SCHOLARSHIPS
John D. Wagner & Elisabeth Wagner Scholarship Fund
Jim and Katy Brownlow of Dallas founded the scholarship in 1998 in memory of Katy's father, John D. Wagner. Elisabeth R. Wagner's name recognizes the valiant fight Katy's niece lost to NF in 2002. This scholarship is given each year to at least two students at $1,000 each, $500 in Fall and $500 Spring semester.
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The deadline to submit your application is July 10, 2026.
2025-2026 recipients: Sadie Brisendine, Tatum Reigle
2024-2025 recipients: Abigail Evans, Mary Gorski, and Mary Huinker
2023-2024 recipients: Abigail Evans and Joshua Lucio
2022-2023 recipients: Abigail Evans
2021-2022 recipient: Abigail Turley
2020-2021 recipient: Kylie White
2019-2020 recipient: Fernando Hernandez
2018-2019 recipients: Emily Jones and Manuel Gutierrez
2017-2018 recipients: Julie Herrod, Molly Johnson and Katy Wakin
2016-2017 recipients: Tera Willhelm and Myles Marcus
2015-2016 recipients: Bethany Brown, Rebecca Lambert, Matthew Valicenti, and Dana Zavorka
2014-2015 recipients: Elisha Adair, Maggie LaRonge, Emily Parker, and Alyssa Vasquez
2013-2014 recipients: Monica Kidson, Nathan Leachman, Audrey Miller and Niki Tornick
2012-2013 recipients: Whitney Putska, Kelsey Bates and Gina Zavorka
2011-2012 recipients: Josiah Summerville and Brittany Walter
2009 - 2010 recipients: Amber Adair, Elizabeth Cox, Jessica Dishman and Andrew Pegoda
2008 - 2009 recipients: Karen Cummings, Giovanna Drexel and Erika Martinez
2007 - 2008 recipients: Paige Mackey and Andrew Pegoda
Doris Kraft Scholarship Fund
Doris Kraft was the first Executive Director of the Texas NF Foundation. She was the driving force behind starting the Texas NF Foundation, which touched countless lives by fundraising for NF research.
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Guidelines for the Doris Kraft Scholarship
This scholarship will be for 1s year students. Texas Patients and Parents who want to pursue Post High School Education: College or Trade School. Two students a year will be selected and given a $1,000 scholarship to be disbursed directly to school once proof of registration has been shown. The $1,000 will be divided by $500 in fall and $500 in the spring.
The deadline to submit your application is -.
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• Applicants may apply for only one scholarship opportunity and must select the scholarship they wish to be considered for at the time of application.
• Applicants may not submit applications for multiple scholarship programs offered by The Texas Neurofibromatosis Foundation during the same cycle.
• All application materials must be submitted by the stated deadline to be considered.