Bipolar Scholarships

Bipolar scholarships can give you the chance you deserve.

Scholarships you need to know about include the following:

Eli Lily's scholarship program has been running for 10 years now.

The goal of the Lilly Reintegration Scholarship is a scholarship to help people with bipolar disorder or other mental illness acquire the educational and vocational skills necessary to reintegrate into society, secure jobs, and regain their lives.

To be eligible, scholarship applicants must:

1. Be diagnosed with bipolar disorder, or some form of schizoaffective disorder.

2. Be currently receiving medical treatment for the disease, including medications and psychiatric follow-up.

3. Be actively involved in rehabilitative or reintegration
efforts, such as clubhouse membership, part-time work,
volunteer efforts, or school enrollment.

4. Be a US citizen and plan to attend a college / school in the
United States.

5. Be 18 years or older.

The Lilly Reintegration Scholarship was established to help bipolar and other eligible people cover the cost of tuition, books and lab fees. It is commendable to see them give back to consumers in this way and college financial aid is SO important!

The Linda Lael Miller Scholarships are awarded to women who are 25 years or older. Usually the recipients of these scholarships are non-traditional students who have a difficult time finding scholarships for which they qualify. The scholarship funds may be used not only for tuition and books, but also for childcare, transportation and other expenses not covered by traditional scholarships. In the past bipolar women have been successful applicants. Linda Lael Miller is a writer and philanthropist who funds the scholarships through her own personal earnings.

The Charles A. Olayinka Scholarship was established to help those diagnosed with bipolar disorder achieve their ultimate academic goals. Applicants must be individuals with bipolar disorder enrolled or entering a United States college (community, undergraduate or postgraduate) and be under the care of a licensed mental health professional. The award is for $1,000.

The Bipolar Lives Scholarship: Our very own! This is an award of a $500.00 cash prize to a student enrolled in a United States college (undergraduate or post-grad, for example law school, MBAs, etc), community college, technical college, or trade school.

See the previous Bipolar Lives scholarship WINNERS

The 2013 Bipolar Lives Scholarship is NOW OPEN!

NAMI has Scholarship Information and Tips on their website.

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has helpful information about college in general, and some good tips on bipolar scholarships. However, they do not have as many resources as one could hope for.

NAMI mainly recommend using the major scholarship information sites to search for bipolar scholarships. For example, NAMI suggest FastWeb.

NAMI do list a couple of scholarships not included above, but no bipolar scholarships for bipolar people in particular.

NAMI also advise that as the majority of scholarships related to mental illness can be found at the state and local levels, it is wise to concentrate your research on local scholarship opportunities. The best place to start is through your your high school.

Also, it can be helpful to work backwards. Make a shortlist of 5 colleges you WANT to attend, and find out what scholarships are available at from your preferred, targeted colleges.

Wondering why I am no longer talking about bipolar scholarships in particular?

After doing a lot of research to come up with very little, my main suggestion is look for college scholarships based around your interests and strengths - and make the bipolar just an interesting part of your story that shows you have worked extra hard and know what it is to triumph over adversity!

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