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