ANN Scholarship Program for the Academic Year 2013-2014
The American Nystagmus Network is pleased to announce that those pursuing a post secondary education have the opportunity to apply for an academic scholarship. ANN intends to award up to five (5) scholarships of $1,000 each for a total of $5,000 in awards.
The basics:
- Diagnosis of Nystagmus is required to be eligible.
- Applications must be post marked by April 30, 2013.
- The scholarship management service will notify the ANN Board of Directors of the awardees on May 30, 2013.
- Letters notifying applicants of their status will be sent out in June 2013
- The ANN board will announce the awardees at the ANN Conference in Orlando, FL on July 12, 2013.
- Checks mailed to the awardees on August 15, 2013 payable to the institution.
This is the third year we are using the services of Scholarship America to facilitate ANN's scholarship award process. This service may also provide additional resources that our ANN members will find useful. Visit their website for more information.
Scholarship Program Information and Instructions Please download and read carefully!
Scholarship Form The scholarship form allows for the student to fill out information directly on the form, save it and continue to edit it. You may also download it and print it and fill it out by hand. Once filled out, print it out and submit to your school to provide additional information. Please give your school enough time to fill out the needed information and return it to you in a timely manner to meet the submission deadline.
Instructions for completing a PDF Fill-in-the-blank Scholarship Application Form.
Disclaimer: All financial information collected as part of the ANN scholarship process is viewable and for the use of Scholarship America. This information is not used by or shared with ANN or any other entity.
You will need ADOBE Reader 6.0 or greater to open, use and print this PDF fill-in-the-blank form. If you do not have this free software installed on your computer, visit the
adobe website
to download and install. Follow the directions to install ADOBE Reader which is a free download.
For general questions, please email scholarship@nystagmus.org.
Congratulations to the 2012-2013 Scholarship Winners.
| 2012 American Nystagmus Network Scholarship Winners | ||||
| Name | From | School | Major | Award |
| Brittany Feilen | Greenwood, IN | Ball State University | Special Education | $1,000 |
| Riley Forrest | Springfield OR | University of Oregon | Music | $1,000 |
| Summer Koven | Indio, CA | University of Redlands | Biology | $1,000 |
| Wilhelmina Moen | Brighton, MA | Boston University | Undecided | $1,000 |
| Kaylee Rudkin | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina Central University | Vision Rehabilitation | $1,000 |
| Paul Ruiz | Cary, IL | University of Delaware | Public Policy | $1,500 |
Scholarship Awardees are selected by an independent scholarship service - Scholarship America.
| Metrics | |||
| Year | #Applicants | #Awards | Total Awarded |
| 2012 | 22 | 6 | $6,500 |
| 2011 | 16 | 5 | $5,000 |
