Through the #RAREis Scholarship Fund, pursue your dreams.
Living with a rare disease entails coping with particular difficulties, such as frequent medical appointments, demanding treatment schedules, lengthy hospital stays, and exposure to dangers.
Even if diagnosis and treatment methods have improved, people with rare diseases still experience barriers to completing milestones that are considered to be part of the normal course of life.
To better the lives of individuals with rare diseases by supporting their educational aspirations, the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases created the #RAREis Scholarship Fund.
About The Scholarship
The EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases will be giving out $5,000 worth of scholarships to 81 people with rare diseases.
How do I Submit An Application?
Anyone in the United States who is at least 17 years old, a resident, who has received a medical diagnosis of a rare disease, regardless of whether they are receiving treatment. An official Diagnosis Verification Form from a doctor attesting to the applicant’s diagnosis will be required. Undiagnosed applicants may submit an application with a doctor’s completed Diagnosis Verification Form. There is also a Diagnosis Verification Form in Spanish.
Applications for the 2023 #RAREis Scholarship Fund were accepted from March 18 to April 22, 2023. For the Fall 2023 semester, applicants must intend to enroll full- or part-time in undergraduate or graduate studies at a recognized two- or four-year college, university, or technical/trade school. There is no set minimum for credits required to qualify as part-time. It is not necessary for students to be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program. In the spring of 2023, the 2023 application will be available.
Please take note that applications are no longer being accepted for 2023. In the spring of 2023, applications will be accepted.
- For you to launch your application. You’ll be taken to Scholarship America, a business we engaged to handle the application process.
- Create a profile or account on Scholarship America. If you applied the year before, you should already have an account, so just use your password to log in. You can enter the Scholarship America Hub with this short step.
- The Scholarship America Hub will generate ALL of the scholarships for which you are eligible once your profile has been created (bonus!). The application procedure can then be started by searching for the RAREis Application and includes:
- You must upload papers with your application. Your most recent grade report card must be submitted. Not acceptable are grade reports. Unofficial transcripts and online versions must include the student’s full name, school name, grade, number of credits earned for each course, as well as the period during which the course was taken. A Diagnosis Verification Form must be completed and submitted as well.
- You have to respond to the essay question. How will your educational and professional objectives help you become an advocate for the community of people with rare diseases? was the query in 2023. ”, (2,000 characters maximum, which is around 350-400 words) (2,000 characters maximum, which is approx. 350-400 words).
Apply also; The Jack And Jill Foundation Scholarship
Number Of Recipients Of Scholarships
The pupil will be given a $5,000 award if they are chosen as the winner. Up to 35 prizes are typically given each year. Horizon Therapeutics’ assistance enabled #RAREis to get extra financing, enabling 81 $5,000 awards to be given out in 2023.
Students may reapply to the program each year they complete the requirements even though awards are not renewable.
How Are Beneficiaries Chosen?
The following standards are used to determine scholarship recipients:
• Examining the essay response
• Being a leader and taking part in community and school activities
• Work History
• Academic achievement
Finances Taken Into Account
How will your educational and professional aspirations help you become an advocate for the community of people with rare diseases? was the essay question for 2023. (2,000 characters, or roughly 350–400 words, is the maximum allowed.)
Awards are given without consideration of race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability, or country of origin.
Scholarship America is managing the #RAREis Scholarship Fund on behalf of The EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases.
Scholarship America will manage the scholarship application process, selection process, and distribution of funds independently of Horizon Therapeutics’ input.
Application Link
Interested persons can now apply here