The California-Hawaii Elks Major Project Inc. Board of Trustees will give out more than $40,000 in undergraduate educational scholarships for the academic year 2010-2011 to students with disabilities.

The program will offer 20 to 30 scholarships of $1,000 to $2,000 each.

Scholarship recipients can reapply each year. If they qualify, they can receive up four years of assistance.

This scholarship is a financial needs-based and academic-use scholarship intended for undergraduate work at a licensed vocational school, accredited community college or four-year university.

The funds are to cover academic expenses, which include tuition, books, lab fees and on-campus room and board only.

An applicant must be a United States citizen and a resident of California or Hawaii; have a physical impairment, neurological impairment, visual impairment, hearing impairment, and/or speech-language disorder; and be a senior in high school, a high school graduate, or have passed the General Educational Development examination or California High School Proficiency examination.

Applications can be found at www.chea-elks.org and must be postmarked on or before March 15 and sent to the project office in Fresno.

For more information, call (559) 255-4531 or e-mail chea@cheaelks.org or write to California-Hawaii Elks Major Project, 5450 E. Lamona Ave., Fresno, CA 93727-2224.