Hemophilia Alliance Joe Pugliese Educational Award Grant

Note: Applicants cannot be a relative of a staff member or Board member of the Hemophilia Alliance, the Hemophilia Alliance Foundation, or The Alliance Pharmacy (TAP).
The Hemophilia Alliance, The Alliance Pharmacy, and the Hemophilia Alliance Foundation are pleased to support the 2026-2027 Joe Pugliese Educational Award. This award is a scholarship provided annually to individuals diagnosed with an inherited bleeding or inherited thrombotic disorder who are active patients in a federally funded Hemophilia Treatment Center, in support of post-secondary educational pursuits.
The 2026-2027 education award will provide each of four recipients with $12,500 for tuition and/or any qualified educational expense to be used within one academic year of award receipt.
It is a shared goal of the Hemophilia Alliance and the Hemophilia Alliance Foundation that this scholarship program continues for many years to help support individuals with inherited bleeding or inherited thrombotic disorders throughout their education.
Qualified Expenses:

• TuitionHousing or food expensesTools or instruments required for educational programBooks, computers or other supplies

Eligibility

The scholarship applicant must be an individual diagnosed with an inherited bleeding or inherited thrombotic disorder, and an active patient of a federally funded Hemophilia Treatment Center:The applicant must be:a high-school senior with the goal of attending a community college, a four-year college/university or vocational-technical school; orA current student already pursuing a community college, four year college/university, post undergraduate degree, or a trade license/certification; orAn adult student planning on returning to school to complete their degree or planning to pursue an advanced degree or planning to obtain vocational/technical license/certification.Applicants must be currently enrolled or preparing to enroll in a college, university, vocational, technical, or a post undergraduate degree program for the 2026/2027 academic year.