The Arthritis Foundation is offering several $1,000 college scholarships to high school seniors or college undergraduates with arthritis living in New England. Applications are due April 16.

Students must have juvenile arthritis that has been diagnosed by a physician. A volunteer committee judges scholarship applications based on academic achievement, disease impact, and volunteer service to the school or community.

Juvenile arthritis affects an estimated 294,000 children in the United States, including 600 children in Vermont, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Scholarship applications are available by contacting the Arthritis Foundation, Northern & Southern New England Chapter at 800-639-2113 or info.nne@arthritis.org