Being diagnosed with cancer can be the most shocking moment for anyone. Cancer is a life-threatening disease that has become the second leading cause of death in the country. Every year, thousands of people die due to cancer. As a cancer patient, you have to go through many challenges whether it is financial, physical, or emotional. It might make your condition even worst if you are a student. For a student, it might be quite intimidating to maintain a balance between education and treatment. Needless to say, cancer treatment is quite expensive in our country and one might find it difficult to pay for one’s treatment along with education. Keeping this fact in mind, National Children’s Cancer Society has designed a funding scheme for cancer survivors. To apply for this program, you must be a citizen of the United States living within the country and attending school in the US.
National Children’s Cancer Society is aware of the challenges that students have to experience as a cancer patient. Dealing with cancer can be the hardest time for anyone and the most difficult part of such time is that one’s finances are drained which can invite many problems such as drop out if one is studying, being unable to afford treatment, and so on. For a student who is a cancer patient, it is very important to have financial and emotional back. To do its part in improving the situation of cancer survivors, National Children’s Cancer Society has brought this scheme that any students who are dealing with similar problems can take advantage of and boost their finances. This scholarship will support the college-level education of those students who have demonstrated the ability to overcome the difficult challenges of cancer with determination and motivation.
National Children’s Cancer Society is an American charity based organization doing great work in support of cancer survivors. It provides financial, emotional educational support to children with cancer, their families, and survivors. This organization has brought a positive difference in the lives of many cancer patients and given them new hopes. It was founded in 1987 to help pay for the then relatively new bone marrow transplantation procedure for children.
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Brief Description
Get the quick information through this table:
| Organization | National Children’s Cancer Society |
| Educational Level | Post-secondary school students |
| Subjects | All |
| Amount | Educational fund |
| Access Mode | Online |
| Number of Awards | N/A |
| City | St Louis |
| Nationality | Domestic |
| Country | United States |
| Application Deadline | March 31, 2021 |
| Application Fee | N/A |
| Requirements | Transcript, the letter from a medical professional, essay |
Who May Be Eligible
Please check out these requirements before applying:
- Applicants must be a childhood cancer survivor under the age of 25 and diagnosed before the age of 18 with cancer or a high grade or anaplastic brain tumor;
- Candidates should be citizens of the United States living within the country and attending school in the U.S.
- Aspirants must have been accepted into a post-secondary school for the fall semester of the upcoming academic year.
How to Apply
Applicants have to down an application form and fill that form out with all correct and complete information. Candidates are required to provide all the right information to get the best consideration. Once they are done with the form, they can send it via mail along with some required documents given below to:
The National Children’s Cancer Society
Beyond the Cure Ambassador Scholarship
500 North Broadway, Suite 1850
St. Louis, MO 63102
Supporting Documents
Applicants are required to provide the following documents: a transcript, a letter from a medical professional, and an essay. The essay must be answering the following prompt: What does survivorship mean to you?
Format requirements:
- Typed, double spaced
- 12 pt. Times New Roman or Arial font
- One inch margins
- Minimum length of one full page but no more than two pages
- Include applicants name at the top right corner of each page
- The essay will become the property of the NCCS and may be used for future publications/promotional materials should a scholarship be awarded
Benefits
This scholarship will provide educational funds to students who successfully meet the eligibility requirements of the National Children’s Cancer Society. This funding support will help cancer survivor further their education without any hurdle, and cover their expenses related to education. This scholarship will act as a way to encourage cancer survivors to go for their dreams and give them new hopes for life.
Application Deadline
Applications will be accepted until March 31, 2021. After this date, no application will be considered for this program.
