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Students interested in the Jonathon Weingold NYSARC scholarship will need to be employees of the organization. Awards may only be used at New York State universities and comes in the amount of $3,000 which is paid out at $750 per semester over four years. All applications will need to be received no later than January 9, 2012.

Joseph T. Weingold NYSARC scholarships for disabled students are given out every year in the amount of $3,000 and, like the Jonathon Weingold program, are paid out every semester to the tune of $750 over four years. All students will need to be planning to or currently attending a college in New York state and be studying to end up in the field of special education. The deadline of this program is December 1, 2011.

Applicants going to school at any level and studying a field relating to intellectual or developmental disabilities may be nominated for the NYSARC scholarship. This program gives out $3,000 paid out over four years during every semester in the amount of $750. Applications must be received no later than January 9, 2012.

Arthur W. Pense NYSARC scholarships are give out to students who are studying in an occupational therapy program at a New York state university. Applicants who are involved in the field work portion of their program are still eligible to be nominated. This particular program also awards $3,000 but instead of paying out in installments of $750 it gives out $1,000 per semester for up to three terms. The application deadline for this program is December 1, 2011.

It is important to know that while students may be nominated for all four NYSARC special education scholarships for disabled students, they can only be awarded one of them. Students do not appear to need to be active members of NYSARC in order to be nominated, but they must be actively working to assist those with developmental disabilities.