American Council of the Blind Scholarships
American Council of Blind Students
Award: $45000 – $45000
Deadline: February 14.
To help with post-secondary education financial needs such as tuition, fees, room and board and other additional costs associated with assistive technology. Qualifications: Applicants must be a entering freshman, undergraduate and graduate students, and those attending technical college; applicants need to be legally blind, maintain a 3.0 GPA to be eligible for most scholarships, be a full-time student or a part-time student who works at least 32 hours per week, and be involved in their school and local community; must be a students who attend post-secondary institutions in the United States. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the submitted application and materials. How to apply: Applicants must submit online nomination form; should include certification of legal blindness from an ophthalmologist, optometrist or physician; legal blindness is defined as an individual who cannot see better than 20/200 in the best eye with glasses or contact lenses or whose visual field in the best eye is 20 degrees or less at the widest diameter with glasses or contact lenses; a transcript(s) from the school applicants are currently attending; entering freshmen will need to include their high school transcripts and graduate students will need to include undergraduate transcripts; unless extenuating circumstances exist, a 3.0 cumulative grade point average is required; two letters of recommendation from a current or recent instructor, career counselor or employer; submit each letter of recommendation separately; proof of acceptance from a post-secondary school; entering and transferring students must submit a notice or letter from the admissions office certifying acceptance or consideration for admission; if this is not available when the application is submitted, it must be submitted as soon as it is available; students continuing at the same school attended during two years before will not need to submit this document. Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.