The websites listed below are for informational purposes only. Inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement by the CSD.
- ACLS Medical Training Financial Aid Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities
If you are an individual with a disability, there are multiple scholarships, grants, and awards available to you that can make it simpler to afford your education. ACLS Medical Training wants to make sure you find all available options to enable you to pursue higher education.
- Bard Abroad Diversity Scholarship
Diversity scholarships are awarded to students demonstrating financial need who are traditionally under-represented in study abroad, including but not limited to students with disabilities.
- Disability Care Center Scholarships
Disability Care Center is an organization that helps disabled Americans apply and appeal for Social Security Disability benefits by providing information, resources, and customer service. Their mission is to assist the disabled community and they are now proud to offer 2 new annual scholarships for college students who have a disabling condition or are majoring in special education.
- DO-IT: College Funding for Students with Disabilities
DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) provides individuals with disabilities information about college funding through federal and state aid, scholarships, and awards. The site also maintains links to resources for specific disability-related scholarships and awards.
- Flora Marie Jenkins Memorial Disability Scholarship
The Flora Marie Jenkins Memorial Disability Scholarship is a nationally-based scholarship that awards money to aspiring individuals with disabilities who wish to further their education. The scholarship is worth $5,000 and hopes to help deserving disabled students enjoy the full benefits of post-secondary education.
- Iconic Display Autism Scholarship
The Iconic Display Autism Scholarship was founded on the basis of company’s desire to help the community in any way that they can. This scholarship is worth $750 and aims to help provide financial assistance for a student with autism.
- MediaWorks Scholarship for Students with Autism
MediaWorks is a company that dedicates itself to building up communication skills. The goal of this $500 scholarship is to provide assistance to a student with autism in order to help them succeed. The company aims to grow this scholarship in the future.
- Microsoft DisAbility Scholarship
The disAbility Scholarship hopes to empower and enable people with disabilities. This scholarship helps disabled high school students with disabilities to go to college and pursue a career in technology. This scholarship is worth $5,000 for four years and hopes to contribute to increasing the number of people with disabilities enrolling in higher education and decreasing the unemployment bias for this demographic.
- National Federation for the Blind Scholarships
To recognize achievement by blind scholars, the National Federation of the Blind annually offers blind college students in the United States and Puerto Rico the opportunity to win one of thirty merit-based, national-level scholarships worth from $3,000 to $12,000. All scholarships awarded are based on academic excellence, community service, and leadership.
- U.S. Department of Ed- Federal Student Aid Deadlines
Enter your state of legal residence and the school year for which you are applying for student aid. Then click “view deadlines”.
- UConn Office of Student Financial Aid Services- Scholarships
The Office of Student Financial Aid Services maintains a list of private scholarship websites and scholarship search services.