This post is part of my ongoing Military Scholarships series. September is still in the slow season, but there are still enough scholarships this month to keep you fairly busy.
Amvets Veteranpreneur Grants
Deadline: 24 September 2020
Description: Servicemembers, vets, and spouses who work in construction trades are eligible to apply for this grant, designed to give opportunities to business savvy vets.
Amount: $25,000
Link: https://amvets.org/veteranpreneur-business-grant/
Chief Warrant and Warrant Officer Association of the United States Coast Guard Scholarship
Deadline: 15 September 2020
Description: This CWOAUSCG scholarship is a partnership with Columbia Southern University is open to members in good standing of the Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association who have a minimum weighted GPA average “C+”/2.5 in an accredited institution of higher learning for at least 12 credit hours for an Associate degree. A minimum weighted GPA average “C+”/2.5 in an accredited institution of higher learning with a completed Associate degree for the Bachelor and Bachelor’s degree for Master degree.
Amount: two years of tuition
Link: https://cwoauscg.org/membership-scholarship/
Bonsai Finance Veterans Scholarship
Deadline: 30 September 2020
Description: Applicants must be a veteran or active duty member of the U.S. Military service, or a direct dependent (i.e., son, daughter, spouse), and a U.S. citizen. They must be a high school senior, high school graduate, or registered as an undergraduate student at an accredited college or post high school vocational/technical institution and not have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from a college or university.
Amount: $1,000
Link: https://bonsaifinance.com/veterans-scholarship/
Hope For The Warriors Spouse/Caregiver Scholarship
Deadline: 30 September 2020
Description: Applicants must be the spouse or caregiver of an injured or fallen servicemember. There are five different scholarship categories.
Amount: unspecified
Link: https://www.hopeforthewarriors.org/transition/military-spouse-scholarships/
Optimal Military Scholarship
Deadline: 30 September 2020
Description: Applicants must be an active duty service member or veteran, or the child of an active duty service member or veteran.
Amount: $5,000
Link: https://www.optimal.com/scholarships/military-scholarship
If you belong to an organization that has a scholarship for military service members, veterans, spouses, kids, or other family members, please let me know. I’d love to include it on my list!
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Great article Kate! Sometimes these scholarships for military members and families are so difficult to locate.
Another resource we “stumbled” across when our first child when to college in California was the CalVet Veteran Services College Waiver. A retired veteran with any level of disability rating from the VA, even a 0%, may find this waiver appropriate for their unmarried child or spouse in the CA public college system. We were going to be moving out of state, and our child still would have remained eligible for her CA tuition waiver.
https://www.calvet.ca.gov/VetServices/Pages/College-Fee-Waiver.aspx