2025 College Scholars Program
Accepting applications through March 16, 2025
Children’s Cancer Cause, with generous support from Hyundai Hope on Wheels, is pleased to again offer academic scholarships for childhood cancer survivors, plus the opportunity to gain valuable cancer advocacy experience. In 2025, we will award up to 25 survivors with scholarships ranging from $1,500 to $5,000.
Pictured: 2025 Scholar Lucy with her newly formed childhood cancer awareness club at Utah State University in the fall of 2024
This is the eighth year of our College Scholars Program, which includes a cancer volunteer project of the scholar’s choice. These projects should be advocacy-oriented and something you are able to complete within one year of selection as a College Scholar. A fundraiser is not an eligible project. Our selection committee judges the volunteer project proposals based on creativity, impact, feasibility (ability to complete the project with limited time and resources), and the project’s relation to cancer advocacy. Advocacy is about using your voice to influence public support for a cause - in this case, childhood cancer.
Past scholarship winners have undertaken projects that include a community bone marrow drive, a podcast for other cancer survivors, and the formation of a campus cancer advocacy organization. You may find it helpful to read about the projects chosen by prior award recipients: 2024 Scholars / Program Alumni.
To be eligible for consideration, you must be:
A resident of the United States;
A pediatric or adolescent cancer survivor (diagnosed before age 20; those in active treatment are also eligible); and
Pursuing post-secondary education (including trade school, community college, culinary school, or certificate programs).
The deadline to apply is Sunday, March 16, 2025. Scholarship recipients will be notified by April 30th.
If you are selected for a scholarship, you’ll be required to provide the following prior to the release of your prize funds. Please note that you do not need to provide any of this information to apply (only to accept):
2-3 photos of yourself;
A brief video (2-3 minutes) sharing your cancer story;
Documentation of your cancer diagnosis from a treating physician or institution, to verify your status as a cancer survivor;
Most recent high school or college transcript, to verify your GPA;
Taxpayer information for issuance of a 1099 form (only required in certain circumstances); and
Timeline toward completion of your volunteer project.
Excerpts from the essays in your application, submitted media, and your first name will be used in publicizing the stories of scholarship recipients and may be used by Children’s Cancer Cause and/or Hyundai Hope on Wheels in awareness, marketing, and fundraising campaigns.
