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Scholarships

Johnson Scholarship

The Johnson Scholarship, funded by the Johnson Scholarship Foundation, is a competitively awarded program which is available to undergraduate students with disabilities enrolled in a State University System of Florida (SUS) institution. Students must meet the following requirements to be considered for scholarship selection:

• Be a Florida resident for tuition purposes, based on Section 1009.21, Florida Statutes. (Students who receive the out-of-state fee waiver are not eligible as they are not residents for tuition purposes);
• Be seeking a first baccalaureate degree;
• Complete a Theodore R. and Vivian M. Johnson Scholarship Application;
• Meet academic requirements;
• Provide documentation of the nature and/or extent of a disability; and
• Submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Renewal FAFSA form by the required deadline and be determined to have unmet fiscal need. Students may submit a FAFSA.

Be sure that the Federal School Code for your university is designated so that the university has access to your results.

Applications for the 2025-2026 Johnson Scholarship are now closed. Applications will be available for the 26-27 year sometime in early 2026.

Contact Teah.Ruiz@ucf.edu or Matthew.Lowe@ucf.edu for more details.

UCF Scholarships A2O

Complete the General Scholarship Application for this year to be considered for scholarships throughout the year at Scholarships A2O. After you apply remember to go back to this page once or twice a week to look for potential scholarship matches that you may apply to.

SAS Grievance and Fundamental Alteration Assessment Processes

Students with disabilities who would like to appeal a SAS process may follow the SAS Grievance and Fundamental Alteration Assessment Processes

Service and Emotional Support Animals

The University of Central Florida (UCF) maintains a no-pets policy on campus and in its on-campus residence halls. There are occasional exceptions to that policy for service animals and emotional support animals when absolutely necessary for disability reasons, consistent with federal law and state statute. For additional information, please review UCF’s Policy on Service and Emotional Support Animals. If you have questions, please contact us for more information.

Creating Access: Recognizing the Efforts of the UCF Community

Creating access at UCF is a community responsibility. At SAS, we want to know when other people are removing barriers and making campus more accessible for everyone. If you are aware of or are the beneficiary of a faculty member, staff member or another student who has removed barriers (by making changes to a course, by thinking beyond a policy, by demonstrating an attitude of openness and understanding, etc.), please share with us. We want to know about all of the great access opportunities and moments happening on campus.

To see the many ways UCF has already created access on campus, review our Campus Accessibility page.