Applications are accepted on November 1 of each year. Only the first 500
requests will be accepted. Requests must be made in writing. 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.
Contact:
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Inc.
3417 Volta Place, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 337-5220 (V/TTY)
For 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
give to applicants who possess a master's degree or equivalent and are seeking
the doctorate.
Deadline: April 20
Contact:
Gallaudet University Alumni Association
Peikoff Alumni House, Kendall Green
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002-3695
(202) 651-5060 (Voice)
(202) 651-5061 (TTY)
Other Gallaudet scholarships for deaf graduate students include:
Waldo T., '49 and Jean Kelsch, '51 Cordano Fellowship
Old Dominion Foundation Scholarship
Graduate Fellowship Fund
Regina Olson Hughes, '18, Fellowship
Doris B. Orman, '25, Fellowship
James N. Orman, '23, Fellowship
David Peikoff, '29, Fellowship
Henry Syle Memorial Fellowship for Seminar Studies
John A. Trundle, 1885, Fellowship
Boyce R. Williams, '32, Fellowship
Same deadline and contact information as above
To provide financial assistance to deaf women pursuing a doctoral degree.
The award will be sent to the recipient's university/college to pay tuition
costs for the next academic year. Eligibility: Deaf women pursuing a doctoral
degree, who are not alumnae of the Delta Epsilon Sorority of Gallaudet
University & Applicants must have attained 12 or more credits, and have a GPA of
3.0 or higher.
Deadline: April 15
Contact:
International Alumnae of Delta Epsilon Sorority
Virginia Borggaard
2453 Bear Den Rd
Frederick, MD 21701
To provide financial assistance to deaf women pursuing a doctoral degree.
Eligibility: Deaf women pursuing a doctoral degree, who are alumnae of the
Delta Epsilon Sorority of Gallaudet University & Applicants must have attained
12 or more credits, and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Deadline: April 15
Contact:
International Alumnae of Delta Epsilon Sorority
Virginia Borggaard
2453 Bear Den Rd
Frederick, MD 21701
Financial assistance to members of the society. The Society presents 10
$1,000 scholarships each year. Deaf, hard of hearing or hearing persons who are
enrolled in or accepted to a postsecondary educational institution are eligible
to apply, if they have been members of the National Fraternal Society of the
Deaf for at least one year prior to application.
Deadline: July 1
Contact:
National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
1118 S. 6th St.
Springfield, IL 62703
(217) 789-7429 (Voice)
(217) 789-7438 (TTY)
(217) 789-7489 (Fax)
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 US.
Eligibility: Be a high school senior with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have
significant bilateral hearing loss, have already been accepted as a full-time
student at the university of their choice, but not yet be in attendance, be
mainstreamed, deaf/hard of hearing, and a US citizen.
Deadline: February 15
Contact:
The EAR Foundation
2000 Church Street, Box 111
Nashville, TN 37236
1-800-545-HEAR (Voice/TTY) or:
Minnie Pearl Scholarship
1817 Patterson Street
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 329-7807 (Voice/TTY)
Sertoma International is now accepting applications for scholarships for all
deaf and hard of hearing college students pursuing four-year degrees. This
organization will provide 13 awards of $1,000 each to students attending
universities in the US or Canada. This scholarship program has been made
possible through a donation by Oticon, Inc. and Phonic Ear Inc. Both companies
are well known for the hearing instruments they create and produce. Send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope with request. Must have 3.2 cumulative grade
point average, have a documented hearing loss, be a full-time entering or
continuing student in a four-year degree program at a college or university in
US or Canada.
Deadline: May 2
Contact:
Sertoma International
1912 East Meyer Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64132
(816) 333-8300 (Voice/TTY)
(816) 333-4320 (Fax)
To increase the number of deaf social scientists who are actively involved in
research on sign language or the deaf commmunity by providing financial aid to a
deaf graduate student. Any deaf student who is pursuing part-time or full-time
graduate studies in a field related to sign language or the deaf community, or
who is developing a special project on one of those topics.
Deadline: March 15
Contact:
National Association of the Deaf
Stokoe Scholarship Secretary
814 Thayer Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(310) 587-1788 (Voice)
(301) 587-1789 (TTY)
(301) 587-1791 (Fax)
The American Council of the Blind is accepting applications for scholarships
for blind students admitted to postsecondary academic and vocational programs.
Awards generally fall in the range of $1,000-$4,000 per year. Applicants must be
legally blind in both eyes.
Deadline: March 1
To receive an application, contact:
Jessica L. Beach, Coordinator of Affiliate and Membership Services, ACB
1155 15th St., NW, Suite 720
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone: (202) 467-5081 or (800) 424-8666
Fax: (202) 467-5085