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Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation

Frank Seleny Scholarship · About this organization

What you get

A $1,000 scholarship for college, vocational, or trade education. Two awards were offered in the recorded cycle.

How to start

Complete the application, obtain physician verification, transcript, and a typed or printed 250-word essay.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Application Window Closed

The 2026 Frank Seleny Scholarship offered two competitive $1,000 awards for Hawaii residents diagnosed with cancer before age 18 and pursuing college, vocational, or trade education. The mailed application required a physician signature, official transcript, and 250-word essay. The July 24, 2026 postmark deadline has passed; the next cycle is not published.

What help you may get

Scholarships And Survivorship

Frank Seleny Scholarship — scholarships and survivorship

The 2026 Frank Seleny Scholarship offered two competitive $1,000 awards for Hawaii residents diagnosed with cancer before age 18 and pursuing college, vocational, or trade education. The mailed application required a physician signature, official transcript, and 250-word essay. The July 24, 2026 postmark deadline has passed; the next cycle is not published.

$1,000

School And Learning

Frank Seleny Scholarship — school and learning

The 2026 Frank Seleny Scholarship offered two competitive $1,000 awards for Hawaii residents diagnosed with cancer before age 18 and pursuing college, vocational, or trade education. The mailed application required a physician signature, official transcript, and 250-word essay. The July 24, 2026 postmark deadline has passed; the next cycle is not published.

$1,000

Shared limits:
  • The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.

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. The official program scope includes U.S. children with cancer, which includes pediatric B-ALL when the stated eligibility rules are met.

Age

Age 0 to age 17, measured at diagnosis.

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: HI.

Where your child is treated

Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.

How to get started

Get ready to apply

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.

Who can start: Patient

  1. Complete the application, obtain physician verification, official transcript, and a typed or printed 250-word essay.
  2. Mail or deliver the packet to HCCF, attention Frank Seleny Scholarship Committee, by the postmark deadline.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Downloadable Form · Open form or page
  • Mail — Mail or deliver to HCCF, Attention: Frank Seleny Scholarship Committee; the 2026 window is closed.

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsApplication Window Closed
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowSeasonal · deadline Jul 24, 2026
Last checkedAug 27, 2026
  • The 2026 deadline was July 24, 2026; the next cycle is not yet published.
  • Deadline basis was postmark.
  • The next cycle is not published.

Limitations and things to confirm

No additional limitations are published.

  • Confirm next cycle, future award count and amount, selection timing, and renewal.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program