[Nfbk] AFB Scholarship program

[Joey Couch]

FYI







For legally blind students



AFB Scholarship Programs for 2012 offers 11 scholarships totaling
$19,000. They are in these amounts:

1 award for $500 - restricted to student in full-time graduate study,
any field.

5 awards for $1,000 each - 4 different restrictions (grad or undergrad
in rehab field/teacher of the blind or VI; grad or undergrad female in
study of classical or religious music; grad or undergrad in study of
engineering or computer, physical or life sciences; 2 awards restricted
to undergrad females in a four-year degree program for literature or
music).

4 awards for $2,500 each - grad or undergrad in rehab or education of
the blind or VI.

1 award for $3,500 -  grad or undergrad but preference given to new
immigrants to the U.S. residing in NYC metro area.

Information and application forms at www.afb.org/scholarships.asp.
Questions to AFB Information Center: (800) 232-5463 or afbinfo at afb.net

Joey Couch
phone 606-216-8033.
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