How to find scholarships for Veterans and their Families

Private Scholarships

Private donor scholarships are posted in the Scholarship Center. New information may come into the Scholarship Center that is not listed below, so stop by our office on a regular basis.

AFCEA General Emmett Paige Scholarships Scholarships of $2,000 each will be awarded to persons on active duty in the uniformed military services or veterans and their spouse's dependents, who are working toward a degree at an accredited 4-year college or university in the U.S. Candidate must major in electrical or aerospace engineering, electronics, computer science, computer engineering, physics, or mathematics, and have a GPA of at least 3.4 on a 4.0 scale. Applications are available on their web-site http://www.afcea.org/education/scholarships.

Army Emergency Relief Applicants must be (1) dependent children, step-children, or legally adopted children of soldiers on active duty, retired, or deceased while on active duty or after retirement; (2) unmarried; (3) U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents; (4) under the age of 22 on June 1st preceding the beginning of the school year for which the scholarship is requested. Applicant must also maintain at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA. Applications available on their website: http://aerhq.org/education.asp.

Dolphin Scholarship Foundation To receive a Dolphin Scholarship applicants must be high school or college children/step-children of (1) members or former members of the Submarine Force who have qualified in submarines and served in the Submarine Force for at least eight years; or (2) Navy members who have served in submarine support activities for a minimum of ten years. There is no minimum period of service for children of personnel who died on active duty while in the Submarine Force. Applications are available on their website.

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Scholarships are offered to deserving sons and daughters of U.S. Marines and children of former Marines in pursuit of higher education. Particular attention is given to students who have lost a parent or had a parent wounded in the line of duty.

Women's Overseas Service League These scholarships may be granted to women who are committed to advancement in military or other public service careers and have demonstrated such commitment through life experiences. Applicants must have a minimum of 18 credits and a 2.5 GPA. Applicants must also be enrolled for at least 9 credits in an institution of higher learning in a program leading to an academic degree, and agree to maintain academic standards. Additional information is available on the web-site at http://www.wosl.org/scholarships.htm.

Internet Resources

The World Wide Web is one of the fastest and easiest ways to look for scholarships. We do not recommend that you pay for scholarship search information. The following is a list of web site addresses to help get you on your way. After trying these, you can also click on the "Search" button on your web browser and use keywords such as scholarships, military, and veteran to see if there are more sites that you might want to try. The Scholarship Center has a computer with internet access available for students to use.

Fastweb
One of the largest free scholarship search services on the internet. Searchable database of more than 275,000 scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans. Students register online and fastWEB responds with a list of matching award programs. You can indicate your veteran status when filling out your information for the scholarship search. To select more than one criterion to be considered, hold the "Control" key down and click on your selections.

Fundfinder
This site contains a free web version of the College Board's Fund Finder scholarship database. The College Board's database contains listings of scholarships, fellowships, loans, internships, and other types of financial aid programs from 3,300 national, state, public, and private sources. You can indicate your veteran status when filling out your information for the scholarship search. To select more than one criterion to be considered, hold the "Control" key down and click on your selections.

FreSch!

This site allows you to browse all the scholarships that are only fro people who are Veterans or have military service. You can browse them all or narrow the search by selecting individual criteria. To select more than one criterion to be considered, hold the "Control" key down and clikk on your selections.

Additional Scholarship Resources

The organizations listed below have been known to offer scholarships for veterans and their families. Contact these organizations for additional information.

102nd Infantry Division Association
1821 Shackleford Road
Nashville, TN 37215
(615) 292-2469

37th Division Veterans Association
35 East Chestnut Street
Fourth Floor, Suite 425
Columbus, OH 43215

Air Force Aid Society
241 18th Street, Suite 2202
Arlington, VA 22202
(703) 607-3072, http://www.afas.org

Air Force Civilian Cooperative Work-Study Programs
Air Force Material Command (DPCF)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, OH 45433-5000
(513) 257-4136

Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA)
5211 Auth Road
Suitland, MD 20746
(800) 638-0594, (301) 899-8136

Amvets National Headquarters
4647 Forbes Boulevard
Lanham, MD 20706-4380
(301) 459-9600, (877) 726-8387

Army Emergency Relief
Education Department
200 Stovall Street
Alexandria, VA 22332

Blinded Veterans Association (BVA)
477 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-2694
(202) 371-8880

Daughters of the United States Army
P. O. Box 78
West Point, NY 10996
(845) 446-0566

Dolphin Scholarship Foundation
5040 Virginia Beach Blvd., Suite 1047
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
(757) 671-3200

Fleet Reserve Association (FRA)
125 N. West Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2754

Marianas Naval Officer's Wives' Club
Scholarship Chairwoman
COMNAVMAR, Box 49
FPO AP 96630

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
P.O. Box 3008
Princeton, NJ 08543
(609) 921-3534

National Board Civil Air Patrol
HQ CAP-USA/ETTC
105 S. Hansell St. Building 714
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 36112-6332
(205) 293-5315

National Fourth Infantry (IVY) Division Association
P.O. Box 276
Aquebogue, NY 11931
(516) 821-7284

Naval Academy Women's Club
Box 6417
Annapolis, MD 21401
(301) 267-7626

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
Education Programs
801 North Randolph Street
Arlington, VA 22203-1978
(703) 696-4960
http://www.nmcrs.org

Naval Personnel Command
NMPC-602
Washington, DC 20370

Navy Supply Corps Foundation, Inc.
Navy Supply Corps School
1425 Prince Avenue
Athens, GA 30606-2205
(706) 354-4111

Non-Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)
Scholarship Fund
P.O. Box 33610
San Antonio, TX 78265

Reserve Officers Association (ROA) of the United States
One Constitution Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002-5624
(202) 479-2200

Scholarships for Children of American Military Personnel
136 South Fuller Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(213) 934-2288

Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association
P.O. Box 6574
Silver Spring, MD 20916
(301) 871-3172

Second Marine Division Association
P.O. Box 8180
Camp LeJeune, NC 28542
(919) 451-3167

United States Naval Academy Class of 1963 Foundation
3309 Parkside Terrace
Fairfax, VA 22031

U.S. Army Reserve
P.O. Box 3219
Warminster, PA 18974-9844
(800) USA Army

U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II
405 Dillingham Blvd.
Norfolk Naval Station
Norfolk, VA 23511
(804) 451-3660

USO (United Service Organization)
P. O. Box 96860
Washington, DC 20090