Amount: $8,000. About: Offered by National Federation of the Blind, The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults Scholarship is a $8,000 award to support outstanding achievement by blind scholars and support them in pursuing post-secondary education. Applicants must be legally blind in both eyes; Must be residing in the United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico; Must be 18 years of age by July 3; Must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, post-secondary course of study in a degree program at a U.S. institution in the fall of the year of application; must participate in person in the entire NFB National Convention and in all of its scheduled scholarship program activities; be enrolled in a full-time degree program at an accredited college or university during the fall semester.
Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior
Eligible Majors: All Majors
Residency Requirement: No residency requirement
Minimum GPA: No GPA requirement
Deadline: March 31. Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.