AZAER Student Merit Scholarship

The Arizona chapter of the Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of Individuals with a Visual Impairment (AZAER) offers a $500 Student Merit Award recognizing an outstanding student between the ages of 4-22 enrolled in a primary, secondary, or post-secondary educational program. The student must have a documented visual impairment. The application must be accompanied by the signature of the student’s Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI), who must be a member of AER in good standing.

This is a one-time only scholarship. Recipients may use the funds to attend educational programs outside of the current educational setting or for college education expenses such as tuition, books, and supplies. Recipient must provide receipts related to the program attended in equal amount of the award. The recipient must also submit a letter with a description of the benefits of the program to be read to the general membership of the AZAER at a conference and published in the AZAER Newsletter (AERizona View).