Up to three awards of up to $5,000 each may be awarded each year to full-time graduate students with moderately – severe to profound hearing loss, who use listening and spoken language as their primary method of communication, and who are attending full-time an accredited law school or graduate school working towards a masters or doctoral degree in public policy or public administration.

Previous recipients may re-apply, provided that they are still in school and a minimum of nine credit hours was completed in the previous year of study.