant

Lime Connect offers targeted scholarships with their business partners that support the education of current university students and open the door to potential internship and co-op opportunities.  
All scholarships are awarded based on merit.
​Learn more at: https://www.limeconnect.com/programs/page/scholarships

​Microsoft: disAbility Scholarship enable high school students with disabilities to go to college and target a career in the technology industry.

The amount of this renewable scholarship to be awarded is $5,000 per year, up to $20,000 total.

All completed applications must be submitted by March 1, 2019.

Questions regarding the scholarship can be direct to scholarships@seattlefoundation.org