Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Hope Education Scholarships · About this organization
What you get
$5,000 education scholarships for the first year of study after high school.
How to start
Prepare the portal application and arrange recommendation letters.
Good to know
- The application and recommendation letters have separate deadlines.
The details, as published
Bear Necessities awards at least two $5,000 education scholarships annually, including the Andrew David Zint Memorial Scholarship, to eligible Illinois patients, survivors, or siblings entering their first year of postsecondary education. The 2026 portal is closed: applications were due April 3, 2026, recommendation letters were due April 10, and no 2027 dates are published.
What help you may get
Scholarships And Survivorship
Hope Education Scholarships — scholarships and survivorship
Bear Necessities awards at least two $5,000 education scholarships annually, including the Andrew David Zint Memorial Scholarship, to eligible Illinois patients, survivors, or siblings entering their first year of postsecondary education. The 2026 portal is closed: applications were due April 3, 2026, recommendation letters were due April 10, and no 2027 dates are published.
Amount not published
School And Learning
Hope Education Scholarships — school and learning
Bear Necessities awards at least two $5,000 education scholarships annually, including the Andrew David Zint Memorial Scholarship, to eligible Illinois patients, survivors, or siblings entering their first year of postsecondary education. The 2026 portal is closed: applications were due April 3, 2026, recommendation letters were due April 10, and no 2027 dates are published.
Amount not published
Why this may help
School And Learning: Education funding is the school-help part of this scholarship.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A pediatric B-ALL patient, survivor, or sibling can meet the pediatric-cancer history and age rules.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: IL.
- Applicant is an Illinois resident.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
- Create or use a portal account during an announced application cycle.
- Submit the application and arrange recommendation letters by their separate deadline.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Closed |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Seasonal |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- Application deadline was 11:59 p.m. Central time.
- No 2027 cycle is published.
- Recommendation letters were due April 10, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Central time.
- The past 2026 deadline is retained in the 2026 cycle; the next deadline is not announced.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Applicant must meet Illinois residence, U.S. citizenship, age, diagnosis-history, and first-year education rules.
- The 2026 cycle is closed.
- When will the 2027 cycle open and what dates or award count will apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Hope Education Scholarships · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Hope Education Scholarships · checked Aug 24, 2026