ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Alexander Graham )'jell Association for the Deaf

Attn: Financial Aid Coordinator

3417 Volta Place, N.W.

Washington, DC 20007-2778

Phone: (202) 337-5220

TIY: (202) 337-5221

Web: http://www.agbell.orglfinancialaid.cfm

Summary: To provide financial assistance to undergraduate and graduate students with moderate to profound hearing loss.

Eligibility: Open to undergraduate and graduate students who have had a hearing loss since birth or before acquiring language with a 60 dB or greater loss in the better ear in the speech frequencies of ~OO, 1000, and 2000 Hz. Applicants must use speech 'and residual hearing and/or speechreading (lipreading) as their primary and preferred mode of communication. They must be accepted by or already attending full time a college or university that primarily enrolls students with normal hearing. Preference is given to undergraduates. Financial need is considered in the selection process.

Financial data: Stipends range from $250 to $2,000. Duration: 1 year; may be renewed 1 additional year.

Additional information: In past years, individual awards have been designated as the Allie Raney Hunt Memorial Scholarship Award, the David Von Hagen Scholarship Award, the Elsie Bell Grosvenor Scholarship Awards, the Franklin and Henrietta Dickman Memorial Scholarship lXwards, the Herbert P. FeibeIman Jr. (PS) Scholarship Award, the Lucille A. Abt Scholarship Awards, the Maude Winkler Scholarship Awards, the Oral Hearing-Impaired Section Scholarship Award, the Robert H. Weitbrecht Scholarship Awards, the Second Century Fund Awards, and the Volta Scholarship Award. Some of those awards included additional eligibility requirements. Only the first 500 requests for applications are accepted.

Number awarded: Varies each year; recently, 22 of these scholarships were awarded.

Deadline: Applications must be requested between September and December of each year and submitted by February of each year.