Louise Tumarkin Zazove Foundation Scholarship

The Foundation was officially established as a 501(c)3 entity in January 2003 to celebrate the life of Louise Tumarkin Zazove (1915-1994) and her support of the Deaf community and of higher education. Seven qualified applicants applied for tuition assistance in the first year, and two of those received scholarships. Since then, the Foundation has supported over 58 grantees at colleges across the country. 

APPLICATION DETAILS

Applications are open early January - late May. We notify all applicants of our decision by mid-July, once our review committee has rendered their recommendations. You can scroll through helpful information related to applicant criteria, application logistics, and our privacy notice online.

Apply online (start or edit an existing application); don't forget to submit before the deadline to be considered for funding!

APPLICANT CRITERIA

The following criteria are used for selection of scholarship recipients to ensure that the mission of the Foundation is supported.

• ​Recipients must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
• Recipients must have significant bilateral hearing loss. We require at least a 50 dB unaided hearing loss in both ears (verified by the speech reception threshold – sometimes called the SRT - or the pure tone average- sometimes called the PTA - loss on their audiogram)
• Recipients must be undergraduates attending an accredited non-profit college physically located in the United States. The Foundation will not consider applications for graduate or high school tuition.

​Applicants who meet the above criterion are considered regardless of age, sex, race, geographic location, or ethnicity. The final selection of scholarship recipients will be made by the Foundation's board of directors or by designees as directed by the board.