Image of children smiling.

Childhood cancer takes many things away
from children, college should not be one of them.

We are proud to offer two Northwestern Mutual scholarships: one for childhood cancer survivors and one for siblings of those affected by childhood cancer. These students deserve every opportunity to pursue higher education and continue to achieve their dreams


Funding a Brighter Future

We realize the financial and emotional toll childhood cancer has on the whole family and we are honored to help these scholars, both survivors and siblings, pursue their dreams. We are now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Survivor Scholarship

Are you a childhood cancer survivor ready to take on the world? We have a scholarship program to help make the career of your dreams become a reality

Are you a childhood cancer survivor ready to take on the world? We have a scholarship to help you pursue your dreams.

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Sibling Scholarship

Has one of your siblings been affected by childhood cancer? We understand the financial impact that has on the whole family and developed a scholarship program to help

Has one of your siblings been affected by childhood cancer? We understand the financial impact that has on the whole family and have a scholarship program to help.

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Northwestern Mutual’s scholarship program – which is currently the only cancer-related scholarship program that honors the challenges that siblings of patients endure – provided the Gregg family recognition for the often overlooked toll the disease can have on the whole family. “It was just such a validating experience even to know that they offered a sibling scholarship,” Maria notes. She is pictured here with her twin brothers Adam (FLC survivor) and Conrad who are also scholarship recipients.

  • $1.4M+

    Scholarship funding
    awarded to date

  • 212

    Scholarships awarded during
    first two years of the program

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“This scholarship means that I can worry less about how I will financially make it through college and more about what I am actually learning.”

Mikayla R. • NM Scholarship Recipient

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