APFED College Scholarship Program
In 2024, APFED awarded a $3,000 college scholarship through the APFED/EleCare® College Scholarship Program.
Announcements for the scholarship program will be posted in spring 2025 if funding becomes available for the 2025-2026 school year. The announcement will be posted on this webpage, social media and through APFED’s e-news. Subscribe to e-news to receive updates.
Applicant qualifications (2024)
• Applicant must be diagnosed with an eosinophil-associated disorder.
• Applicant must be enrolled in a 2- or 4-year undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited college, university, trade school, technical school, or vocational school located in the United States for the 2024-2025 school year.
• Applicant must demonstrate academic merit.
• Previous APFED college scholarship winners are not eligible to apply.
• Family members of APFED Board of Directors, APFED Health Sciences Advisory Council members, and APFED employees are not eligible to apply.
Application requirements (2024)
• Complete online application.
• Letter from a physician or healthcare provider documenting the applicant’s diagnosis with an eosinophil-associated disorder.
• Academic transcript from the most recent school year.
• Essay, 900 words or less, that answers the question “How eosinophil-associated disease has impacted my life”
• Essay, 750 words or less of how you have participated in APFED’s mission to educate, advocate, raise awareness, or support research for eosinophil-associated disease and/or engaged with APFED’s events (e.g., attended a conference, participated in a fundraiser, etc).
Scholarship selection and payment (2024)
• Applications will be de-identified and submitted to an independent peer committee for review, scoring, and selection.
• Selection is based on academic merit and the written essays. Essays are carefully read, reviewed and scored. AI-generated essays will not be scored.
• APFED coordinates and facilitates the committee. APFED staff and members of its Board of Directors and Health Sciences Advisory Council are not involved in the application scoring.
• The program sponsor (Abbott, makers of EleCare®) have no input into the scholarship selection process and will not participate in activities related to selection process.
• Applicants and the scholarship recipient will be notified by email.
• The scholarship will be awarded directly to the applicant’s college, university, trade school, technical school, or vocational school. The scholarship funds will be issued after receiving a certificate of enrollment which includes the Student ID number and Financial Aid Office address. Certificate of enrollment will not be accepted after September.
Questions? Email mail@apfed.org