Indiana the Minority Teacher/Special Services Scholarship

• This state program helps both minorities and students majoring in special education to pay for school, with preference for minorities majoring in special ed. Students may receive up to $1,000 per year through the program.
  
  

Washington State's Future Teachers Conditional Scholarship

• This state program aims to sponsor students majoring in areas in which more teachers are critically needed, like special ed. The award provides up to $2,450 per year if you agree to teach at a school in the state after earning your degree.
  
  

University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Education

• This university offers a number of awards like the John D. Collier Endowed Scholarship Fund for grad students, the Geraldine K. Fergen Scholarship Fund, the Mary Ann Baugher O'Brien Special Education Scholarship Fund and the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Missouri Special Education Scholarship.
  
  

Illinois State University Scholarships

• Illinois State's many scholarships for special-ed majors include the Lawson Legacy Family Scholarship and the Nancy K. Daniels Scholarship, both offering $1,000. Several awards including the Amy's Gift Endowed Scholarship and the Alexander Montgomery Memorial Scholarship offer $800 to a strong special-ed student with financial need.
  
  

University of Northern Illinois Scholarships

• The Iris Adams Memorial Scholarship and Jesse Griffith Memorial Scholarship provide funds for future special-education teachers to earn their degrees. Teacher Education Scholarships go to students studying to become early-childhood or special-ed teachers.
  
  

San Francisco State University Scholarships

• The Dorothy B. Lucas Special Education Scholarship program supports a master's student or a student earning a specialization credential in one of several fields such as visual impairments. The award gives $2,500 to one student each fall and spring semester. The William L. Neer and Abel/Kolterman scholarships support students studying orientation and mobility or visual impairment.
  
  

American Foundation for the Blind

• This foundation supports blind or visually impaired undergrads studying to teach blind or visually impaired students. It offers one scholarship of $1,000 and four scholarships of $2,500 to undergrad or grad students.
  
  

National Association of Special Education Teachers

• Special-education graduate students around the country can apply for the Outstanding Graduate Student Performance Award from this national organization.