The Neurodiversity Scholarship
Organization: The Neurodiversity Alliance
Application Opens: 11/01/2024
Application Deadline: 01/15/2025
To Apply: Click Here
Organization Overview: The Neurodiversity Alliance, or “ND Alliance” for short, is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to building community, developing leadership skills, facilitating peer-to-peer support, and raising awareness for the 1 in 5 who learn differently.
Key Information: The Neurodiversity Scholarship is the largest national scholarship program investing directly in neurodivergent students, including those with learning differences such as Dyslexia, ADHD, Processing Disorders, Autism, and other common challenges related to learning.
There are a total of 25 scholarship awards available for the 2025-2026 academic year. All scholarship awards are a one-year scholarship, with the potential to reapply and renew for up to four years.
Award amounts are determined by the individual student’s enrollment status at time of disbursement:
$2,500 Scholarship Awards: For students enrolled full-time (12 credit hours or more) at a traditional four-year college or university.
$1,000 Scholarship Awards: For students enrolled at a community or technical college, or taking part-time classes (less than 12 credit hours) at a traditional four-year college or university.
Eligibility Requirements:
Be between the ages of 18 to 26 years old at any time during the 2025-2026 academic year.
Be enrolled, or plan to enroll, full-time or part-time at a not-for-profit college or university within the U.S. during the 2025-26 academic year.
Identify as neurodivergent, including one or more challenges related to learning such as Dyslexia, ADHD, Processing Disorders, Autism, or similar learning disabilities.
