Pfizer offers a one-year $3,000 scholarship to students who are under a doctor's care for epilepsy and meet the appropriate academic requirements, such as success in school and extracurricular activities. About 25 to 35 percent of all children with cerebral palsy have epilepsy, according to epilepsy.com.
The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation offers a merit-based college scholarship to women with physical disabilities who are enrolled in a college or university graduate program in the United States. This scholarship is offered annually and information is available in March of each year
Although United Cerebral Palsy does not have a national scholarship fund, scholarships are still available through local United Cerebral Palsy affiliates. For example, scholarship funds have been set up in California, Minnesota, Illinois and Massachusetts UCP locations.
Local Easter Seals affiliate offices may offer college scholarships to deserving disabled students. For example, the South Carolina branch has been offering annual scholarships since the 1986-87 academic year. Scholarship opportunities vary by region.
Your local civic organizations, such as the Moose, Elks, Kiwanis or Rotary clubs, may all offer financial aid for students with CP as well as more general scholarships for students with disabilities. Again, scholarship opportunities can vary by region.