Little People of America, Inc. (LPA), is a national non-profit organization that provides support and information to people of short stature and their families. They are the only dwarfism support organization that includes all 200+ forms of dwarfism.
Scholarship information and applications, including letters of recommendation, are available online from early January and due by mid-April in the year prior to the school year you are planning on attending college. For example, if your intent is to attend college starting in Fall of 2010, then you would need to apply by April of 2010.
Scholarships are given, in order of preference to:
• members of LPA who have a medically diagnosed form of dwarfism
• immediate family members of dwarfs who are also paid members of LPA
• people with dwarfism who are not members of LPA
LPA scholarship awards shall be limited to two awards for undergraduate studies and one for graduate studies, effective beginning the 2010-2011 school year.
For more information on the LPA Scholarship, please visit their website.
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