Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation
Education Scholarship Program · About this organization
What you get
Up to $5,000 per request for books, computers or laptops and other education tools, fees, trade-school tools and tuition.
How to start
Send in the typed application, transcript, and essay by the published deadline. Have copies of your bills ready.
Good to know
- The 2026 deadline has passed.
- The published 2026 deadline was July 31; no 2027 packet is posted.
The details, as published
NVCCF's annual scholarship program offered one $2,500 education-tools award and two $5,000 tuition, books, fees, or tools awards in 2026 for qualifying grades 6–12 or 9–12 participants. Applicants generally must be active NVCCF participants in treatment or treated within three years and submit a typed application, transcript, and essay. The July 31, 2026 deadline is past and no 2027 cycle is posted.
What help you may get
Scholarships And Survivorship
Education Scholarship Program — scholarships and survivorship
NVCCF's annual scholarship program offered one $2,500 education-tools award and two $5,000 tuition, books, fees, or tools awards in 2026 for qualifying grades 6–12 or 9–12 participants. Applicants generally must be active NVCCF participants in treatment or treated within three years and submit a typed application, transcript, and essay. The July 31, 2026 deadline is past and no 2027 cycle is posted.
Up to $5,000
Can cover
- Books
- Computers or laptops and other education tools
- Fees
- Trade-school tools
- Tuition
- The 2026 packet listed one $2,500 award and two $5,000 awards.
School And Learning
Education Scholarship Program — school and learning
NVCCF's annual scholarship program offered one $2,500 education-tools award and two $5,000 tuition, books, fees, or tools awards in 2026 for qualifying grades 6–12 or 9–12 participants. Applicants generally must be active NVCCF participants in treatment or treated within three years and submit a typed application, transcript, and essay. The July 31, 2026 deadline is past and no 2027 cycle is posted.
Up to $5,000
Can cover
- Books
- Computers or laptops and other education tools
- Fees
- Trade-school tools
- Tuition
- The 2026 packet listed one $2,500 award and two $5,000 awards.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
School And Learning: Education awards can go toward tuition, books, fees, computers or trade-school tools.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A student treated for B-ALL may qualify if the grade, NVCCF participation, and treatment-recency rules are met.
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: Southern Nevada.
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.
Who can start: Patient, Parent Or Guardian
- Submit the typed application, transcript, and essay by the published deadline.
- Wait for the next application packet.
Ways to apply or ask
- Downloadable Form · Open form or page
- Email · jackie@nvccf.org
Documents to prepare
- Acceptance letter and tuition bill before payment, when applicable
- Essay of no more than 500 words
- School transcript
- Typed application
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Application Window Closed |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Seasonal · deadline Jul 31, 2026 |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The published 2026 deadline was July 31; no 2027 packet is posted.
- No 2027 packet is posted.
Limitations and things to confirm
- The 2026 deadline has passed.
- The packet conflicts on whether the Brett Torino award begins in grade 6 or grade 9.
- Does the grades 9–12 priority statement override the $2,500 award's grades 6–12 rule, and when will 2027 intake open?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Education Scholarship Program · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Education Scholarship Program · checked Aug 27, 2026