Hydrocephalus Scholarships
The Association is pleased to offer nine scholarships to young adults with hydrocephalus this year. The scholarships are $1,000 each and will be awarded in June. The application is available now and is due on April 1, 2012. Click here to read the instructions and download the application form.
To see a list of our 2011 Scholarship awardees, click here.
If you have requested, or if you will be requesting a scholarship application via email, please check your ‘junk’ email folder before requesting an application a second time. Eligibility requirements:
- Applicants must be 17 and older and have hydrocephalus.
- Scholarship funds must be used for an educational purpose: a four-year or junior college, a high school post-graduate year to prepare for college, technical or trade school, an accredited employment-training program or a post-graduate program.
- The scholarship funds may be used for tuition, books, housing or an expense directly related to the education experience.
Generous Scholarship Endowments
The Association is grateful to the following familes for generously funding scholarship endowments:
Gerard Swartz Fudge Memorial Scholarships:
This fund was established in 1994 by the Fudge family. Their son, Gerard, had hydrocephalus and died in 1992 at the age of 22 in the midst of his college experience. Two scholarships are awarded each year from this fund.
Morris L. and Rebecca Ziskind Memorial Scholarships:
This fund was established in 2001 by Rebecca Ziskind and her family in memory of her husband, Dr. Morris Ziskind, who had NPH. After Rebecca Ziskind’s death in 2005, their three surviving children and their spouses—Carrie and Dee Norton, Jerome and Rosemary Ziskind, and Janet and Charles Tarino—graciously funded one more scholarship in loving memory of their parents, so that two scholarships are now awarded from this fund.
Anthony Abbene Scholarships:
This fund was established in 2002 by Anthony Abbene’s extended family. Anthony is a teenager with hydrocephalus. This fund awards two scholarships in honor of Anthony and to help others with hydrocephalus with their education.
Justin Scot Alston Memorial Scholarship:
Gloria M. Alston established this scholarship in loving memory of her son, Justin Scot Alston, who died in 2004. Justin received a Hydrocephalus Association scholarship in 2002 and will be remembered for his tremendous upbeat attitude and for all that he accomplished during his short life.
Mario J. Tocco Hydrocephalus Foundation Scholarship:
Greg and Georgana Tocco and their families established this scholarship in 2007 in loving memory of Greg’s grandfather, Mario, and in honor of the Hydrocephalus Foundation, Inc of Saugus, MA.
Giavanna Marie Melomo Memorial Scholarship
Team Hydrocephalus LINY established this scholarship in 2010 in memory of Giavanna Melomo. She will always be remembered for her beauty, love and strength. “She is our Angel in Heaven.”
Please note that the number of scholarships awarded varies from year to year.
Other Scholarships
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) Scholarship Program supports students with disabilities who are pursuing higher education. Preference will be given to students who plan to pursue undergraduate/graduate studies in the field of public health, health promotion, or disability studies, to include disability policy and disability research. Visit http://www.aahd.us/ and click on “Scholarship Program” for more details and to download the application.
