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Award and Scholarship Opportunities
Award and Scholarship Opportunities
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Awards
- Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
120 Swanlund, 601 East John Street
Champaign, IL 61820 (MC-304)
Phone: 217.244.8060
E-mail: leaders@uiuc.edu
- Student Leadership Award - Nominate student leaders and RSOs which have had "significant impact to the campus community."
- Office of Women's Programs – Verdell Frazier Young Award
- UIUC Gender & Women's Studies Department
911 S. Sixth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
LGBTQA Specific Awards
- Acorn Equality Fund
- Our scholarships are designed to provide academic financial support for gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered students, allies or the children of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered parents. The 2012 scholarships range from $1000 to $4,000 with up to $25,000 being disbursed.
- To be eligible, the applicant must retain permanent residence in the AEF service area (all Illinois counties except: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will) and attend any accredited post-secondary educational facility.
- Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund
ZAMI, Inc.
PO Box 2502
Decatur, GA 30031
Phone: 404.370.0920
E-Mail: zami@zami.org - Fund for Lesbian and Gay Scholarships (FLAGS)
Whitman-Brooks
The Scholarship Fund
PO Box 48320
Los Angeles, CA 90048-0320
Phone: 213.650.5752 - Hofstra University School of Law - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights Fellowship
121 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1210
Phone: 516.463.5916, Fax: 516.463.6264
E-mail: lawadmissions@hofstra.edu - Parent, Family, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Attn: Judy Hoff
PFLAG National Scholarships Program
1726 M Street, #400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.467.8180 (ext. 219)
E-mail: schools@pflag.org - Pride Foundation Scholarships (For students from the Pacific Northwest)
1122 E. Pike Street, PMB 1001
Seattle, WA 98122
E-mail: scholarships@pridefoundation.org - The Point Foundation
PO Box 11210
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 866.33.POINT (866.337.6468)
Email: info@thepointfoundation.org - Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition
- Sarah Pettit Doctoral Fellowship
Attn: Rachel Pepper/Sarah Pettit Fund
PO Box 208334
100 Wall Street, Room 312
New Haven, CT 06520
E-mail: ygs@yale.edu - Skadden Fellowship Foundation (Law)
E-Mail: info@skadden.com - Queer Foundation Scholarship Fund
Attn: Joseph Dial, Ph.D. - Executive Director
3213 W Wheeler St., #145
Seattle, WA 98199
Phone: 206.999.8740
Email: jdial@post.harvard.edu - Youth Courage Awards
PO Box 29903
San Francisco, CA 94129-0903
Phone: 415.561.6350
Email: info@colinhiggins.org - TransgenderFirst National Scholarship
- 3430 E Russell Road
- Las Vegas, NV 89120
- Phone: 800.729.1317
- Email: applications@transgenderscholarship.org
- Deadline: December 31st
National or State Financial Aid Resources for LGBTQA Students
- Campus PrideNet - LGBT Scholarship Opportunities
- FinAid! Financial Aid for LGBT Students
- HRC - Search Scholarship Programs for LGBTQ Students
- Safe Schools Coalition - Scholarships and Grants
- Minnesota GLBT Educational Fund - List of GLBT Scholarships
- Scholarship Help Desk (Not LGBT specific)
- University of California Berkeley, School of Law - Scholarships for GLBT Students
- University of Illinois Chicago - GLBT Financial Aid
- Washburn University - GLBT Scholarship Resources
University of Illinois Financial Aid Resources
Office of Student Financial Aid
620 East John Street, MC-303
Champaign, IL 61820-5712