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The scholarship program aims to provide financial support for Black deaf students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs at public and private colleges/universities. Applicants must complete one semester with at least a 2.75 GPA out of a 4.0 scale.

The Keith Sargent Scholarship is open to any student with a mobility, visual, or hearing disability who has completed 24 transfer credits or one academic year at Iowa State University and who has a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale. The scholarship amount varies and may be renewed for an additional two years as long as a GPA of 2.75 or above is maintained. The award is administered through the Student Disability Resources Office.

Up to three awards of up to $5,000 may be awarded each year to full-time graduate students with a pre-lingual bilateral hearing loss in the moderately-severe to profound range and who use listening and spoken language as their primary method of communication. Applicants must be attending full-time to an accredited mainstream 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.

Awards three scholarships. The Graeme Clark Scholarship is an award open to Cochlear Nucleus Implant recipients. The Anders Tjellström Academic Scholarship and the Americas Vocational Scholarship are open to Cochlear Nucleus, Baha, and Osia recipients. Applicants must be a citizen of the United States or Canada.

Available to graduated high school seniors and undergraduate or graduate students that have applied to or will be enrolled in an accredited technical school, vocational school, trade school, college, or university. Scholarship value is $2,000 per year for up to four years assuming scholarship recipient maintains a 3.0 GPA or better.

Students with clinically significant bilateral hearing loss that are graduating from high school or undergraduate students pursuing four-year college degrees in any discipline are eligible for a $1,000 scholarship to cover tuition, books, and supplies. Applicants must be a citizen of the United States. Recipient may use the funds for any semester, including summer, during the awarded academic school year.