Scholarships

The Association is pleased to offer eleven scholarships to young adults with hydrocephalus in 2008. The scholarships are $500 each, and will be awarded in June. If you would like to apply for our scholarships, please call our office: (415) 732-7040; toll free (888) 598-3789. Please be sure to give us your full name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail. You can also request an application via e-mail.

Please email us your contact information and we will send you an application in January 2009. The application is due on April 1, 2009 and awards are announced in May. Applications received at our office after this date will not be considered, nor will applications that are incomplete e.g., missing the recommendation form.

Eligibility requirements:

    • Applicants must be between 17 and 30 years old and have hydrocephalus.  
    • Scholarship funds must be used for an educational purpose: a four-year or junior college, a high school post-graduate year to prepare for college, technical or trade school, an accredited employment-training program or a post-graduate program.
    • The scholarship funds may be used for tuition, books, housing or an expense directly related to the education experience.

Generous Scholarship Endowments

The Association is grateful to the following familes for generously funding scholarship endowments:

Gerard Swartz Fudge Memorial Scholarships:
This fund was established in 1994 by the Fudge family. Their son, Gerard, had hydrocephalus and died in 1992 at the age of 22 in the midst of his college experience. Two scholarships are awarded each year from this fund.

Morris L. and Rebecca Ziskind Memorial Scholarships:
This fund was established in 2001 by Rebecca Ziskind and her family in memory of her husband, Dr. Morris Ziskind, who had NPH. After Rebecca Ziskind’s death in 2005, their three surviving children and their spouses—Carrie and Dee Norton, Jerome and Rosemary Ziskind, and Janet and Charles Tarino—graciously funded one more scholarship in loving memory of their parents, so that two scholarships are now awarded from this fund.

Anthony Abbene Scholarships:
This fund was established in 2002 by Anthony Abbene’s extended family. Anthony is a teenager with hydrocephalus. This fund awards two scholarships in honor of Anthony and to help others with hydrocephalus with their education.

Justin Scot Alston Memorial Scholarship:
Gloria M. Alston established this scholarship in loving memory of her son, Justin Scot Alston, who died in 2004. Justin received a Hydrocephalus Association scholarship in 2002 and will be remembered for his tremendous upbeat attitude and for all that he accomplished during his short life.

Mario J. Tocco Hydrocephalus Foundation Scholarship:
Greg and Georgana Tocco and their families established this scholarship in 2007 in loving memory of Greg's grandfather, Mario, and in honor of the Hydrocephalus Foundation, Inc of  Saugus, MA. 


Past Scholarship Recipients