LGBT Financial Aid Opportunities

The Office of LGBT Resources does not actively seek out financial aid oppurtunities. This list consists only of those that we have been made aware of. It makes a good starting point for your search, but make sure you take advantage of the other resources listed below.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Awards

• Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  120 Swanlund, 601 East John Street
  Champaign, IL 61820 (MC-304)
  Phone: 217.244.8060
  E-mail: leaders@uiuc.edu
  • ExCEL Scholarships - RSO student leaders should apply (letter of reference required).
  • Student Leadership Award - Nominate student leaders and RSOs which have had "significant impact to the campus community."
• Office of Women's Programs – Verdell Frazier Young Award
• UIUC Gender & Women's Studies Department
  911 S. Sixth Street
  Champaign, IL 61820

LGBTSA Specific Awards

• Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center - Queer Asian & Pacific Islander Pride Scholarship Fund
  730 Polk Street, 4th Floor (Between Ellis and Eddy streets)
  San Francisco, CA 94109
  Phone: 415.292.3400
  E-Mail: max@apiwellness.org
• Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Invites Entries for Writers Fund
• Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund
  ZAMI, Inc.
  PO Box 2502
  Decatur, GA 30031
  Phone: 404.370.0920
  E-Mail: zami@zami.org
• Deaf Queer Resource Center Scholarship
• Fund for Lesbian and Gay Scholarships (FLAGS)
  Whitman-Brooks
  The Scholarship Fund
  PO Box 48320
  Los Angeles, CA 90048-0320
  Phone: 213.650.5752
• Heller Ehrman LLP Diversity Fellowship
  Summer Internship and $7,500 Scholarship - Open to first year law students only
• Hofstra University School of Law - Fellowships for the Advocacy for the Equality of LGBT People
  121 Hofstra University
  Hempstead, NY 11549-1210
  Phone: 516.463.5916, Fax: 516.463.6264
  E-mail: lawadmissions@hofstra.edu
• LEAGUE Foundation - An Academic Scholarship Fund
  Attn: Charles Eader, President
  LEAGUE Foundation
  One AT&T Way, Room 4B214J
  Bedminster, NJ 07921-2694
  Phone: 703.691.5734
  E-mail: ATTLEAGUE@aol.com
• LGBT HEART Scholarship Program for the Graduate Health Professions
  51 N. 3rd Street, Suite 331
  Philadelphia, PA 19106
  E-mail: scholarships@lgbtheart.org
• National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Messenger-Anderson Journalism Scholarship and Internship Program
  1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 600
  Washington, DC 20005
  Phone: 202.393.5177
  E-mail: thetaskforce@thetaskforce.org
• National Gay Pilot's Association
  PO Box 7271
  Dallas, TX 75209-0271
  Phone: 214-336-0873
  Email: info@ngpa.org
• National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association - Scholarships
  Phone: 202.588.9888 (ext. 12)
  E-mail: jlclement@nlgja.org
• National Women's Studies Association - Lesbian Caucus Scholarship
  Lesbian Scholarship Application
  7100 Baltimore Ave, Suite 502
  College Park, MD 20740
  Deadline: February 15 of each year
• Parent, Family, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
  Attn: Judy Hoff
  PFLAG National Scholarships Program
  1726 M Street, #400
  Washington, DC 20036
  Phone: 202.467.8180 (ext. 219)
  E-mail: schools@pflag.org
• Pride Foundation Scholarships (For students from the Pacific Northwest)
  1122 E. Pike Street, PMB 1001
  Seattle, WA 98122
  E-mail: scholarships@pridefoundation.org
• The Point Foundation
  PO Box 11210
  Chicago, IL 60611
  Phone: 866.33.POINT (866.337.6468)
  Email: info@thepointfoundation.org
• Project 10 - Models of Excellence Scholarships
  Phone: 626.577.4553
  E-mail: project10@hotmail.com
• Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition
• Sarah Pettit Doctoral Fellowship
  Attn: Rachel Pepper/Sarah Pettit Fund
  PO Box 208334
  100 Wall Street, Room 312
  New Haven, CT 06520
  E-mail: ygs@yale.edu
• Skadden Fellowship Foundation (Law)
  E-Mail: info@skadden.com
• Transgender Scholarship and Education Legacy Fund
  TSELF Awards Committee
  PO Box 540229
  Waltham, MA 02454-0229
  Phone: 781.899.2212
  Email: julie@tself.org or carrie@tself.org
• Third Wave Foundation Scholarships
• Queer Foundation Scholarship Fund
  Attn: Joseph Dial, Ph.D. - Executive Director
  3213 W Wheeler St., #145
  Seattle, WA 98199
  Phone: 206.999.8740
  Email: jdial@post.harvard.edu
• Youth Courage Awards
  PO Box 29903
  San Francisco, CA 94129-0903
  Phone: 415.561.6350
  E-mail: info@colinhiggins.org

National or State Financial Aid Resources for LGBTSA Students

• Campus PrideNet - LGBT Scholarship Opportunities
• FinAid! Financial Aid for LGBT Students
• HRC - Search Scholarship Programs for GLBT Students
• Safe Schools Coalition - Scholarships and Grants
• Gaire - Gay Scholarships
• Minnesota GLBT Educational Fund - List of GLBT Scholarships
• National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education - Financial Aid/Fellowships
• Scholarship Help Desk (Not LGBT specific)
• University of California Berkeley, School of Law - Scholarships for GLBT Students
• University of Illinois Chicago - GLBT Financial Aid
• Washburn University - GLBT Scholarship Resources
• Yale University - GLBT Grants & Awards

UIUC Financial Aid Resources

• Office of Student Financial Aid
  620 East John Street, MC-303
  Champaign, IL 61820-5712

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