$5,000
The winner will receive funds from our asbestos scholarship fund to help them as financial aid.
$3,000
The winner will receive funds from our asbestos scholarship fund to help them as financial aid.
$2,000
The winner will receive funds from our asbestos scholarship fund to help them as financial aid.
As of July 31, submissions are over. You will be announced by email and phone if the scholarship is awarded to you. Please DO NOT call or email us about it. We will announce the winners directly by calling or emailing them and verifying their information. If you were not announced, then you were not selected.
Why are we offering the scholarship to students affected by cancer?
We are aware of how profoundly a cancer diagnosis affects the family dynamics and the emotional well being of each family member. Everything changes in a family when someone gets a cancer diagnosis. Parents have to quit jobs and focus on treatment and the family's income decreases drastically. Our goal is to support a student with a family connection to cancer continue his/her education. For this reason, we have decided to offer a little help to young people who witnessed a loved one’s devastating struggle with cancer in order to ease at least their financial situation.
"Our firm founder's father suffered from an asbestos-related disease and many members of our staff share the traumatizing experience of standing by a family member who battled cancer."
Greg Cade current owner at Environmental Litigation Group P.C.
Awarded over $2.5 million in our asbestos scholarship fund
Our asbestos scholarship fund was established over 50 years ago with the purpose of providing financial help to children and grandchildren of our clients whose asbestos litigation cases had been settled. Over 160 students receiving the asbestos scholarships have attended 47 colleges and universities, including Auburn University, University of Alabama, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Stillman College, Spelman College, and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). In 2005 we extended the eligibility requirements to include all students who have a family member diagnosed with cancer.
