In addition to other forms of financial aid, students with disabilities may qualify for additional scholarship funding.
Please check back for information about the 2025-2026 scholarship application information for the Angela Brooke Warner Scholarship, Marshall Access Education Fund, and the Minneapolis Bleeding Disorder Scholarship.
Angela Brooke Warner CF Scholarship Endowment Fund
The Angela Brooke Warner CF Scholarship Endowment Fund was established in 2005 by The Angela Warner Foundation to honor and memorialize the beautiful life of Angela Brooke Warner who passed away on February 6, 2003, at the age of 21 after a courageous, lifelong battle against cystic fibrosis. Angela was born on March 11, 1981 to Donald and Linda Warner of Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She spent her entire life in Eden Prairie except for family vacations and a brief residency in San Diego, California to attend college. Despite her illness, she strived for excellence. She was an honors graduate and varsity cheerleader at Eden Prairie High School. Her spirit and vibrant personality were an inspiration to all who knew her. Her beauty, love of others, and her generous heart left eternal impressions on all who were touched by her life.
Marshall Access to Education Fund
The purpose of the Marshall Access to Education Fund (MAEF) is to enhance opportunities for learning for students with disabilities at the University of Minnesota. Annual distributions from the fund will be used to enhance both access to the University of Minnesota and learning opportunities for students with disabilities.
The Marshall Access Education Fund was established by alumni of Marshall High School, a Minneapolis Public School which closed in 1982. For many years, Marshall High School served the educational needs of all Minneapolis high school students with disabilities, as it was Minneapolis' only secondary facility with and elevator. In establishing this fund, alumni express their thankfulness for an educational experience which enriched their lives through opportunities to develop friendships and to grow with students with disabilities.
The Minneapolis Bleeding Disorders Scholarship
Applicants for The Minneapolis Bleeding Disorders Scholarship must be a new, full-time student enrolling for the first time in an undergraduate program or professional school. Preference will be given to those who have an inherited bleeding disorder, per the scholarship’s guidelines.
Other Disability Related Funding Opportunities:
Robert and Gail Buuck Family Fund for the Disability Resource Center
The purpose of the Buuck Family Fund is to provide access to higher education, opportunities for enhancing or supporting learning, and support for guidance or training in the development of self advocacy and leadership for students with disabilities at the University of Minnesota.
The Buuck Family Fund is the University's first fully endowed scholarship for students with disabilities. Alumnus Robert Buuck and his wife Gail gave the U's Office of Disability Resource Center $100,000 to establish the scholarship fund. This generous gift was spurred by an article in the University's MN Daily which noted there were no such scholarships for students with disabilities. Robert and Gail continue to support this fund. The Buucks recently made further financial contributions towards this fund to ensure scholarship opportunities for students with disabilities at the University of Minnesota.
More information about the Buuck Scholarship, visit the Admission's Scholarship Page.
National Federation of the Blind
The Minnesota chapter of the National Foundation of the Blind (NFB) hosts the Minnesota Association of Blind Students (MASB), with opportunities to meet other students, learn about resources, and also offers a scholarship.
Please visit NFB of Minnesota Students page.