Cancer Scholarships: Scholarships for Cancer Survivors & Family Members

There are many scholarships for students who had cancer and for children of parents who had cancer. There are even scholarships for students who are siblings of cancer patients and survivors.

Some of these scholarships are restricted to students who had a particular type of cancer. Others have age or geographic restrictions.

Scholarships for students who are cancer patients and survivors or siblings of a cancer patient or survivor include:

• Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation
• Beyond the Cure Ambassador Scholarship Program
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Scholarship for Cancer Survivors
• Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope
• Cancer for College
• Cancer Survivors Fund
• Chalik & Chalik Annual Survivors Scholarship
• Childhood Cancer Canada Scholarship
• Children’s Cancer Center Scholarships
• Deana’s Wish Memorial Scholarship
• Expect Miracles Foundation Scholarship
• Friends of Scott Foundation Scott Delgadillo Scholarship
• Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation: Frank Seleny College Scholarship
• Jackie Spellman Scholarship Foundation
• John Foy & Associates Strong Arm Leukemia Scholarship
• Kids 4 Kids with Cancer Scholarship
• Lep Foundation for Youth Education Cancer Support Scholarship
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Law School Scholarship
• Making Headway Foundation Scholarships
• Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Scholarship
• Michael A. Hunter Memorial Scholarship
• Miles of Hope Scholarship 
• Mothers and Daughters Against Cancer Scholarships
• My Hometown Heroes Scholarship Fund for Young Adult Cancer Survivors
• National Collegiate Cancer Foundation: Legacy Scholarship
• National Collegiate Cancer Foundation: Survivor Scholarship
• Nicki Leach Foundation (for students attending the University of North Florida)
• Patient Advocate Foundation Scholarships for Survivors
• Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
• Simon Cancer Foundation Scholarships
• Southern California Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurses (SCAPHON) Scholarships (for students in the Southern CA Assoc. region)
• Special Love for Children with Cancer
• Stephen T. Marchello Scholarship Foundation
• Stephen’s Soldiers Cancer Scholarship
• The Orion Fund for College Students in Health Crisis
• The SAM Fund Grants
• The Susan Fund (for students in Fairfield County, CT)
• Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults  (for students in Howard County, Maryland)

Some regional branches of the American Cancer Society sponsor cancer scholarships. It also is a good general resource for cancer. Call them at 1-800-227-2345.

Scholarships for students whose parents have or had cancer or who died of cancer include:

• LIFE Lessons Scholarship Program
• MaryEllen Locher Foundation Children of Breast Cancer Scholarships (for students within 50 miles of Chattanooga, TN)
• Pink Ribbon Scholarship
• PinkRose Foundation