Communicative Disorders Scholarship 2025
Description
About the Scholarship
Open to students working to obtain a graduate-level degree in Audiology or Speech-Pathology.
This is a $1,000 scholarship to cover tuition, books, and supplies. The recipient may use the funds for any semester, including summer, during the 2025-2026 academic school year. Support from the Sertoma annual fund provides the funding for the scholarships.
Required Materials
Two letters of recommendation. The applicant is responsible for acquiring and uploading these documents within the application.
Sertoma does not maintain confidentiality of a recommendation letter. The student applicant is responsible for uploading the recommendation into the application. Recommendations are not required to be from school officials. They can be obtained from volunteer leaders, coaches, employers, etc.
College transcript(s) - The transcript must be from school but does not have to be official. The school name, applicant's name, and GPA must be printed on the transcript. The GPA stated on the application must be verifiable from the transcript. Graduate students must include undergraduate and graduate-level transcripts.
Notification to Recipients
Scholarship recipients will be notified by June 30th of each year. We only notify recipients; students who do not receive a notification were not awarded a scholarship. We cannot send out lists of recipients to those who do not receive a scholarship.
Selection Process
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Must be pursuing a graduate-level degree in speech-language pathology and/or audiology at a U.S. college or university, accredited by ASHA's Council on Academic Accreditation.
- Must have a minimum cumulative 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale for all undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level coursework - this must include the fall 2024 semester.