The Microsoft Disability Scholarship seeks to empower students with disabilities to achieve more through access to education leading to a career in technology. Recipient will receive a $5,000 award. Up to 10 awards will be granted. Awards are renewable up to three years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first, on the basis of satisfactory academic performance maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale, full-time or half-time enrollment, and continued enrollment in the eligible major.

• • Offered By: Microsoft
    
  • For: To be considered for the Microsoft Disability Scholarship, you must:
    • Be a current high school senior living with a disability as defined by WHO, including visual, hearing, mobility, cognitive, and/or speech disabilities or other disability

       

    • Plan to enroll in an undergraduate program at an accredited 2 or 4-year University/College or Vocational/Technical School, in the United States, in the fall of the upcoming academic year.

    • Pursue a degree in the following eligible majors: engineering, computer science, computer information systems, law, business, or a related field (e.g. paralegal, pre-law, finance, business administration, or marketing).

    • Demonstrate a passion for technology.

    • Demonstrate leadership at school and/or in the community.

    • Have a high school cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 grading scale or equivalent.

    • Require financial assistance to attend college.

    • Enrollment status must be full-time or half-time.