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Other Scholarships

America’s Child– Established to provide college education and welfare assistance to the surviving children of military heroes who have already given their lives in patriotic service to their country fighting our nation’s war against terrorism as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and the Philippines, Operation Iraqi Freedom or future conflicts. http://www.americaschild.org/html/founders.htm

AMVETS Scholarships- Annually awards scholarships to Veterans/active military, their sons, daughters or grandchildren. A son, daughter or grandchild of a deceased Veteran is also eligible. http://amvets.org/scholarships/

Army Emergency Relief: Dependent Children Scholarship Program - The MG James Ursano Scholarship program is for dependent children of Service Members on federal active duty, retired, or deceased while on active or retired status. https://www.aerhq.org/Apply-for-Scholarship/Dependent-Children

Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation- Providing college scholarships and educational counseling to military children who have lost a parent in combat or accidents. Their vision is that every such child can have a debt-free college education. https://www.fallenpatriots.org/

Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund – Provides grants to children who have lost a parent in the Afghanistan or Iraq wars. https://www.cfsrf.org/

Children of Warriors National Presidents’ Scholarship – Provides scholarships to children whose parent served at wartime. https://www.alaforveterans.org/Scholarships/Children-of-Warriors-National-Presidents--Scholarship/

Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program (DEA) - Offers education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition or of veterans who died while on active duty or as a result of a service-related condition. https://www.benefits.va.gov/GIBILL/DEA.asp

Fisher House Foundation - Open to sons and daughters of active duty, reserve/guard, or retired military commissary customers. https://militaryscholar.org/sfmc/index.html

The Folded Flag Foundation - Provides scholarships and educational grants to cover private school tuition and fees, tutoring, after-school programs, summer camps and other related educational expenses. Also provides college scholarships and educational grants to cover tuition and fees, books, computers, living expenses (to include child care for students with young children), tutoring, test preparation services and career preparation expenses internships, resume writing workshops, interview preparation training, etc.). https://www.foldedflagfoundation.org

Folds of Honor Foundation– Folds of Honor Foundation (FHF) provides post-secondary educational scholarships to the spouses and children of service members disabled or killed as a result of their military service. Can be applied to schooling now or held by Folds of Honor on behalf of young children until needed at the time of enrollment. http://www.foldsofhonor.com/

Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund– Students are eligible if they are the dependent child of an active duty Service Member who was killed or permanently disabled (100%) rating as the result of an operational mission or training accident, or who is currently certified as POW or MIA. https://www.fascholarship.com/

Fry Scholarship - The Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (Fry Scholarship)is available for children and spouses of service members who died in the line of duty after September 10, 2001. Benefits include tuition, housing and books for eligible dependents. https://www.benefits.va.gov/GIBILL/Fry_scholarship.asp

Heroes’ Legacy Scholarships– Open to dependent unmarried children under age 23 of those who have died or have become disabled through their active military service on or after September 11, 2001. https://www.militaryscholar.org/legacy/

Huebner Scholarships - Competitive scholarships for children and grandchildren of former members of the Division as well as children of active-duty 1stInfantry Division Service Members. https://1stid.org/foundation/huebner-scholarship/

Marine Corps Scholarship Program - available to children whose (Marine) parent was killed while serving. https://www.mcsf.org/

No Greater Sacrifice – provides scholarships and resources to the children of our nation’s fallen and wounded service members. http://www.nogreatersacrifice.org/ 

Patriot Legacy Fund– provides post-secondary educational scholarships for the dependent children of service-disabled veterans. https://patriotlegacyfund.org/scholarships/shootout-for-soldiers/

Society of the First Infantry Division –Available to children of Service Members killed in combat or training accidents while serving in a unit assigned or attached to the 1stInfantry Division.  https://1stid.org/foundation/scholarships/

The Bonsai Finance Veteran’s Scholarship- Provides a one-time payment of $2,500 for current or future education costs to dependents of veterans. https://bonsaifinance.com/veterans-scholarship/

Thanks USA - Awards scholarships to dependents of our military. https://www.thanksusa.org/scholarship-program.html 

Military Scholarship Search Engines:

  1. https://www.scholarships.com/
  2. https://www.usveteransmagazine.com/list-of-military-scholarships-for-service-members-spouses-and-dependents/
  3. https://www.bestcolleges.com/financial-aid/scholarships-for-military-dependents/
  4. http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/children.htm
  5. https://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-type/military-scholarships/

 

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