Students impacted by cancer frequently encounter substantial financial and emotional burdens. The demanding nature of cancer treatments can disrupt their academic pursuits and daily routines. Regrettably, obtaining affordable life and disability insurance may pose challenges. Moreover, certain employers might exhibit bias towards cancer survivors, hesitating to hire them over concerns about escalating health insurance costs.
Students can be affected by cancer in many ways, including:
- The student is a cancer patient or survivor
- The student’s sibling or spouse, if applicable, is a cancer patient or survivor
- The student’s parent is a cancer patient or survivor
- The student’s parent died of cancer
Scholarships From Our Partners
Scholarships for Cancer Patients and Survivors
- American Cancer Society (Call 1-800-ACS-2345 for more information)
- Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation
- Beyond the Cure Ambassador Scholarship Program
- Cancer for College
- Jeff Apodaca Celebration of Life Scholarship (Student must have been treated at a University of New Mexico (UNM) Hospital and now be attending a New Mexico college or university)
- Miles of Hope Scholarship (Restricted to students who reside in New York’s Hudson Valley)
- National Collegiate Cancer Foundation
- National GRACE Foundation
- Patient Advocate Foundation
- SAMFund: Surviving and Moving Forward
- Special Love for Children with Cancer
- Stephen T. Marchello Scholarship Foundation (Restricted to cancer survivors from Colorado and Montana)
- The Susan Fund (Restricted to residents of Fairfield County, Connecticut)
Scholarships for Siblings of Cancer Patients and Survivors
Scholarships for Children of Parents with Cancer or Who Died of Cancer
- LIFE Lessons Scholarship Program
- MaryEllen Locher Foundation
- Pink Ribbon Scholarship
- Pink Rose Foundation
- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
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