Scholarships are awarded to people with specific qualities and goals. Examples include learning new skills or taking a college course. The scholarships below may apply to:
- Kidney transplant recipients
- Donors and their families
- Caregivers
- Dialysis patients
- Anyone living with chronic kidney disease at any stage
- AAKP Cystinosis Patient Education and Activity Scholarship Program
- American Association on Health and Disability
- Buckfire Law
- Career One Stop
- Carolyn Wilson Dialysis Patient Scholarship Program
- Culpepper Exum Scholarship for Kidney Patients (KS and MO only)
- The David Nelson Jr. Memorial Fund Scholarship
- Diabetes Scholars
- The Dialysis Scholarship Fund
- Dialysis Scholarship Fund
- DisABLEDperson
- Georgia Transplant Foundation
- Google Lime Scholarship
- Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative
- The Kim and Harold Louie Family Foundation
- Law Offices of Coats and Todd
- LUPUS Inspiration Foundation for Excellence
- National Kidney Foundation of Michigan (MI only)
- NKF of Utah and Idaho (UT and ID only)
- Organ Donation Scholarship
- Patient Advocate Foundation
- Peter and Bruce Bidstrup Memorial Scholarship
- The Pugh Scholarship (MI only)
- Richie's Spirit Foundation
- Rick Salick Memorial Scholarship (FL only)
- Scholarships.com
- Scholarship America
- Scholarships for Women
- TRIO Scholarships
Arizona
Arkansas
- Carolyn Wilson Dialysis Patient Scholarship Program – Must be a resident of either Arkansas, Louisiana, or Oklahoma
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Louisiana
- Carolyn Wilson Dialysis Patient Scholarship Program – Must be a resident of either Arkansas, Louisiana, or Oklahoma
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oklahoma
- Carolyn Wilson Dialysis Patient Scholarship Program – Must be a resident of either Arkansas, Louisiana, or Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Utah
Virginia
General Scholarships
People applying for a scholarship must be able to show they are excellent at:
- Grammar
- Spelling
- Explaining intent or need
Scribens Grammar Check—Here is an online resource to check your writing grammar.
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) has information to help you write the best scholarship application possible.
Here are some tips from Hamilton College that you can use to help you write a winning essay.