Financial Aid and Scholarship Opportunities

Deaf/HOH/Deafblind | Interpreter Referral Services

For Students who are Deaf, Deafblind, or Hard of Hearing

Each semester, a stipend is made available to employ persons to take notes or provide reader services for a college student who is blind or deafblind or provide note taker or interpreter services for a student who is deaf.

Eligibility:

• A severe to profound hearing loss or a speech discrimination of less than 70 percent; or

• Legally blind meaning 20/200 in the better eye with best correction;

• A legal resident of New York State; and

• Must be matriculated in an institution of higher education authorized by law to grant degrees and, if in New York State, approved by the New York State Board of Regents.

Deadline: None

Contact:
Sharon Brown–Levey
New York State Education Department Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) at (518) 474-5652

The AGB Association for the Deaf offers a college scholarship to provide financial assistance for post-secondary education to students who are profoundly deaf or hard of hearing.

Application Process:
Applications are accepted on November 1 of each year. Only the first 500 requests will be accepted. Requests must be made in writing.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must have a 60 dB or greater hearing loss in the better ear in the speech frequencies of 500, 1,000, and 2,000 Hz.

• Applicants must be oral deaf students who were born with a profound hearing impairment, or incurred loss before language was acquired.

• Applicants must use speech and residual hearing and/or speechreading as their mode of communication.

• Applicants must be accepted by or already enrolled in a regular full-time college or university program for students with normal hearing.

Deadline:
All applications and materials must be postmarked by March 15^th.

Contact:
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Inc.
3417 Volta Place, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 337-5220 (V/TTY)

To provide financial assistance to deaf graduate students who wish to pursue graduate study in a field related to business at universities for people who hear normally.

• Applicants must be hearing-impaired graduates of Gallaudet University or other accredited colleges or universities who have been accepted to graduate study in a business-related field at colleges or universities for people who hear normally.

• Preference is given to applicants who possess a master’s degree or equivalent and are seeking the doctorate.

Contact:
Gallaudet University Alumni Association
Peikoff Alumni House, Kendall Green
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002-3695
(202) 651-5060 (Voice)
(202) 651-5061 (TTY)

Contact:
Gallaudet University Alumni Association
Peikoff Alumni House, Kendall Green
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002-3695
(202) 651-5060 (Voice)
(202) 651-5061

To provide financial assistance to deaf women pursuing a doctoral degree.

To provide financial assistance for post secondary education to members of the Society. The Society presents 10 $1,000 scholarships each year.

Contact:
National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
1118 S. 6^th Street
Springfield, IL 62703
(217) 789-7429 (Voice)
(217) 789-7438 (TTY)

All Minnie Pearl Scholarship recipients are exceptional students. They have achieved academic excellence, are class leaders, and are aspiring to even higher levels after high school. Even more remarkable, these students have been able to reach such high goals in spite of being deaf/hard of hearing. This year the EAR Foundation will award 14 $2,000 scholarships to deaf/hard of hearing students who will be attending prestigious colleges across the United States.

What does the winner of the scholarship have to do?
The winner of the Stokoe Scholarship must create and complete a research or development project within a year that relates to sign language or the deaf community. The winner must prepare a brief report upon completion of the project.

To find the number of the local chapter, call (317) 875-8755
 

For information regarding scholarships, contact (919) 358-7661
 

Local chapters of the Rotary Club offer scholarships for overseas study. Call: (202) 638-3555
 

Regional units have the option to present a "Student Recognition Award" and a savings bond to a student who demonstrates school and community spirit. For information contact your local representative or the New York State School for the Deaf, at (315) 337-8400.

The ASDC Memorial Education Fund is intended to provide more educational opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing children. The ASDC Board established this fund to grant scholarships for up to $250.00 per family or parent organization for deaf or hard of hearing children of an ASDC family or affiliate group to attend or produce an educational event about deaf culture, sign language or to enhance deaf or hard of hearing children’s participation in family and community events.

Scholarship in honor of a dear friend and past president of ASDC is established to benefit families with children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

The first scholarship established to honor the Founders of American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) and will benefit families with children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Katlyn’s Hope is a not-for-profit corporation founded to assist in the education of deaf-blind children, birth to 21, through educational scholarships. The scholarships are to be used for intervenor consultation, in-home training, educational toys and materials, assistive devices such as hearing aids, glasses, conformers, and canes, and other educational necessities. Stipends are also given to families to help them travel to conferences and workshops and to provide interpreters/intervenors for deaf-blind children at the meetings.

The American Action Fund for blind Children and Adults is a service agency which specializes in providing help which is not readily available from government programs or existing service systems. Services are planned especially to meet the needs of blind children, the elderly blind and the deaf-blind. Outreach volunteers are available throughout the U.S. who provides services to people in their home localities. Services include:

• Direct assistance to individuals (e.g., information & referral, financial assistance, technical assistance)

• A free weekly Braille newspaper for people who are deaf-blind called "Hot-line to Deaf-Blind" a summary of the most current news stories.

• Free Braille calendars

• Scholarships for higher education

• Financial aid to assist individuals in furthering their educational or occupational interests outside of the traditional academic setting ( can also be used to help pay guides, interpreters for deaf-blind people who wish to attend seminars or other training workshops)

• Library that loans children’s books that has adjacent pages of print and Braille free of charge.

Limited to students with physical and/or sensory disabilities who are planning a career in the travel & tourism industry.

Fastweb is a resource to find scholarships/grants. There, you can create a profile on yourself, and they will attempt to match your needs with potential scholarships, grants, loans, etc. and add the information to your mailbox on a daily basis (you have to create a mailbox at the web site first).

Educaid is an informational website for finding financial aid.