The Defeating Epilepsy Foundation Scholarship

Our epilepsy scholarship aims to complement our belief that education is essential in helping to defeat epilepsy. Along with educating society about epilepsy, we encourage those battling epilepsy to further their education and establish a positive and productive career. Listed below is our scholarship in addition to other scholarships available.

Details for the Epilepsy Scholarship

The Defeating Epilepsy Foundation® Scholarship is available for students who are battling epilepsy.

Two students will be awarded $500 (five hundred dollars) to use towards their educational expenses. This is an unrestricted scholarship and the recipients are able to use the funds as needed to help them with their educational expenses.

Eligibility criteria for our epilepsy scholarship:

Students must be graduating from high school, an undergraduate, or a graduate student
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Obtain at least a 3.0 GPA and provide the most recent transcript
List one personal reference and one professional. The professional can be a teacher if not employed.
A letter from a licensed physician confirming your diagnosis
Fill out the application and submit a 500-word essay on what you want to accomplish and your future goals.

Essays must be submitted in a Word document and sent along with the application to info@defeatingepilepsy.org. Please put in the subject box “Defeating Epilepsy Scholarship Fund” when emailing the application. Applications are reviewed by our scholarship team.

Applications are accepted from January 1^st to June 1^st, and winners are announced by August 1^st. We encourage those who qualify to apply and work towards defeating epilepsy.

Scholarship Application

Last Name *

First Name *

Middle

Mailing Address *

City *

State *

Zip Code *

Phone Number *

Home/Cell *

Email *

Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) *

Please attach the most recent school transcript available *

List any academic honors, awards, and membership activities you have achived:

When were you first diagnosed with epilepsy? *

Are you the first in your family to go to college? *

What is your major? *

List any volunteer/community service that you have done in your community

Please provide one personal and one professional reference. Personal references must be a nonrelative. *

Letter of Recommendation (Optional)

Provide information of the person providing a recommendation (Optional)

Please submit a letter from a licensed physician who is treating you for epilepsy to confirm your diagnosis and that you are under their care. *

Please write an essay of no more than 500 words on what you want to accomplish and your future goals. Essays are to be put in a word document and sent in along with the application. Applications are reviewed by our scholarship team. *

Additional Scholarships

Educational Enrichment Fund Scholarship

Amount: $5,000

Wells Fargo Scholarship Program for People with Disabilities

Amount: $2500

UCB Family Epilepsy Fund Scholarship

Amount: $10,000

2021 Living with Epilepsy Fund Scholarship

Amount: $1,000

Lorna Myers PNES Scholarship Fund

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