Hard of Hearing or Deaf Scholarship

Sertoma’s Scholarship for the Hard of Hearing or Deaf, is the leading scholarship for hard-of-hearing or deaf students since the program’s inception in 1994. Students with clinically significant bilateral hearing loss, graduating from high school, or undergraduate students pursuing four-year college degrees in any discipline are eligible for the scholarship.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have a minimum 40dB bilateral hearing loss, as evidenced on audiogram by SRT & PTA scores.
• Must be a citizen of the United States of America.
• Must be pursuing a bachelor’s degree on a full-time basis at a college or university in the United States – graduate degrees, associate's degrees, community colleges, and vocational programs do not qualify.
• Must have a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 unweighted scale
  • High School senior - Cumulative GPA is for grades 9-11 and first semester for grade 12
  • College freshman - Cumulative GPA is all of high school and first semester of college
  • College sophomore or higher - Cumulative GPA for all college-level semesters completed
• Application period - November 1st to the March deadline