Charles E. Leonard Memorial Scholarship
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Award: $500 – $500
Deadline: February 12.
To support Vermont students who are visually impaired, children of parents who are visually impaired, or are planning on working with the visually impaired to pursue post-secondary education. Qualifications: Applicants must be blind or visually impaired (after best corrected vision), OR be a child of a blind or visually impaired person, OR pursue a career in the education or rehabilitation of blind or visually impaired people; demonstrate academic achievement; demonstrate financial need; attend an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding (Pell grants, federal Direct loans); students must be attending (or planning to attend) a college, university or training program within the United States or Canada who are: United States citizens. Selection criteria: Selection is based on financial need, academic achievement, and essay. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application form; scholarships listed on pages 6-46 require the Unified Scholarship Application (USA); each scholarship usually requires at least one additional required document; submit required documents online through MyVSAC account; required documents: Unified Scholarship application, FAFSA, essay #1 (general essay), official transcript, and certification-Leonard (If or one or more of parents is blind or visually impaired, submit a copy of the most recent optometrist report, including the cause of the visual impairment and data relating to acuity, for each visually impaired person- and/or parent/s.). Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.