This April Military Scholarship post is part of my ongoing Military Scholarships series. We’re really in the thick of the scholarship season now, which is both a blessing and a curse. It makes for a lot of work, but there are many wonderful opportunities and once they’re gone, they’re gone until next year. (Or forever, if they are only for graduating seniors.)
As with any other scholarship resource, verify eligibility, requirements and deadlines. We make every effort to ensure these listings are up-to-date, but we can’t guarantee it!
Virginia Military Survivors & Dependents Education Program
Deadline: 1 April 2026 for Summer 2026 semester
Description: The Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program (VMSDEP) provides education benefits to spouses and children of military service members killed, missing in action, taken prisoner, or who have been rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) as totally and permanently disabled or at least 90 percent permanently disabled as a result of military service. Military service includes service in the United States Armed Forces, United States Armed Forces Reserves, or the Virginia National Guard.
Amount: varies
Army Emergency Relief Maj. James Ursano Scholarship Program for Military Children
Deadline: 01 April 2026
Description: The MG James Ursano Scholarship Program is a need-based scholarship program established to assist children of Army Soldiers in obtaining their first undergraduate degree. Applicants may receive assistance for up to four academic years but must meet eligibility criteria and reapply each year.
Amount: varies
Chief Petty Officer Scholarship Fund
Deadline: 01 April 2026
Description: Applicants must:
- be the immediate family member of either an active duty, retired, reserve or deceased Chief Petty Officer of the United States Navy (children may be natural, adopted or step-children)
- be about to graduate or have graduated from an accredited high school, or equivalent educational institution or have successfully earned a General Equivalency Diploma (GED)
- must intend to enter, or be currently enrolled in a community college, vocational college, college or university to complete the curriculum prescribed in or to be graduated with an AA, AS, BA or BS degree
Amount: $2,000 – $5,000
Children and Spouses of Deceased Or Disabled Veterans (CSDDV) Scholarship Program
Deadline: 01 April 2026
Description: Scholarship available to dependent children or un-remarried spouses of qualified Florida veterans and veterans. Must be a Florida resident, U.S. citizen, or eligible non-citizen enrolled in an undergraduate degree or certificate program. Other eligibility requirements apply as noted on the scholarship website.
Amount: varies
Link: https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/PDF/factsheets/CSDDV.pdf
Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the US – CSM Virgil R. Williams & Patriot Scholarship
Deadline: 01 April 2026
Description: Applicants may be a spouse or dependent, unmarried children of a dues-paying member of EANGUS who is not older than 23 years of age. Also, unmarried dependent children or unmarried spouses of a deceased EANGUS member who was in good standing at the time of their death are also eligible to apply. Retired officers and their dependents are not eligible for these scholarships.
Amount: $1,000 – $2,000
Link: https://eangus.org/scholarship-information/
Coast Guard Foundation Children of Enlisted Member Scholarship
Deadline: 1 April 2026
Description: Two scholarships are offered, one to first-time applicants and another to returning applicants, who are unmarried dependent children, under the age of 24, with a parent who has served or is serving in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Amount: $2,000 – $5,000
Coast Guard Foundation Children Of Officers
Deadline: 1 April 2026
Description: Open to children of Active-Duty, Retired, or Active Reserve Coast Guard Commissioned Officers.
Amount: $2,000 – $5,000
Walter Beall Scholarship
Deadline: 1 April 2026 to request an application – requires mailing time!
Description: This scholarship is sponsored by past regional presidents of the Fleet Reserve Association. Applicants may be FRA members or spouses, sons or grandsons, daughters or granddaughters of members in good standing of the Fleet Reserve Association, or of members in good standing at the time of their death. Members must have been continuous members (in good standing) for two years prior to the award being made to an applicant. Applicants must be US citizens and pursue Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, or Aviation oriented degrees. They must attend an accredited college/university or technical institution in the United States and must remain a student in good standing.
Amount: $2,000 to $5,000
Link: http://www.walterbeallscholarship.org/apply/
Coast Guard Foundation Captain Ernest W. Fox Perpetual Scholarship
Deadline: 1 April 2026
Description: This application is intended for qualified active duty Coast Guard, civil service employee personnel, or their dependents at the Coast Guard Aviation Logistic Center. The scholarship will be used for preparatory, collegiate, postgraduate, professional, and vocational education, formal or informal training which develops the talents and potential of the beneficiary.
Amount: $2,000
Link: https://coastguardfoundation.org/scholarships/captain-ernest-w-fox-perpetual-scholarship
U.S. Coast Guard CPO Association Captain Caliendo College Assistance Fund (CCCAF)
Deadline: 01 April 2026
Description: Applicant must be a dependent child of a member or deceased member of the USCG CPOA/CGEA, under the age of 24 by April 1st of the award year. No age limit exists for children with disabilities. This scholarship also has an essay portion.
Amount: $1,000 – $5,000
Link: https://uscgcpoa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3307
No Greater Sacrifice
Deadline: 1 April 2026
Description: No Greater Sacrifice (NGS) is dedicated to the children of our nation’s fallen and wounded Service members (post 9/11/01) by delivering scholarships and resources to improve their quality of life through the pursuit of higher education. Applicants must email for an eligibility application, so make sure you get on this one early!
Amount: varies
U.S. Coast Guard CPO Association Walter Gore Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: 01 April 2026 based upon outside info, but application requires login
Description: The Walter Gore Memorial Scholarship provides financial assistance to members of the CPOA/CGEA who are attending university, college, or vocational school. You must be a member “in good standing” of USCG CPOA/CGEA for at least one year regardless of age, and there is an essay section!
Amount: $500
Link: https://uscgcpoa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3308
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Hampton Roads
Deadline: 3 April 2026
Description: Open to high school students and currently enrolled college applicants, with a 3.0 GPA, pursuing a full-time undergraduate STEM-related degree program at an accredited college or university in the fall term. Must not have received an appointment to a U.S. military academy (or affiliated preparatory school) or be awarded a full scholarship at any accredited U.S. post-secondary institution of higher education.
Amount: unspecified
Link: https://www.same.org/hampton-roads/scholarship/
Spouses’ Club of Fort Eustis Scholarship
Deadline: 3 April 2026
Description: Applicants must be a U.S. DoD ID card holder associated with Fort Eustis or in the Fort Eustis surrounding community planning to enroll, or currently enrolled in an accredited university, college, trade, or technical school program.
Amount: unspecified
Link: https://scfeva.com/scholarships
The Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program
Deadline: 10 April 2026
Description:
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
- Have served in the United States military, this includes the Reserves and National Guard
- Be honorably discharged veterans by program application deadline date (no longer drilling or serving),
- Have received a Certificate or letter of Eligibility from the Department of Veterans Affairs or DD214 or other document of service stating “Honorable Discharged”
- Be a Spouse or widow of disabled veterans who meets the above criteria
AND
- Be high school or GED graduates, current post-secondary undergraduates or graduate level one students
- Have completed FAFSA to ensure full discovery of actual unmet need
- Use any military education benefits for which they are eligible
- Enrolled in full-time undergraduate- or graduate study for a first-time associate’s, bachelor’s or master’s degree at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or vocational-technical school for the entire academic year (Doctorate Study is not eligible)
- Attend a college not on warning or probationary status with the federal government and is not in litigation with the federal or a state government
- Have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent.
Amount: Up to $5,000
Link: https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/wellsfargoveterans/
PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health
Deadline: 14 April 2026
Description: Matriculated students for undergraduate or graduate study in the United States who are:
- Biological, step, or adopted child or grandchild of a member of the Commissioned Officers Association (COA) of the USPHS
- Spouse of a member of COA
The essay prompt asks about how the student’s career goals relate to public health, so I guess that’s an element, too.
Amount: $1,000
Link: https://www.phscof.org/scholarships/family-member-scholarships/
FINRA Foundation Military Spouse Fellowship
Applications Open: 15 April 2026
Description: Current spouses or surviving spouses of a Uniformed Service member; Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This includes active duty, National Guard and Reserve, and retirees. 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://www.finrafoundation.org/military-spouse-fellowship-program
Army Scholarship Foundation
Deadline: 15 April 2026
Description: Applicants must:
- Be sons or daughters of regular active duty, active duty Reserve, or active duty National Guard U.S. Army members in good standing, or
be spouses of serving enlisted regular active duty, active duty Reserve, or active duty National Guard U.S. Army members in good standing, or
be sons or daughters of former U.S. Army members who received an honorable discharge or medical discharge, or who were killed while serving in the U.S. Army. - Be high school seniors, high school graduates, or registered as undergraduate students at an accredited college or post high school vocational/technical institution.
- Have a 2.0 grade point average on a 4 point system.
- Be a U.S. citizen.
- Not have reached their 24th birthday by the application deadline date in the year they apply if they are a child of an Army member.
- Not have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from a college or university.
Amount: $500 to $2,000
Fleet Reserve Association Colonel Hazel Elizabeth Benn, USMC, Scholarship
Deadline: 15 April 2026
Description: Unmarried dependent child of the sponsor, enrolled for the fall of 2023 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
Fleet Reserve Association Member Scholarships
Deadline: 15 April 2026
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
Fleet Reserve Association Non-Member Scholarships
Deadline: 15 April 2026
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
Ladies Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve Association Scholarship
Deadline: 15 April 2026
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
Naval Intelligence Professional Rear Admiral Sumner Shapiro Scholarship
Deadline: 15 April 2026
Description: The Rear Admiral Sumner Shapiro Scholarship Program awards scholarships to dependent children (under 24 years of age) of regular and reserve Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard officer and enlisted intelligence personnel. The scholarship program also includes one specifically for active duty USN, USMC, and USCG enlisted personnel serving in intelligence-related assignments.
Amount: $5,000
Patriot Legacy Fund Scholarship
Deadline: 15 April 2026
Description: Applicants for this scholarship must be an unmarried, dependent of a US Veteran with a disability rating of at least 10%, and must attend an undergraduate or vocational program. Members of the military including the National Guard or reserve component are not eligible to apply.
Amount: varies
Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association
Deadline: 15 April 2026
Description: Applicants must be the child or grandchild of a Seabee or Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) officer. Seabees are enlisted personnel with a Seabee rating, CEC officers, or others who have served or are serving in a Naval Construction Force Unit. This includes members of other service branches assigned to a Seabee unit. Active duty, reserve, retired and honorably discharged Seabee children and grandchildren are eligible to apply. Applicants must currently be a senior in high school or currently enrolled in an accredited college or university.
Amount: varies
Link: https://www.seabee.org/scholarships
Airmen Memorial Foundation (AMF)
Deadline: 15 April 2026
Description: Multiple scholarships available. Applicants must be Uniformed Services Dependent children pursuing undergraduate degrees. Sponsors must be Military members, Joint Services Enlisted, and Commissioned Officers currently serving (Active Duty, Retire, or a Veteran of the military.)
Amount: $1,000 – $4,000
Link: https://hqamf.org/scholarships/how-apply
AEA Congressman David L. Hobson STEM Scholarship
Deadline: 15 April 2026
Description: Open to qualified AEA members or family members of AEA members who are full-time undergraduate students pursuing a baccalaureate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
Amount: $3,000
Link: https://armyengineer.com/educational-support-program/
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Scholarships and Interest-Free Loans
Deadline: 17 April 2026
Description: Offers scholarships and interest-free loans for undergraduate/post-secondary education at an accredited 2- or 4-year education, technical or vocational institution in the United States. This financial assistance is available to children (under age 23) of active duty, retired or deceased Sailors and Marines; and for spouses of active duty, retired Sailors and Marines as well as MECEP/MECP students.
Amount: $500 to $3,000 scholarships, loans up to $4,000
Link: https://www.nmcrs.org/pages/education-loans-and-scholarships
Pensacola MOAA
Deadline: 25 April 2026
Description: Applicant must be a resident of the area served by the Pensacola Chapter (Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties of Florida and South Baldwin County, Alabama) or dependent of a resident living in these areas. Applicant must also have completed at least one year of education at a college or university with a 3.5 (undergraduate) GPA. There is an essay required!
Amount: unspecified
Link: http://www.pmoaa.org/Criteria-and-App
EOD Warriors Post-Graduate Scholarship
Deadline: 27 April 2026
Description:
- Applicants must be the child, stepchild, spouse, or grandchild, or other DoD recognized dependent of a graduate of NAVSCOLEOD.
- NAVSCOLEOD graduates are not eligible for scholarship awards. Active Duty service members are not eligible for scholarship awards, regardless of their relationship to NAVSCOLEOD graduates.
- Service Academy Cadets are not eligible to receive EODWF Scholarships as they are considered to be on active duty. Students may apply in case they are not accepted or decide not to attend a Service Academy.
- Applicants must have completed their undergraduate studies and be currently enrolled in an accredited, post-graduate program at a college or university.
Amount: unspecified
Blinded Veterans Association Sue Cantrell Scholarship
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Description: Spouses, dependent children, and grandchildren of blinded veterans are eligible for the annual Sue Cantrell 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
Air Force Aid Society General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant Program
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Description: AFAS education support and tuition assistance is available to dependent sons and daughters of active duty, Title 10 Reservists on extended active duty, Title 32 Guard performing full-time active duty, retired, retired Reserve and deceased Air Force members, as well as spouses of active duty and Title 10 Reservists, and widows/widowers.
Amount: $500 to $4,000
Link: https://afas.org/how-we-help/general-henry-h-arnold-education-grant/
Air Force Association Scholarships
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Description: Air Force Association Scholarships accepts applications for twelve different scholarships. Check for individual eligibility requirements!
Alexander Kreiglowa Navy and Marine Corps Dependents Education Foundation Scholarship Program
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Description: This Navy and Marine Corps Dependents Education Foundation Scholarship Program is offered by the San Diego Council and is available to a dependent child of active duty, retired, or deceased naval service members.
Amount: up to $15,000 per year for four years
Francis and Earl Perry Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Description: Veterans Scholarship Applicants must meet the following criteria:
You Are a United States Veteran:
- Hold U.S. Veteran status having served honorably
- Be accepted to an institution of higher learning (two- or four-year undergraduate program) – or –
- Be a college student currently.
You Are a Child of a United States Veteran
- Be an unmarried child (under 24 years of age) who is a dependent
- Be accepted to an institution of higher learning (two- or four-year undergraduate program) – or –
- Be a college student currently.
Amount: $5,000
Link: https://disabilitydenials.com/about-us/college-scholarships/veterans-scholarship/
Hope For The Warriors Spouse/Caregiver Scholarship
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Description: Applicants must be the spouse or caregiver of an injured or fallen servicemember. There are five different scholarship categories.
Amount: varies
Link: https://www.hopeforthewarriors.org/programs-and-services/scholarships/
Jolly Green Merit Scholarship
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Description: Multiple scholarships are available to children and grandchildren of United States Air Force Air Rescue personnel who plan to attend a trade school or college upon high school graduation. Awarded for superior academic and extracurricular accomplishments, such as athletics, student government, and community service.
Amount: up to $3,500
Link: https://www.thatothersmaylive.org/programs/scholarship-program/
VFW’s “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship”
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Description: Provides service members and veterans with the financial assistance they need to complete their educational goals without incurring excessive student loan debt. Applicants must be retired, honorably discharged, active duty, or a member of the National Guard or Reserve. Additionally, they must be separated with or currently hold a military rank of E-5 or below and demonstrate a need for financial assistance.
Amount: up to $5,000
Link: https://www.vfw.org/assistance/student-veterans-support
Veterans United Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Description: To qualify for the scholarship program, you must meet one of the following conditions and be enrolled or planning to enroll in an accredited college or university for the upcoming semester. Pursuing an associate’s, bachelor’s, graduate, post-graduate or doctoral degree
- The applicant is a veteran with 100% service-connected disability
- The applicant is a surviving spouse of a deceased servicemember from a service-related death
- The applicant is a surviving child of a deceased servicemember from a service-related death
Amount: varies
Link: https://www.enhancelives.com/scholarships/
Society of the 1st Infantry Division Scholarships
Deadline: 30 April 2026 is the date I can see, there may be other dates for some programs
Description: There are four scholarship types, each with their own requirements. I find the directions to be a little confusing but if you might be eligible, I bet you will be motivated to figure it out 🙂
Amount: varies
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.
Hi Kate, thank you for having this comprehensive list of available military scholarships. This can be overwhelming and as a veteran (retired USAFR) my husband is ADAF I can use all the help I can get. With 3 girls we definitely want and need our girls to get any additional assistance with paying for their college degrees since my husband’s GI bill doesn’t cover all 3 girls.