Awards and Scholarships
The Cleft Palate Foundation offers the following Awards and Scholarships:
- The Parent-Patient Leadership Award
- College Scholarships for Students with Craniofacial Anomalies
- Awards and Scholarships for Healthcare Professionals
- Research Grants
2008 Parent-Patient Leadership Award
The Parent-Patient Leadership Award Committee of the Cleft Palate Foundation requests nominations for the 2008 Parent-Patient Leadership Award. This award recognizes individuals who have provided outstanding and exemplary leadership on behalf of parents and patients with cleft lip, cleft palate, or related craniofacial conditions. It may be presented to an individual or group of individuals upon the recommendation of the Committee to the Board of Directors. The Committee reserves the right not to recommend a recipient in any given year. The recipient of the award receives a plaque and a check for $500 towards travel to the Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, where the presentation occurs. The 2008 Annual Meeting will take place in Philadelphia, PA, April 12-18.
Criteria for Selection: A nominee for the Parent-Patient Leadership Award must have demonstrated insightful and creative leadership for no less than three years.
Nomination Procedures: Nominations for the Parent-Patient Leadership Award should be submitted on the brief nomination form.
You may also request a form from us:
Cleft Palate Foundation
1504 East Franklin Street, Suite 102
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
ph: (800) 24-CLEFT
fax: (919) 933-9604
email: info@cleftline.org
Each nomination should be made by a sponsor and co-sponsor. Because the Committee depends entirely on the information that is provided, it is important that the nomination forms be prepared carefully and completely.
Please mail nomination forms to the attention of Mary Ellen Alexander, RN, MN, Chair, Parent-Patient Leadership Award Committee, c/o Cleft Palate Foundation (contact information above). In order to be considered, applications must be postmarked on or before January 15 (if January 15 is a US Federal Holiday, the deadline becomes January 16).
Cleft Palate Foundation College Scholarships for Students with Craniofacial Anomalies
Each year, the Cleft Palate Foundation is pleased to award $500 scholarships to a minimum of three full-time undergraduate and/or graduate students with craniofacial anomalies. Some years, due to increased funding, we are able to award more than three scholarships.
Each scholarship goes toward the cost one year of school, and recipients who maintain an overall grade point average of at least 3.0 may re-apply for future scholarships. Selection is based on past academic success, evidence of leadership skills and/or community and school involvement as well as strong indications of future academic success.
Completed scholarship applications for the 2008-2009 school year should be posmarked on or before March 3, 2008. Please download an application, or contact us to receive an application via fax or mail.
Click on one of these links to download a scholarship application: