Scholarship Fund

The Council Scholarship Fund helps Tennesseans with disabilities and their families to attend disability-related meetings, conferences, and trainings held in Tennessee and across the United States.  

What is the Scholarship Fund?

The Scholarship Fund helps Tennesseans with disabilities and their families to attend leadership coalition meetings, disability conferences, and disability trainings held in Tennessee and across the U.S.   

Funds reimburse you for the cost of registration, attendant care, hotel/lodging, transportation, child care or respite  care, meals, and other related travel expenses. All scholarship awards are subject to the availability of funds.

The Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications for fiscal year 2026.  Apply now. 

These funds are for events that happen between July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. 

The Council's Scholarship Fund is managed through a partnership with United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee (UCP). UCP will follow up with you to process your scholarship application and approved reimbursements.  If you have general questions about the fund, please contact our Director of Leadership Development, Blake Shearer, at Blake.A.Shearer@tn.gov or call (615) 532-6556.