Education Enrichment Fund Scholarship

Applications for 2021 are now closed. Please check back later this year for applications for the 2022 cycle.

To apply, you are required to fill out an application, including an essay and information regarding your leadership and community involvement skills, achievements, and experiences.

What do I need to apply for the Education Enrichment Fund?

• Information regarding yourself and the institution you plan to attend
• Responses to Leadership and Community Involvement questions
• 500-word essay explaining how your personal connection to epilepsy has shaped you into the individual you are today and how this scholarship will ignite them in becoming an “agent of change” in the epilepsy community

For any questions about the scholarship, please contact CURE Epilepsy or view the 2021 Program Guidelines.

This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of Greenwich Biosciences.

1. Be a) diagnosed with epilepsy by a physician or b) the immediate family member (parent, spouse, child or sibling) AND/OR caregiver of a person living with epilepsy. Caregivers are defined as any individual who provides unpaid, personal care for a person living with epilepsy.

2. Be seeking to advance your personal knowledge in the field of epilepsy, as it relates to research, health education, or advocacy. Coursework may include online training, training certifications, vocational coursework, academic coursework, or any other applicable courses*. Coursework may be completed at any training center, vocational institution, or academic institution the applicant chooses. *Applicability of coursework is at the discretion of the Education Enrichment Fund Selection Committee.

3. Not an employee (or an immediate family member of an employee) of CURE Epilepsy or Greenwich Biosciences. Immediate family members, in this occasion, are defined as spouses, domestic partners, children, parents, grandchildren, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, stepchildren, stepsisters and stepbrothers. Additionally, healthcare professionals who directly or indirectly influence the prescribing of epilepsy medications, and their immediate family members are not eligible to apply.

Scholarship amounts will be up to $5,000 to cover the recipient’s tuition, books, and any other course-required materials. “Course-required materials” must be listed in the course description of the institution’s course catalog and/or course syllabus, and approval for all materials is at the sole discretion of the Education Enrichment Fund Selection Committee.

To apply, you are required to fill out an application, including an essay and information regarding your leadership and community involvement skills, achievements, and experiences.

What do I need to apply for the Education Enrichment Fund?

• Information regarding yourself and the institution you plan to attend
• Responses to Leadership and Community Involvement questions
• 500-word essay explaining how your personal connection to epilepsy has shaped you into the individual you are today and how this scholarship will ignite them in becoming an “agent of change” in the epilepsy community

For any questions about the scholarship, please contact CURE Epilepsy or view the 2021 Program Guidelines.

Applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Call (312) 255-1801, or send us a message at scholarship@cureepilepsy.org.