April Military Scholarships for Service Members, Veterans, Spouses and Kids

Welcome to a new series here at KateHorrell.com – scholarships and grants for military members and their families!

I’m a couple of days late, but I didn’t want to skip April because there are some good scholarships and grants with April deadlines. I find new scholarships all the time, so be sure to come back throughout the month and see if there’s anything else for you!

Military Spouses of Newport

Deadline: 12 April 2019
Description: Annual awards for graduating high school students that reside in or are attached to a base in the state of Rhode Island that are dependents of active duty, retired or deceased military personnel, and dependent children (other than high school seniors) in post-secondary education, certification, or professional programs, and spouses of RI active duty military personnel.
Amount: $500 to $2,500
Link: http://www.milspousenewport.org/Scholarships

Fleet Reserve Association Member Scholarships

Deadline: 15 April 2019
Description: The applicant must be an FRA member; spouse; dependent biological, step, or
adoptive child; or biological, step, or adoptive grandchild; or biological, step, or adoptive great grandchild of an FRA member.
Amount: $1,000 to $5,000
Need Based: Yes
Link: https://www.fra.org/fra/Web/FRA_Docs/2019%20FRA%20Member%20Scholarship.pdf

Fleet Reserve Association Non-Member Scholarships

Deadline: 15 April 2019
Description: You may apply for FRA Non-Member Scholarship if the applicant or sponsor is an FRA non-member, living, on active duty, reserve, retired, or honorably discharged veteran of the Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard. The applicant must be an FRA non-member; spouse; dependent biological, step, or adoptive child; or biological, step, or adoptive grandchild; or biological, step, or adoptive great grandchild of the FRA non-member.
Amount: $1,000 to $5,000
Need Based: Yes
Link: https://www.fra.org/fra/Web/FRA_Docs/2019%20FRA%20Non-Member%20Scholarship.pdf

Fleet Reserve Association Auxiliary Scholarship

Deadline: 15 April 2019
Description: The applicant must be a LA FRA or FRA member; spouse; dependent biological, step, or adoptive child; or biological, step, or adoptive grandchild; or biological, step or adoptive great-grandchild of the LA FRA or FRA member.
Amount: $1,000 to $5,000
Need Based: Yes
Link: https://www.fra.org/fra/Web/FRA_Docs/2019%20LA%20FRA%20Scholarship.pdf

Fleet Reserve Association Colonel Hazel Benn Scholarship

Deadline: 15 April 2019
Description: Unmarried dependent child of the sponsor, enrolled for the fall of 2019 as
a freshman or sophomore college undergraduate at a state or regionally accredited institution of post-secondary
education located in the United States. Your sponsor must be a current member in good standing of the Fleet
Reserve Association or a FRA member in good standing at time of death, and served or is now serving in the U.S.
Navy as an enlisted medical rating assigned to and serving with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Amount: $1,000 to $5,000
Need Based: Yes
Link: https://www.fra.org/fra/Web/FRA_Docs/2019%20BENN%20Scholarship.pdf

American Legion Legacy Scholarship

Deadline: 15 April 2019
Description: The American Legion Legacy Scholarship is a needs-based scholarship designed to fulfill a financial gap remaining after all federal and state educational grants/scholarships available to an eligible applicant have been utilized. Eligible students include children of U.S. military members who died while on active duty on or after Sept. 11, 2001 and children of post-9/11 veterans having been assigned a combined disability rating of 50 percent or greater by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Amount: up to $20,000
Need Based: yes
Link: https://www.legion.org/scholarships/legacy/about

FINRA Foundation Military Spouse Fellowship

Deadline: 19 April 2019
Description: Current spouses or surviving spouses of a Uniformed Service member; Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, (active duty, National Guard and Reserve, or retirees). Also the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are included as eligible. You are NOT eligible if you are a current paid federal employee, an active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces, the holder of an active securities license, National Military Family Association staff, volunteers, or representatives, already enrolled in any AFCPE® certification program, or if you have previously accepted the fellowship but did not complete the program.
Amount: study materials, webinars, and testing fees for the Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) designation
Link: https://afcpe.org/resource-center/funding-and-recognition/finra-foundation-military-spouse-fellowship/read-first-then-apply

Blinded Veterans Association

Deadline: 19 April 2019
Description: Spouses, dependent children, and grandchildren of blinded veterans are eligible for the annual Kathern F. Gruber Scholarship and Thomas H. Miller Scholarship to assist them with their higher education tuition. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit through an application process that is evaluated by a committee.
Amount: $1,000 to $2,000
Link: https://www.bva.org/blinded-veterans-scholarships-awards/

Raytheon Patriot Scholarship

Deadline: 26 April 2019
Description: Offered to U.S. Army veterans, including National Guard and reserve, in their sophomore, junior, or senior year of undergraduate education, or pursuing graduate education.
Amount: $10,000
Link: https://studentveterans.org/programs/scholarships?layout=edit&id=752

Army Engineer Association

Deadline: 30 April 2019
Description: The Beardslee Scholarship is for Army Engineer Association family members and is awarded to four individuals who are spouses, sons, or daughters of Army Engineer Association members.
Amount: $1,000
Link: http://armyengineer.com/scholarships/

AMVETS

Deadline: 30 April 2019
Description: AMVETS has two scholarship programs. One is for veterans, active duty, and Guard/reserve component members. The other is for graduating seniors who are the child or grandchild of those groups.
Amount: $1,000 to $12,000, over 1 to 4 years
Link: http://amvets.org/scholarships/

VFW/Sport Clips

Deadline: 30 April
Description: Provides service members and veterans with the financial assistance they need to complete their educational goals without incurring excessive student loan debt.
Amount: up to $5,000
Link: https://www.vfw.org/assistance/student-veterans-support

US Army Warrant Officers Association

Deadline: received in their office by 1 May 2019, by regular mail
Description: Applications will be accepted from the spouses, children (natural and adopted), grandchildren and dependent stepchildren, under the age of 23 years (seniors in high school or above); of members in good standing in the USAWOA. Sponsoring member must have been a member of the USAWOA for a minimum of six months prior to the date of the application. All applicants must plan to attend, or continue their education, in an accredited American college/university, vocational technical institution on a full time basis. All must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. The school must be a degree or certificate granting institution.
Amount: varies
Link: http://www.usawoa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/USAWOASF-Regular-2019-Scholarship-Program.pdf

1st Infantry Division Huebner Scholarship

Deadline: must be received via regular mail by 1 May
Description: High school seniors who are the children, grandchildren, or great grandchildren of soldiers who have served in the First Infantry Division of the United States Army, as well as children of active-duty soldiers of the division.
Amount: up to $10,000 payable to the school in four annual installments of not more than $2,500 per year.
Link: https://1stid.org/foundation/huebner-scholarship/

If you have information about more scholarships, please email them to me at Kate at KateHorrell.com, with the word “scholarship” in the subject line. Together, we can find them all!

Please let me know if you are awarded any of the scholarships you’ve found listed here at KateHorrell.com.

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