College Scholarships
 | In 2023, APFED awarded a total of eight $1,000 college scholarships through the APFED/EleCare® College Scholarship Program (five awards) and the APFED/Bristol Myers Squibb™ College Scholarship Program (three awards). If funding becomes available for 2024 College Scholarships, the application deadlines and additional information will be posted on this page. There will also be announcements through our social media channels and newsletter. |
Applicant qualifications
• 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 2023-2024 school year.
• Applicant must demonstrate academic merit.
Application requirements
• Complete online application.
• Letter from a physician 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”
Scholarship selection and payment
• 7.18.23 Update: Qualified applications were deidentified and submitted to an independent peer committee for review and selection. APFED is coordinating and facilitating the committee, however, APFED staff and members of its Board of Directors and medical advisors are not involved in the application review. The program sponsors (Bristol Myers Squibb™ and EleCare®) had no input into the scholarship selection process and did not participate in the review.
• Scholarships will be awarded in July; recipients will be notified by email.
• Scholarships will be awarded directly to the applicant’s college, university, trade school, technical school, or vocational school during the month of August 2023. The scholarship funds will be issued after receiving a certificate of enrollment which includes the Student ID number and Financial Aid Office address.
Questions? Email mail@apfed.org