Many students have battled health conditions that have created barriers for their education. Luckily, many companies and organizations want to help students with health conditions and their loved ones with their education.
Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation
Amount: Up to $4,000
Closing Date: June 12, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students who have neurological disabilities or are the child of a person with a neurological disability. Priority will be given to direct spinal cord injuries and diseases resulting in paralysis such as spinal tumors, strokes or aneurysms affecting the spinal cord, or spina bifida.
Heart Disease Scholarship
Sponsor: Berger and Green
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: June 15, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in or accepted to an accredited college or university in the U.S. who has been diagnosed with heart disease or a congenital heart defect.
Brandywine Valley Hemophilia Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Brandywine Valley Hemophilia Foundation
Amount: $2,000.00
Closing Date: June 22, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students diagnosed with hemophilia or other significant bleeding disorders. Evidence of this diagnosis must be provided by your clinician or HTC.
Jessica Beth Schwartz Scholarship
Sponsor: Gift of Life Donor Program
Amount: $2,000.00
Closing Date: June 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate students who reside in the eastern half of Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey or Delaware. Applicant must be an organ transplant recipient and be under the age of 25.
VEDS Scholarship
Sponsor: Adventuresinlove4Andie Memorial Fund
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: June 30, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who have an official VEDS (Vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome) diagnosis from a medical professional.
Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship
Sponsor: National AIDS Memorial Grove
Amount: $5,000.00
Closing Date: July 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current high school seniors, and college freshman, sophomores and juniors (ages 27 and younger) who demonstrate an active commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS and taking on roles of public service and leadership.
Mesothelioma Cancer Victims Memorial Scholarships
Sponsor: Baron & Budd Attorneys
Amount: $2,500.00
Closing Date: July 9, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students accepted to a U.S. based four-year university or current college students. Applicant must submit an essay or a video on how cancer has impacted their life (any cancer).
Come Back Stronger Scholarship
Sponsor: Fasig | Brooks Law Offices
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: July 15, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to incoming and current college students . Applicant must submit an essay that discusses “a life-altering obstacle you faced in your life. This can be an injury, illness, loss of a loved one or any other major event. What did you learn from facing this obstacle, and how did you rise above it?”
Strong Arm Leukemia Scholarship
Sponsor: John Foy & Associates
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: October 15, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students who have been affected by leukemia, either by being diagnosed themselves or someone they loved being diagnosed with leukemia. Applicant must be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university as an undergraduate or is an incoming freshmen at an accredited institution in the United States.
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