Scholarship Assistance

About the Program

The Financial Assistance for College Education (FACE) program is Help The Blind Foundation’s flagship scholarship initiative designed to support students with visual impairment in pursuing higher education.

FACE addresses one of the most critical barriers faced by visually impaired students from economically vulnerable backgrounds — the inability to meet recurring college-related expenses, which often leads to discontinuation of studies.

What the FACE Program Supports

Through FACE, we provide annual financial assistance to eligible students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate programs at recognised colleges and universities across India.

The assistance is structured as follows:

  • â‚ą30,000 per year for students residing in college run hostels
  • â‚ą12,000 per year for day scholars

This support helps students meet essential expenses such as tuition-related costs, hostel and living expenses, study materials, and other academic needs, allowing them to focus on learning without constant financial stress.

While financial assistance plays a crucial role in enabling access to education, we recognise that some students may require support beyond scholarships to realise their full potential. For students who demonstrate strong academic promise, professional aspirations, or specific talent areas, we offer pathways into additional programs that provide deeper, long-term engagement. Check out other programs like:

Professional Courses Program | Talent Search and Mentoring Program

HTBF Staff Interacting with a student during the scholarship drive, filling out application forms at a desk. Scholarship Drive at Stella Mary’s College, Chennai

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Students with Visual Impairment of 40% or above
  • Annual family income less than or equal to 3 lakh rupees (Income certificate not more than 3 years old needs to be attached)
  • UG first year students who have secured admission in a college pre approved by HTBF.
  • PG first year students must have scored 65 % or above in UG
  • B Ed. first year students must have scored 60% or above in UG
  • New students in UG final year or PG 2nd year are not eligible to apply.
  • New students in UG 2nd year with arrear in the 1st year are not eligible
  • Please go to this link and sign up
  • Once you sign up with your email id, you will receive an email to create password
  • After you enter the password the application screen will come up and you can enter the details in the Sponsorship application
Name of the applicants to be filled in as in the school/college certificate in CAPITAL letters.
ease enter as Continuation. But the documents required will be as if they are new students including new income certificates
Aadhar number and DOB should match with the details given last year. In case you still have problem in applying as continuation, please contact your volunteer or HTBF office in Chennai.
Please contact our volunteer in your city or HTBF Office in Chennai; we shall add the name of the college to the dropdown list, which will solve the problem.
Please contact our volunteer in your city or HTBF Office in Chennai, we shall add the name of the course to the dropdown list, which will solve the problem
  • Reasons for changing the college
  • Transfer Certificate from the old college
  • Admission certificate from the new college
  • Sponsorship approval is subject to other eligibility criteria as per as per HTBF policy.
Yes. Every year, Hostellers must submit a proof to the effect that they stay in their college hostel by submitting a hostel bonafide certificate to claim that he is a hosteller.
We need the mark sheet of the earlier semester or the internal assessment marks.
Contact us sponsorship@helptheblind.in or Mobile +91 95004 39197
Undergraduate Course
All documents mentioned as mandatory in the application manual are to be uploaded by every applicant with respect to their year of study. You will not be able to submit the application without attaching the required mandatory documents. The document type has to be either PDF or photo document like JPG.
Our motto is to identify the help the really deserving Visually Impaired students with our sponsorships. So, if you are receiving any substantial aid from any other NGO or Government, kindly let us know and depending on the quantum received by you, we would decide if we should still award the sponsorship to you or award it to some other deserving Visually Impaired student
State/University and National levels but supporting documents should be provided
Specify your guardian’s employment and income details.
Yes you can save it, add or modify and submit it within 5 days from the date you signed up. After 5 days you need to re-register and apply again.
Yes, an application number will be generated and made available to you.
Students will not be able to submit applications beyond the published dates
Yes. You can apply as continuation student but you have to give the reason for not applying the previous year and how you managed to fund your education without our aid. HTBF management will then decide depending on the merit and circumstances.
While filling the application you might have omitted some of the mandatory details and unless you fill in the required fields and information, you will not be able to submit. Please go through all the details and ensure filling up and submit.
The star like symbol is to indicate that it is mandatory to fill in the required details. Unless you fill these fields with correct details, you may not be able to submit the application at the end.
Select “others” from the drop down menu, and fill in the details.
Please disclose the arrears details and unless you disclose this, you may not be able to submit. If you do not have any arrears, please mention 0 (zero) in the relevant field.
The income certificate should be valid when you are applying for the sponsorship. If the validity of earlier submitted certificate is one year only, then a fresh certificate has to be submitted very year. The income certificate is normally issued for the full family. If your brothers /sisters are supporting your family, then their income should be added to your parents’ income.