Permanently Disabled Military or Their Family or Family of Service Member Missing/KIA Scholarship

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About the Scholarship

Opens: 5/1/2023

Closes: 7/1/2023

Permanently Disabled Military or Their Family or Family Member of Service Member Missing/KIA Scholarship provides financial assistance to military personnel who have a disability and their spouses and children who are interested in attending college or graduate school in Virginia.

Win up to

$1,000

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

This program is open to 1) U.S. uniformed service members (active duty, drilling Reservist, National Guard) who have completed Basic Military Training or Officer Candidate School and have a permanent disability (50% or more); 2) spouses and children of military members who have a permanent disability (50% or more); and 3) spouses and children of service members missing or killed in action.

Applicants must be residents of Virginia or enrolled at an accredited institution of higher education certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV).

They must be working on a certificate, associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Details

Pursued Degree Level

Bachelor's Degree, Graduate Degree

Current Grade

College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior

Location

Country: US
State: VA

Veteran, Active Duty

Disability

Child of Deceased Parent, Child of Disabled Parent, Widow

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