Varies
Avg. Amount Awarded
23
Days
February 14 2025
Application Deadline
N/A
Renewable
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What you'll need:
  • Checkmark Other - Certification of legal blindness from an ophthalmologist, optometrist or physician; Proof of acceptance from a post-secondary school
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Community Service
  • Checkmark Entry In A Contest
  • Checkmark Financial Need Analysis
  • Checkmark Recommendations Or References
  • Checkmark Transcript
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Charles Dillman Scholarship

Description

The Charles Dillman Scholarship will be awarded to students studying in the field of disability rehabilitation or teaching. The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), in partnership with the American Council of the Blind (ACB), offers educational scholarships for entering freshman, undergraduate and graduate students, and those attending technical college. To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants need to be legally blind. Legal blindness is defined as an individual who cannot see better than 20/200 in the best eye with glasses or contact lenses or whose visual field in the best eye is 20 degrees or less at the...

Amount Details

$2,000
Low Amount Awarded
$7,500
High Amount Awarded

Eligibility Requirements

  • CheckmarkMust be an undergraduate student or a graduate student
  • CheckmarkMust attend a university, a four-year college, two-year college or a vocational-tech school
  • CheckmarkMinimum 3.0 GPA
  • CheckmarkBoth full-time and part-time students
  • CheckmarkRestricted to students studying Education, Therapy/Rehabilitation

How to Apply

What you'll need:

  • Checkmark Other - Certification of legal blindness from an ophthalmologist, optometrist or physician; Proof of acceptance from a post-secondary school
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Community Service
  • Checkmark Entry In A Contest
  • Checkmark Financial Need Analysis
  • Checkmark Recommendations Or References
  • Checkmark Transcript
For more info, please visit our site
Contact scholarships@acb.org
Tel: 212-502-7600 Address 2900 S Quincy St, #200
Arlington, VA 22206