GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS:

• Tuition Payment and Stipends are available through money awarded to FSU for recruitment of new teachers of students and clients with visual impairments. FSU-Visual Disabilities students will have funds applied to their tuition automatically. Contact department for availability.
  
  
• FAER (Florida Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired) awards annual scholarships to students in the amount of $2000/year for full time students. (Official Application).
  
  
• Purvis Ponder Orientation & Mobility Memorial Honorarium.
  Recipients will receive an award in the amount of $400. (Official Application)
  
  
• Critical Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program (when available) provides complete funding for tuition at the undergraduate level for teachers in critical shortage areas (Visual Disabilities is a critical shortage area)
  
  
• FSU Office of Financial Aid
  http://www.finaid.fsu.edu
  
  
• FSU Scholarships (Undergraduate)
  http://www.fsu.edu/prospective/undergraduate/finances/scholarships.shtml
  
  
• FSU Scholarships (Graduate)
  www.coe.fsu.edu/finaid/grad.html
  
  
• Gideon and Martha Jones Scholarships
  Awards $500 per semester for two semesters to an eligible student majoring in visual disabilities. Due in January: Apply at http://saint.coe.fsu.edu/scholarships/index.cfm. More information.
  
  
• Kyle Williams Scholarship
  Awards $500 per semester for two semesters to an eligible student majoring in visual disabilities. Due in January: Apply at http://saint.coe.fsu.edu/scholarships/index.cfm. More information.
  
  
• Rambana-Ricci Scholarship
  Awards $1000 per semester an eligible international student majoring in visual disabilities. Due in January: Apply at http://saint.coe.fsu.edu/scholarships/index.cfm. More information.
  
  
• Lillis Student Practicum Grant
  Awards up to $500 per month for eligible students who participate in qualifying practicum experiences. More information.
  


• COE Scholarships
  http://www.coe.fsu.edu/finaid/
  
  
• NCLVI Doctoral Scholarship
  Individuals who are interested in doctoral study with an emphasis in blindness and low vision at Florida State University are eligible for financial support through the National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment, administered by the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Potential NCLVI Fellows must be accepted by participating universities prior to applying for NCLVI funding.  
  http://www.pco.edu/nclvi.htm