Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki Memorial Scholarship – Call for Scholarship Applications Spring 2025
Deadline for Applications: February 28, 2025
The KD Foundation scholarship, established to honor Dr. Kawasaki’s contributions to pediatric medicine, will reopen on January 26, 2025, for the 2025-2026 school year.
One (1) scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior who has been accepted into a United States college or institution of higher learning and is planning to major in or enroll in classes related to the health and/or bio/medical sciences (i.e., biology, chemistry or in medical related/medical research field). This scholarship is also open to undergraduate students currently enrolled in a college or institution of higher learning within the United States who are majoring in one of the health and/or bio/medical sciences (i.e., biology, chemistry or in medical related/medical research field). The selected recipient must demonstrate leadership, academic success, and have a connection to Kawasaki Disease. The recipient will receive a one-time ($5,000) scholarship. There is one (1) $5,000 scholarship available.
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One (1) scholarship will be awarded to a graduate student currently enrolled in a graduate school program within the United States and majoring in one of the health and/or bio/medical sciences (i.e., biology, chemistry or in medical related/medical research field). The selected recipient must demonstrate leadership, academic success, and have a connection to Kawasaki Disease. The recipient will receive a one-time ($10,000) scholarship. There is one (1) $10,000 scholarship available.
Scholarship Notification/Tentative Timeline:
- Scholarship applications open January 26.
- Scholarship applications close February 28.
- Completed scholarship applications, essays, and transcripts due by February 28.
- Scholarship Committee meets to review the applications from March 1 – March 31.
- Scholarship recipients will be notified by email in Early to Mid – April.
- Recipients will receive a Scholarship Award Letter as well as a Scholarship Agreement Letter which the recipient will sign and return to the KDF to accept the Scholarship and its terms.
- Funds will be forwarded directly to the student’s institution by check.
- The KDF will announce the scholarship recipients on the KDF website and social media.
- The KDF may also release related announcements about the scholarship recipients via the foundation’s communication channels.
We encourage all eligible candidates to apply when the scholarship becomes available.