Scholarships for students with disabilities

The Father James B. Macelwane Annual Award was established to stimulate interest in meteorology among college students through the submission of original student papers concerned with some phase of the atmospheric sciences. The student must be enrolled as an undergraduate at the time the paper is written, and no more than two students from any one institution may enter papers in any one contest. The Society encourages applications from women, minorities, and disabled students, traditionally underrepresented in the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. The following must be submitted: a letter of application from the author, including mailing address and email, stating the title of the paper and the name of the university at which the paper was written; a letter from the department head or other faculty member of the department, confirming that the author was an undergraduate student at the time the paper was written, and indicating the elements of the paper that represent original contributions by the student; and the Student Assessment form completed by the department head or other faculty member of the department. This is in addition to the faculty letter. Please visit the award's website for more information.

The WLA Library Education Scholarship is available to librarians who are admitted to a master's degree program in library and information science or in library media at a Wisconsin school during the coming academic year beginning with the fall term. Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of experience and background in library and library-related work; career plans in the library profession; need and desire for the scholarship; and past academic performance. Affirmative action and equal opportunity principles will be applied. Racial or ethnic minorities, women and disabled persons are encouraged to apply and may identify themselves as such if they wish. Applicants must submit a completed application form. If any information requested cannot be submitted via the online form, please submit them through mail. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Wisconsin Library Association for more information.

The WLA Sally Davis Scholarship is available to librarians who are admitted to a master's degree program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies during the coming academic year beginning with the fall term. Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of experience and background in library and library related work; career plans in the library profession; need and desire for the scholarship; and past academic performance. Affirmative action and equal opportunity principles will be applied. Racial or ethnic minorities, women and disabled persons are encouraged to apply and may identify themselves as such if they wish. Applicants must submit a completed application form. If any information requested cannot be provided via the online submission form, please submit them through mail. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Wisconsin Library Association for more information.

The Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is designed to offer young people who are deaf or hard of hearing the opportunity to present their thoughts in a public forum. This experience helps contestants develop the skills and confidence to present in sign or orally to a large audience. The program also provides a valuable opportunity to compete for a college scholarship. Contestants make a 4-5 minute presentation on the topic: "How Optimism Has Guided Me Through Trying Times." Contestants may use sign language, an oral presentation or a combination of both to compete. The contest is open to contestants through grade 12 in the United States and Canada, to CEGEP in Quebec and the equivalent in the Caribbean and the rest of the world. Contestants must submit the results of an audiogram or a Cochlear Implant Programming Report completed no longer than 24 months prior to the date of the contest by a qualified audiologist. Contestants must be certified to have an uncorrected hearing loss of 40 decibels or more. Contestants attending either public school or schools providing special services are eligible to enter if criteria are met. Please visit the award's website for more information.

The Gloria Hoegh Memorial Fund Education for Rural Librarians Scholarship aims to support Wisconsin librarians or library support staff working in rural communities who plan to attend a continuing education program. Applicants must be a WLA member who is a library employee working in a Wisconsin community with a current population of 5,000 or less, or who works with library employees in those communities. They must be planning to attend a workshop, conference, or other continuing education program within or outside Wisconsin. Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of experience and background in library work; benefits of the scholarship, including potential to contribute to rural librarianship; and need and desire for the scholarship. Affirmative action and equal opportunity principles will be applied. Racial or ethnic minorities, women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply and may identify themselves as such if they wish. Applicants must submit a completed application form, along with information on the proposed continuing education program. If any information cannot be submitted via the online application form, please submit them through mail. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Wisconsin Library Association for more information.

The WLA Vida Cummins Stanton Scholarship is available to librarians who are admitted to the master's degree program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies during the coming academic year beginning with the fall term. They must be pursuing a career in school library media or youth services. Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of experience and background in library work or in working with children and youth; career plans in the library profession in library media or youth services; the need and desire for scholarship; and past academic performance. Affirmative action and equal opportunity principles will be applied. Racial or ethnic minorities, women and disabled persons are encouraged to apply and may identify themselves as such if they wish. Applicants must submit a completed application form. If any information requested cannot be provided via the online submission form, please submit them through mail. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Wisconsin Library Association for more information.

WLAF awards a scholarship to a Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) student who has been admitted to a master's degree program in library and information science or in library media for the coming academic year beginning with the fall term. Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of experience and background in library and library-related work; career plans in the library profession; the need and desire for scholarship; and past academic performance. Applicants must submit a completed application form. If any information requested cannot be provided via the online submission form, please submit them through mail. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Wisconsin Library Association for more information.

The Martin Duffy Adult Learner Scholarship will be awarded to Union members of Minnesota AFL-CIO affiliated unions (not high school graduating dependents). All scholarship funds are applicable only to accredited educational institutions such as universities, colleges, or vocational schools. There are no academic performance standards or records required for eligibility. Applicants must be a member in good standing of a Minnesota AFL-CIO local union; or an AFL-CIO member on lay-off status who has a valid withdrawal card, has recall rights and was in good standing for six months prior to lay-off; or a retired or disabled AFL-CIO member who was in good standing in his or her Local Union at the time of retirement or disablement. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program will provide student financial assistance to certain individuals due to their eligible military or public safety service or due to their eligible family or marital relationship to such an individual. Applicants must be a Maryland resident, and if they are a dependent, their parents must also be Maryland residents. Some persons are not required to be a resident of Maryland at the time of application or at the time of the disabling or fatal event. Please refer to the scholarship's website for this information. Applicants must enroll at a two-year or four-year Maryland college or university; or be enrolled in a 2-year terminal certificate program in which the coursework is acceptable for transfer credit for an accredited baccalaureate program in an eligible institution; or be enrolled in a private career school. High school seniors may apply. All majors are eligible. Disabled or killed veterans of the United States Armed Forces, including their children or stepchildren or spouses (who have not remarried); veterans who are no longer eligible for federal veteran's educational benefits; children or stepchildren or spouses of victims of the attack in the World Trade Center in New York City, the attack on the Pentagon in Virginia, or the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania; children or stepchildren of a POW/MIA of the Vietnam Conflict; disabled or killed state or local public safety employee or volunteer who died in the line of duty or who sustained an injury in the line of duty, including their children or stepchildren or spouse; and a state or local public safety employee or volunteer who became 100 percent disabled in the line of duty are all eligible to apply for the scholarship. The scholarship may be renewed on an annual basis for up to 5 years of full-time study or 8 years of part-time study. New and renewal applicants to the program must contact their higher education institution's financial aid office for application instructions. Do not submit any applications or documents to the MHEC OSFA. Please visit the scholarship's website for the full scholarship information.