Disease and other health issues

These things happen. There is a lot of funding available at the national and down.

As you've probably guessed by now, searching for scholarships or grants related to a specific ailment is very much like searching for heritage and minority funding.

The thing that sets health issues apart from the other two is that in some cases, you don't have to be the disabled family member in order to receive funding from an organization. Some award scholarships and grants to children whose parents or siblings have (insert health problem here).

Make sure to search any national foundations, but also look into your local chapters, clubs and support groups to see if they offer funding that may not be available at the national level. Some ailments have more funding nationwide than others. Some are only funded by organizations at the state level. It is up to you to do the necessary searching.

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There are also scholarships and funding available to children/students whose parents were harmed in terrorist attacks (such as 9/11) or are involved in the military. But that's another post, completely.

Some of the major scholarships I have found on the topic of disease/physical ailments are:

Lupus Inspiration Foundation for Excellence

Spina Bifida Association Scholarship Program

American Federation for the Blind


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Interesting note:
If you end up doing a search for 'Color Blindness', you will come across scholarships that deal with topics like race relations. I have yet to find a scholarship for Color-Blindness because of this.