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

14 March 2022

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This 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!

military scholarships for service members, spouses, and kids

Army Emergency Relief MG James Ursano Scholarship Program for Dependent Children

Deadline: 1 April 2022

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.

Link: https://www.armyemergencyrelief.org/scholarships

Naval Officer Spouses Club Washington DC

Deadline: 1 April 2022

Description: The NOSCDC offers merit-based scholarships to high school graduating seniors and military spouses living in the National Capitol Region. Double check all the necessary paperwork!

Link: https://noscdc.org/philanthropy

US Coast Guard CPO Association Walter Gore Memorial Scholarship

Deadline: 1 April 2022

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!

Link:  https://www.uscgcpoa.org/resources/walter-gore-memorial-scholarship/

USCG CPO Association Captain Caliendo Scholarship

Deadline: 1 April 2022

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. 

Link: https://www.uscgcpoa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CCCAF-2022-APPLICATION.pdf

Navy Chief Petty Officer Association Scholarship

Deadline: 1 April 2022

Description: Applicants must:

  • 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.

Link: https://www.cposf.org/scholarship

Military Spouses of Newport

Deadline: 1 April 2022

Description: The Military Spouses of Newport offer merit-based 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
  • dependent children (other than high school seniors) in post-secondary education, certification, or professional programs
  • spouses of RI active duty military personnel.

Link: http://www.milspousenewport.org/Scholarships

Raytheon Technologies Spy 6 Scholarship

Deadline: 1 April 2022

Description: The Raytheon Missiles & Defense SPY-6 Scholarship, named for the U.S. Navy’s SPY-6 Family of Radars, provides returning sailors an opportunity to achieve educational goals and position themselves for success in civilian professions. Applicants must be student veterans pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree at an accredited university or college. 

Amount: $10,000

Link: https://studentveterans.org/programs-events/scholarships/raytheon-technologies-spy-6-scholarship/

Student Veterans of America Comcast NBC Universal Scholarship

Deadline: 1 April 2022

Description: The SVA offers this scholarship to applicants who are interested in the entertainment industry. Applicants must be student veterans pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree at an accredited university or college. 

Amount: $12,000

Link: https://studentveterans.org/programs-events/scholarships/comcast-nbcuniversal-scholarship/

American Legion Legacy Scholarship

Deadline: 1 April 2022

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

Link: https://www.legion.org/scholarships/legacy/about

Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association

Deadline: 15 April 2022

Description: Applicants must be the child or grandchild of a Seabee or Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) officers. 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.​​

Link: https://www.seabee.org/scholarships

Army Scholarship Foundation

Deadline: 15 April 2022

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

Link: https://armyscholarshipfoundation.org/scholarships/

No Greater Sacrifice

Deadline: 15 April 2022

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!

Link: http://www.nogreatersacrifice.org/who-we-help

Fleet Reserve Association Member Scholarships

Deadline: 15 April 2022

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

Link:  https://www.fra.org/FRA/Web/FRA_Docs/FRA%20Education%20Foundation%20forms/2022%20FRA%20Member%20Scholarship.pdf

Fleet Reserve Association Non-Member Scholarships

Deadline: 15 April 2022

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

Link: https://www.fra.org/FRA/Web/FRA_Docs/FRA%20Education%20Foundation%20forms/2022%20FRA%20Non-Member%20Scholarship.pdf

Fleet Reserve Association Auxiliary Scholarship

Deadline: 15 April 2022

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

Link: https://www.fra.org/FRA/Web/FRA_Docs/FRA%20Education%20Foundation%20forms/2022%20LA%20FRA%20Scholarship.pdf

Fleet Reserve Association Colonel Hazel Benn Scholarship

Deadline: 15 April 2022

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

Link: https://www.fra.org/FRA/Web/FRA_Docs/FRA%20Education%20Foundation%20forms/2022%20LA%20FRA%20Scholarship.pdf

Military Spouses Club of Yuma Officer Spouses Club

Deadline: 15 April 2022

Description: Scholarship(s) may be awarded to a dependent spouse or child of a qualified Military Sponsor attached to a military installation within a 50-mile radius of MCAS Yuma, or its tenant commands, and/or a dependent spouse, or dependent child of a qualified military sponsor whose residence at the time of application is within a 50-mile radius of Yuma, Arizona. Please see additional conditions on the application.

Amount: varies

Link: https://www.mscyuma.org/scholarships

Rear Admiral Sumner Shapiro Scholarship Program

Deadline: 15 April 2022

Description: The Rear Admiral Sumner Shapiro Scholarship Program, offered by the Navy Intelligence Professional organization, awards scholarships to dependent children of intelligence personnel. There are six scholarships available, including one specifically for active duty USN, USMC, and USCG enlisted personnel serving in intelligence-related assignments.

Link: https://navintpro.org/scholarships/

Walter Beall Scholarship

Deadline: 15 April 2022 (requests for applications must be made by 1 April!)

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/

Patriot Legacy Fund Scholarship

Deadline: 15 April 2022

Description: Applicants for this scholarship must be an unmarried dependent of a US Veteran with a disability rating of at least 10%. They must attend an undergraduate or vocational program. They must not be a member of the military including the National Guard or reserve component. 

Link: https://patriotlegacyfund.org/scholarships/

Blinded Veterans Association

Deadline: 29 April 2022

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://bva.org/programs/scholarships-awards/

Army Engineer Association Beardslee Scholarship

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Deadline: ??

Description: The Beardslee Scholarship is for Army Engineer Association family members and is awarded to four individuals. Applicants must be spouses, sons, or daughters of Army Engineer Association members.

Amount: $1,000

Link: http://armyengineer.com/scholarships/

Alexander Krieglowa Navy and Marine Corps Scholarship

Deadline: 30 April 2022

Description: This Navy and Marine Corps Dependents Education Foundation Scholarship Program is offered by the San Diego Council and is available for a dependent child of active duty, retired, or deceased naval service members.

Amount: up to $15,000 per year for four years

Link: https://navyleague-sd.com/scholarship-program/

AMVETS

Deadline: 30 April 2022

Description: AMVETS has four categories of scholarships. One is for veterans, active duty, and Guard/reserve component members, one is for spouses, one is for graduating seniors, and one is for JROTC high school seniors. Check each for individual requirements!

Amount: $1,000 to $12,000, over 1 to 4 years

Link: http://amvets.org/scholarships/

VFW/Sport Clips

Deadline: 30 April 2022

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 assisstance

Amount: up to $5,000

Link: https://www.vfw.org/assistance/student-veterans-support

Air Force Aid Association General Henry H. Arnold Scholarship

Deadline: 30 April 2022

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 2022

Description: Air Force Association Scholarships accepts applications for thirteen different scholarships. Check for individual eligibility requirements!

Link: https://www.afa.org/education/scholarships

Francis and Earl Perry Memorial Scholarship

Deadline: 30 April 2022

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/

US Army Warrant Officers Association

Deadline: received in the mail by 15 May 2022 

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. 

Link: https://usawoa.org/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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  1. Josie Hamm says

    3 April 2021 at 11:45 am

    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.

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