Nuclear (Submarine and Surface) Option of the Seaman to Admiral-21 Scholarship

U.S. Navy

Accepting Applications

About the Scholarship

Opens: 4/1/2025

Closes: 6/1/2025

Nuclear (Submarine and Surface) Option of the Seaman to Admiral-21 Scholarship to allow outstanding enlisted Navy personnel to attend a college or university with an NROTC unit, complete a bachelor's degree and receive a commission in the nuclear officer community.

Win up to

$10,000

Essay Required: No
Need-Based: No
Merit-Based: No
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Requirements

This program is open to U.S. citizens who are currently serving on active duty in the U.S. Navy or Naval Reserve, including Full-Time Support (FTS), Selected Reserves (SELRES), and Navy Reservists on active duty, except for those on active duty for training (ACDUTRA).

Only personnel 1) currently enrolled in the Naval Nuclear Training Pipeline (i.e., Nuclear Field ASchool, Naval Nuclear Power School, or Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit); or 2) who have completed the naval nuclear power training pipeline, hold a nuclear NEC (335X, 336X, 338X, or 339X), and are stationed at any command.

Applicants must be high school graduates (or GED recipients) who are able to complete the requirements for a baccalaureate degree in 36 months or less.

When they complete their degree requirements, they must be younger than 31 years of age.

Sea returnee staff instructors must finish prior to their 31st birthday.

Applicants must have taken the SAT or ACT within the past 3 years and achieved a score of 1140 or higher on the SAT or 50 or higher on the ACT. Their proposed college major must be in a technical area.

After commissioning, participants incur an activeduty obligation of 5 years.