Patient Advocate Foundation National Undergraduate Scholarship for Survivors

Patient Advocate Foundation

Accepting Applications

About the Scholarship

Opens: 10/14/2025

Closes: 3/6/2026

Patient Advocate Foundation National Undergraduate Scholarship for Survivors provides financial assistance for college students who have been diagnosed with cancer or other chronic illness and are working on an undergraduate degree.

Win up to

$3,000

Essay Required: Yes
Need-Based: Yes
Merit-Based: No
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Requirements

This program is open to legal residents of the United States under 25 years of age who are enrolled or planning to enroll full-time in a bachelor's degree program or in an associate degree program in preparation for transfer to a 4-year program.

Applicants must have been diagnosed with and/or been actively treated for cancer or other chronic or lifethreatening disease within the past 5 years.

Financial need is also considered in the selection process.