
These scholarships Financial Aid College are provided as encouragement, reward and enablement for the students chosen. Each scholarship is for one academic year with a requirement that at least 18 hours total are completed for the Fall and Spring semesters. Summers are not counted. Applicants must reapply for scholarships each year and may not receive assistance for more that a total of eight semesters (four years) of study.
All Financial Aid College applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 24 for Undergraduate and 21-30 for Graduate. The applicant must be a patient or former patient (before his/her 19th birthday) of The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center. Applicants must have been admitted or plan to study at a United States regionally accredited or International recognized institution for the fall semester.
The Financial Aid College application must be completed and returned with all required documents by June 1, 2011 to:
Uttesha Lumpkin
Department of Volunteer Services
1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Unit 115
Houston, TX 77030
If you are a former scholarship Financial Aid College recipient and reapplying, please provide a new set of documents to accompany this application. Applications received after the deadline and incomplete applications will not be considered. All applicants will be notified by mid-August as to whether they have been awarded a scholarship. If you have questions about the application, please call me at (713) 745-0278 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Central Time. Or e-mail: ulumpkin@mdanderson.org .

