Scholarships 2012
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.
The Accredo's Hemophilia Health Services Memorial Scholarship Fund
Amount: |
$1,500 and up (multiple scholarships available) |
Candidate: |
Full-time undergraduate and graduate students with
hemophilia, von Willebrand disease and other factor deficiencies. Applicants must be US citizens and demonstrate financial need, academic achievement in relation to tested ability, and involvement in extracurricular and community. |
Deadline: |
May 1 |
Contact: |
Scholarship Committee |
The Alex Lieber Memorial Scholarship
Amount: |
Four $500 scholarships |
Candidate: |
Person with hemophilia or von Willebrand disease accepted to an accredited college, university, or vocational/technical school. Candidates must be able to demonstrate a strong record of volunteer service. |
Deadline: |
June 1, 2012 |
Contact: |
LA Kelley Communication, Inc. |
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)
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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 |
Bill McAdam Scholarship Fund
Amount: |
$2,000 |
Candidate: |
Person with hemophilia, VWD or spouse, partner, child or sibling, planning to attend an accredited college, university, trade or technical school, or certified training program. Applications must be submitted electronically using MS Word or rich text format. Mail a hard copy of your transcripts directly from the school(s) you’ve attended. Reference forms must be emailed directly from the reference’s email. Use in the subject line: “[your last name]/McAdam Scholarship Application.” One professional and one personal reference should be submitted. Do not send handwritten material; previous winners not eligible. The application is updated yearly. |
Deadline: |
May 15 |
Contact: |
Bill McAdam Scholarship Fund |
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 |
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) |
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) |
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, 2010 |
Contact: |
NuFACTOR Scholarship Administrator |
Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan Academic Scholarship
Amount: |
Two $1,500 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 |
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 |
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)
|
Rachel Warner Scholarship
Amount: |
Funds are varied and limited |
Candidate: |
Person with bleeding disorder. |
Deadline: |
May 1 |
Contact: |
The Committee of Ten Thousand |
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 6, 2007 |
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 |
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) |
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: |
June 30 |
Contact: |
Pfizer |
Through the Looking Glass Scholarship 2012
Amount: |
Fifteen $1000 scholarships |
Candidate: |
Open to high school seniors or college students who have parents with disabilities |
Deadline: |
March 5, 2012 |
Contact: |
Through the Looking Glass |
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 |
