Blood Cancer United
Scholarship for Blood Cancer Survivors · About this organization
What you get
$7,500 for one academic year of undergraduate, vocational, or trade-school tuition and related fees.
How to start
Fill in the application and upload the required Diagnosis Verification Form.
Good to know
- Graduate study is not covered.
The details, as published
Blood Cancer United's competitive scholarship provides $7,500 for one academic year of tuition and tuition-related fees at an eligible U.S. vocational, trade, two-year, or four-year undergraduate program. The 2027–28 application is open August 3 through September 30, 2026, for eligible patients or survivors diagnosed with blood cancer at age 25 or younger, with notifications expected in March 2027.
What help you may get
Scholarships And Survivorship
Scholarship for Blood Cancer Survivors — scholarships and survivorship
Blood Cancer United's competitive scholarship provides $7,500 for one academic year of tuition and tuition-related fees at an eligible U.S. vocational, trade, two-year, or four-year undergraduate program. The 2027–28 application is open August 3 through September 30, 2026, for eligible patients or survivors diagnosed with blood cancer at age 25 or younger, with notifications expected in March 2027.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A survivor of pediatric B-ALL was diagnosed with blood cancer before age 25 and can meet the scholarship's diagnosis-age gate, subject to citizenship, study, documentation, and competitive-selection 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
No residence restriction is published.
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.
- Complete the application and upload the required Diagnosis Verification Form.
- Create or use a Scholarship Portal account during the published application window.
- Review the current program page and Program Guidelines.
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 | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Seasonal · deadline Sep 30, 2026 |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- Award notices are expected in March 2027.
- Blinded competitive review follows; the official page reports a historical acceptance rate around 18%.
- The deadline is 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Graduate study is excluded, and the eligible school or program must be in the United States.
- The award is competitive and the 2026 deadline is time-sensitive; verify status immediately before referral.
- The current public page and financial-assistance index differ on cycle timing; the scholarship detail page is newer and controls.
- Confirm whether $7,500 is fixed or capped at actual tuition and fee need and whether applicants may be any current age if diagnosed by age 25.
- Recheck intake immediately before referral and preserve the stale-cycle conflict on the financial-assistance index.
- Resolve and store the current Scholarship Portal, Program Guidelines, FAQ, and Diagnosis Verification Form links from the live page.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Scholarship for Blood Cancer Survivors · checked Aug 28, 2026
- Scholarship for Blood Cancer Survivors · checked Aug 24, 2026
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