Scholarships 2013
Empowering yourself to design and elevate your life requires education. The hemophilia community is fortunate to have abundant scholarships available to current and future college students with bleeding disorders to help them get the education they need to live the lives they dream.
Beth Carew Memorial Scholarship
Amount: |
Ten $4,000.00 scholarships awarded |
Candidate: |
Available to undergraduate students in the US with inherited bleeding disorders |
Deadline: |
Applications only accepted 2/1 through 4/15 |
Contact: |
Colburn-Keenan Foundation |
Biogen Idec Hemophilia Scholarship Program
Amount: |
Biogen Idec Hemophilia offers multiple scholarships totaling $50,000 with individual awards ranging from $2,500 - $7,000. |
Candidate: |
US citizens and legal permanent residents with hemophilia A or B who are pursuing a vocational or technical certificate, a 2- or 4-year degree program or graduate degree. Eligible applicants include high school seniors or graduates, or college students (undergraduate or graduate) enrolled in a 2- or 4-year accredited college, university, or vocational/technical school. |
Deadline: |
June 15 |
Contact: |
contactus@applyists.com. Write “Biogen Idec” in the subject line. |
The BioRX/Hemophilia North Carolina Educational Scholarships
Amount: |
Four $2,000 scholarships |
Candidate: |
Caregivers of children affected with bleeding disorders; a person diagnosed with a bleeding disorder; or a sibling of a person diagnosed; must be in an accredited college or university and interested in obtaining a degree in the medical field. You do not have to be a resident of North Carolina to apply. Contact cbarnes@biorx.net (Chris Barnes) for an application. |
Deadline: |
May 1 |
Contact: |
Chris Barnes |
Calvin Dawson Memorial Scholarship
Amount: |
Number and amount of scholarships varies |
Candidate: |
Florida resident with bleeding disorder attending a college, university or trade school. |
Deadline: |
April 30 |
Contact: |
Hemophilia Foundation of Greater Florida |
Comprehensive Bleeding Disorders Scholarship Fund
Amount: |
Three $1,500 scholarships |
Candidate: |
Any individual who is diagnosed with a congenital or acquired chronic bleeding disorder and who has attended a hemophilia treatment center’s comprehensive clinic annually including this past year of 2011 is eligible. The applicant must have maintained a GPA of 2.5 or above and are enrolled or plan to enroll, as a full or part-time student at an accredited vocational/trade school, technical school, junior college, or a four-year college/university. |
Deadline: |
April 1 |
Contact: |
Comprehensive Bleeding Disorders Center |
Education Advantage Scholarship Program, Supported by Baxter
Amount: |
Up to $15,000/year to attend 4-year colleges and universities (multiple scholarships available) |
Candidate: |
Teenagers and adults with hemophilia A or inhibitors. For scholarships, applicants must be enrolled in, or planning to enroll in, an accredited college, university, community college, or technical/vocational school. For GED Assistance, applicants must have recently passed the GED Test. |
Deadline: |
April 1 |
Contact: |
Scholarship America (program administrator) |
Eric Dostie Memorial College Scholarship
Amount: |
Ten $1,000 scholarships |
Candidate: |
Persons with hemophilia or a related bleeding disorder, or their family members, who are enrolled full-time in an accredited two- or four-year college program. |
Deadline: |
March 1 |
Contact: |
NuFACTOR Scholarship Administrator |
Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan Academic Scholarship
Amount: |
Two $2,500 scholarships. |
Candidate: |
Person, or immediate family member, with hemophilia or other inherited bleeding disorder residing in Michigan. |
Deadline: |
March (applications available in January) |
Contact: |
HFM Academic Assistance |
HFA Artistic Endeavors Scholarship
Amount: |
$1,500 |
Candidate: |
Person with blood-clotting disorder not necessarily attending college. Scholarship can be used for producing a play, writing a book, painting, publishing or another artistic endeavor. Imagination and portfolio required. |
Deadline: |
April 30 |
Contact: |
Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA)
|
HFA Educational Scholarship
Amount: |
Between one and three $1,500 scholarships |
Candidate: |
Person with a blood-clotting disorder attending any accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocation/technical school in the US. |
Deadline: |
April 30 |
Contact: |
Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA) |
HFA Parent Continuing Education Scholarship
Amount: |
$1,500 |
Candidate: |
Parent of a school-age child with a blood-clotting
disorder. For use in furthering the parent's own education. |
Deadline: |
April 30 |
Contact: |
Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA)
|
HFA Sibling Continuing Education Scholarship
Amount: |
$1,500 |
Candidate: |
Sibling of a person with a blood-clotting disorder. For use in furthering the sibling's own education at a college, university or trade school. |
Deadline: |
April 30 |
Contact: |
Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA) |
The Kevin Child Scholarship
Amount: |
$500 and $1,000 |
Candidate: |
Person with hemophilia or VWD. Must be a high school senior planning to attend college, university or vocational school, or a college student pursuing post-secondary education. |
Deadline: |
June 27 |
Contact: |
Renee LaBrew |
Michael Bendix Sutton Foundation
Amount: |
Two $2,000 scholarships |
Candidate: |
Person with hemophilia pursuing pre-law study. |
Deadline: |
March 30 |
Contact: |
Michael Bendix Sutton Foundation |
Mike Hylton and Ron Niederman Memorial Scholarship
Amount: |
Ten $1,000 scholarships |
Candidate: |
For men with bleeding disorders and their immediate family members. This scholarship was established in 1999 to honor the memory of Mike Hylton (1945-1998) and Ron Niederman (1950-1999). |
Deadline: |
April 30 |
Contact: |
Bernice Diaz |
Millie Gonzalez Memorial Scholarship
Amount: |
Five $1,000 scholarships |
Candidate: |
The scholarship is awarded to women with hemophilia or von Willebrand Disease and was established to honor the memory of Millie Gonzalez (1953-2001), who was a firm believer in educational opportunities. |
Deadline: |
April 30 |
Contact: |
Bernice Diaz |
Salvatore E. Quinci Foundation Scholarship
Amount: |
Two $2,000 scholarships |
Candidate: |
Person diagnosed with hemophilia or other bleeding disorder accepted into an accredited university, college or vocational/technical school. |
Deadline: |
April 5 |
Contact: |
Salvatore E. Quinci Foundation, Inc. |
SevenSECURE Adult Education Grants
Amount: |
Grants of up to $2500 |
Candidate: |
Adults with inhibitors can apply for grants up to
$2500 for training to help improve their career or transition to a new one. |
Deadline: |
Year-round |
Contact: |
SevenSECURE |
SevenSECURE K-12 Edu-Grants
Amount: |
Grants of up to $500 per person per year |
Candidate: |
K-12th grade tutoring for any consumer with hemophilia and inhibitors are awarded up to $500 a year to help families who require additional tutoring or other forms of learning help. |
Deadline: |
Year-round |
Contact: |
SevenSECURE |
SevenSECURE: Ulla Hedner Scholarship
Amount: |
Scholarship of up to $7000 |
Candidate: |
Adults with inhibitors can apply for scholarships up to $7000 planning to attend or attending as a full-time student at a college or university |
Deadline: |
April 30 |
Contact: |
SevenSECURE |
Soozie Courter "Sharing a Brighter Tomorrow" Hemophilia Scholarship Program
Amount: |
Twelve $2,500 college undergraduate scholarships and five $4,000 graduate scholarships. |
Candidate: |
Students with hemophilia A or B. The program is open to high school seniors, students who have completed high school or an equivalent program (eg, graduate equivalency diploma [GED]), and students enrolled in junior college, college (undergraduate or graduate), or vocational school. |
Deadline: |
May 24 |
Contact: |
Pfizer |
Together Forward Scholarship Program
Amount: |
Four scholarships of $2,500 each |
Candidate: |
Open to high school seniors or current college undergraduates living with hemophilia or von Willebrand Disease. Applicants need to be enrolled in full-time undergraduate studies at a four-year college or university. U.S citizenship and demonstrated leadership through service or volunteer work in the bleeding disorders community are also required. |
Deadline: |
April 1 |
Contact: |
Coram Hemophilia Services |
