For Students with Disabilities

Bell, Alexander Graham Association for the Deaf: College Scholarship Awards: Awarded to qualified students with moderate to profound hearing loss to continue their education on undergraduate and graduate levels. Preference is given to undergraduates. Students must demonstrate a serious commitment to academic and career excellence. All fields of study are welcome. Applicants must be identified as having a moderate to profound hearing loss since birth or before acquiring language and must have a (60 dB or greater hearing loss in the better ear in the speech frequencies of 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz. Applicants must use speech and residual hearing and/or speechreading (lipreading) as their primary and preferred mode of communication.

Chavez, Cesar Dissertation Fellowship for U.S. Latina/O Scholars: US citizens of Latina/o descent who plan careers in college or university teaching. The immediate goal of the Fellowship is to increase the number of U.S. Latina/o faculty in higher education by supporting U.S. Latina/o scholars in completing the final academic requirement, the dissertation. The second goal is to bring to Dartmouth College more role models for potential Latina/o graduate students among Dartmouth undergraduates.

Hemophilia or other Bleeding Disorders Scholarships: Various scholarships available for people with hemophilia or other bleeding disorders.

Individual Predoctoral Fellowships for Students with Disabilities: Provides up to five years of support for research training leading to the Ph.D. (or equivalent research degree), or the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree (or other combined professional research doctoral degrees) in the biomedical or behavioral sciences. The intent of this Predoctoral Fellowship Program is to encourage students with disabilities to seek graduate degrees and thus further the goal of increasing the number of scientists with disabilities who are prepared to pursue careers in biomedical and behavioral research.

National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program: Gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. All applicants for these scholarships must be (1) legally blind and (2) pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time postsecondary course of study in the U.S.

Did You Know?

Theater historian and director Barbara W. Grossman G84, chair and associate professor of drama, was a Presidential Appointee to the National Council on the Arts (1994-1999) and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council (2000-2005). She currently serves on the Holocaust Museum's Committee on Conscience, as well as on the American Repertory Theatre's Advisory Board, MassEquality's Board of Directors, and the Boston Foundation's Arts Research Advisory Committee.