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College Scholarship Opportunities

Getting a college degree can be a daunting prospect, and in many cases cancer can be the biggest risk to tackling an education. For this reason there are many organizations that make scholarships available solely to individuals with cancer or to cancer survivors.

Several scholarship opportunities are available to survivors of childhood cancer. Use this list to begin your search.

Program	Description	Link
American Cancer Society		http://www.cancer.org/myacs/greatwest/programsandservices/childhood-cancer-survivor-college-scholarship-program
Andre Sobel Award Essay		www.andreriveroflife.org
Beyond the Cure Scholarship	Program awards college scholarships to childhood cancer survivors who have demonstrated the ability to overcome the difficult challenges of cancer with determination and motivation	www.beyondthecure.org/scholarships
Cancer Survivors' Fund	provides scholarships for young cancer survivors, give them a new purpose and meaning in life and enable them to continue their college education.	www.cancersurvivorsfund.org
CancerforCollege	The goal of this organization is to raise scholarship dollars to assist cancer survivors in reaching their goal of a college education.	www.cancerforcollege.org/
Children's Oncology Services Education Fund (COSEF)	is proud to support the continuing education of cancer survivors with scholarship opportunities.	www.onestepcamp.org/scholarships/
Disability Scholarships	College scholarships for student with disabilities.	www.disabilityscholarships.us
FinAid		http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/
Kyle Lee Foundation Scholarship	(diagnosis specific to Ewings)	www.kylelee28.com/Kyle?
Legacy of Hope		www.stmfoundation.org
National Collegiate Cancer Foundation's	Foundation's mission is to provide services and support to young adults who have been diagnosed with cancer	www.collegiatecancer.org
Nicki Leach Foundation		http://www.nickileach.org/
Patient Advocate Foundation	(must be treated within the last 5 years)	http://www.patientadvocate.org/help.php?p=69
Ped-Onc	Resources and information for parents of children with cancer…by parents of children with cancer	www.ped-onc.org/scholarships
Ryan Mullaly Second Chance Fund		www.ryans2dchancefund.org/
Scholarships for cancer survivors and patients		www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/cancer-students.htm
SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid		www.finaid.org/scholarships/
Stupid Cancer	General Site for any Young Adult Going Through Cancer. This site has many resources available	stupidcancer.com/index.shtml
Surviving and Moving Forward	The SAM Fund for Young Adult Survivors of Cancer	www.thesamfund.org
The SuperSibs!	Scholarship Program is made possible by generous grants from many individual supporters, foundations and corporations. Applicants who are high school seniors articulate how being the sibling of a brother or sister with cancer has impacted their lives and how they will apply this learning to make a difference in the future.	supersibs.org/what-we-do/scholarship/
Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults		www.ulmanfund.org