Project Sleep’s Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship is a national scholarship program to support students with narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia while also fostering awareness in high school and college settings. Founded by Julie Flygare and the Graham Family in 2014, the program has awarded 228 scholarships in 11 years.
This summer, Project Sleep and generous donors awarded the Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship to 37 college-bound students living with narcolepsy or idiopathic hypersomnia. With the fall semester in full swing, we caught up with the recipients to find out how the college experience has been so far. Read their updates to see how much your support means to these amazing students!
Narcolepsy is a serious neurological disorder of the sleep/wake cycle affecting about 1 in 2,000 people worldwide, including many children and young adults. Due to lack of awareness in medical communities and society at large, narcolepsy is extremely under-recognized and misunderstood. On average, people with narcolepsy experience symptoms for 8 to 15 years before receiving proper diagnosis and treatment. Learn more.
Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) is a chronic neurological disorder marked by an insatiable need to sleep that is not eased by a full night’s slumber. People with idiopathic hypersomnia sleep normal or long amounts of time each night but still feel excessively sleepy during the day. They may take long naps, but wake up feeling no better or worse than when they fell asleep. Learn more via the Hypersomnia Foundation website.
Visit our Scholarship Information and Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more about Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship eligibility and application requirements.
There are so many more well-deserving students than our scholarship program is able to support. If the Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship isn’t the right fit for where you are in your education, here are some additional scholarship ideas.
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Project Sleep’s Navigating School with Narcolepsy materials provide information and resources for:
Wake Up Narcolepsy offers free, online support groups for people with narcolepsy and IH navigating college and careers.
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