IVF Scholarships for those in the USA
I have just stumbled across a site that is providing scholarships to those in need for IVF treatment in the USA – and the good news is that they have twice as many available this year!
Quoting from thier site:
The InterNational Council for Infertility Information Dissemination (INCIID — pronounced “inside”) has a program designed to help individuals and couples — From INCIID the Heart — It provides an In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Scholarship to those in need.
Nancy Hemenway, INCIID Founder and Executive Director says that “infertility care is sometimes portrayed as ‘wealthy couples creating designer babies.’ That’s because only about 10% of insurance carriers cover IVF. But nothing could be further from the truth. The From INCIID the Heart is an important step in helping to eliminate the barrier preventing many couples from having children.
There are at least five million infertile couples in the U.S., and of those, approximately
two million are unable to conceive without IVF treatment. The majority have no insurance coverage for IVF and its associated medications, which can range in cost between $10,000 and $15,000 per couple.
INCIID has arranged for a number of respected IVF clinics in the U.S. to donate their expertise and state-of-the-art facilities so that patients who do not have the financial resources may have the opportunity to build a family. The program will cover most of the basic IVF expenses.
Couples with financial and medical need may be eligible for participation in the program. Final committee selections and decisions take cost-of-living in different regions of the country into account Applicants will be required to provide copies of their most recent tax returns and paystubs and supply a letter from their doctor recommending IVF as medically necessary. Those selected will also partner with INCIID and have a small fund raising requirement.
“Our goal,” says Hemenway, “is to give those without insurance coverage an opportunity to fulfill their dream of becoming parents.
Click here to go to the website and see if you qualify.
Best of luck!
INCIID is offering scholarship but they are asking you to be a fundraiser as well. I found another site that is not asking for anthing in return offering $10,000 towards ivf called fertiledreams.org. Another site i stumbled across free-ivf.com but they never followed up and no answer when emailed and contact number listed is disconnected but they say they will pay for 1 cycle of ivf.
Debra,
Thank you very much for this information, very useful. Please do let us know if you have any luck in gaining funding.
All the best
Sue
I live Abdul Janan New Jersey
My e-elizabeth west jersey street 147 bl apr108 tl 9083447426I’m affected by the war in Iraq and lost Alatyob and now I need to process ivf and I do not have the ability to carry out the surgery, I hope that Tvhmu my case and I will be mother of a child and thank you very much
Hi Jinan,
If you wish to apply for a scholarship please go to http://www.inciid.org/article.php?cat=&id=239 for all the details.
Wishing you luck,
Sue
Please send me information about getting an IVF Scholarship.
Hi Angela,
If you wish to apply for a scholarship please go to http://www.inciid.org/article.php?cat=&id=239 for all the details.
Wishing you luck,
Sue
i am 30 yrs old have tried for the past ten years to have a child i was diagnosed with pcos and my only hope is ivf please if there is any help out there let me know. i just feel like our family isnt complete without a child. i have taken care of others children for years and am now ready for me and my husband to have our own. we do not have the funds needed to do ivf on our on so please anyone that reads this and can help it would be such a blessing thanks
Before delving into the basics of IVF would be better to know why and those who enter by it. In Vitro Fertilization for infertile couples who have been trying to conceive, but not being able to do so, regardless of reason. There are many new technologies coming in these days that are proving to be a blessing for all those couples and IVF is one of those. With IVF, infertile parents can have a child that is biologically related to them.
Of the problems that have been observed in in vitro fertilization procedure, the successful implementation seems to be the weakest link. One possible explanation for this problem is that in the in vitro zygote develops at a slower pace than the embryo in vivo (ie within the body), and therefore, the zygote in vitro growth and development endometrial tissue are not perfectly synchronized.