Spouse & Family Scholarships

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Children of U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force members in the following categories: 

Active Duty, Title 10 Reserve and Guard on extended active duty, and Title 32 Guard performing full-time active duty through December 1 of the academic year. 

Retired due to length of active duty service or disability. 

Retired AGR/Reserve with 20+ satisfactory service years creditable for retired pay and placed on the Air Force or Space Force Reserve Retired List (no other retired classifications are considered eligible). 

Deceased member who died while on active duty or in retired status. 

Children must not reach age 24 during the award year.

Spouses of U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force members in the following categories:  

Active Duty, Title 10 Reserve and Guard on extended active duty, and Title 32 Guard performing full-time active duty through December 1 of the academic year. 

Surviving spouses of Air Force and Space Force members who died while on active duty or in retired status. 

Spouses must be legally married to the member (not separated or pending divorce) at the time of application and disbursement of award. 

All applicants must: 

Be a high school graduate enrolled or accepted as a full-time undergraduate student in the upcoming academic year. 

Be enrolled or accepted in an accredited college, university or vocational/trade school approved by the U.S. Department of Education for participation in federal aid programs. 

Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale and remain in good standing with the school. 

Not be a graduate or professional student. 

Not be a veteran or a member of the National Guard, Reserves or other military branch. 

 AMVETS is proud to offer scholarships/grants to our nation’s Veterans, Active Duty, Guard and Reserves; their Spouses as well as their Children and Grandchildren.

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AMVETS scholarships are designed to fulfill a financial gap after all Federal/State grants and/or scholarships available to an eligible applicant have been exhausted.

 SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES

• Applications are accepted each year between February 1 and March 31. If March 31 falls on a weekend, the deadline date will be extended to the close of the first business day following March 31.
• Scholarship awards are up to $5,000…not to exceed $2,500 (minimum payment of $100) per term. If, after submitting a check in it is determined that the awardee has an unmet need of less than $2,500, Folds of Honor will only disburse the student’s actual unmet need, based on their school account balance. Remaining funds will be retained by Folds of Honor and may be utilized by the student at another payment term within the same academic year.
• Applicants must reapply each year they are interested in receiving funds from Folds of Honor.
• All application information must be submitted through the Folds of Honor online portal.
• Documentation is not accepted via US mail, fax, email or over the phone.
• Offer or denial notifications will be sent in mid-July. All funds are mailed directly to the educational institution. No funds are sent directly to an awardee.

 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Child or step-child of one of the following:
  • Active duty, Reserve, or veteran* U.S. Marine
  • A Marine killed while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps
  • Active duty, reserve, or veteran U.S. Navy Corpsman, Navy Chaplain or Religious Program Specialist who is or was attached to a U.S. Marine Corps unit or who was killed while serving with a U.S. Marine Corps unit*
• Minimum unweighted 2.00 GPA
• Demonstrate financial need through a family adjusted gross income of $117,000 or less for the 2022 tax year
• Attending or planning to attend an accredited school that is eligible for federal funding
• Submit a completed application with all required documents by the deadline

* Veterans must have received an honorable discharge.

Applicant Eligibility

Children of active duty, retired or qualifying deceased Sailors and Marines ● Must be under age 23 by September 30 of current academic year ● Surviving children of Sailors and Marines who passed on active duty or after retirement

Spouses of active duty or retired Sailors and Marines

Active duty Sailor or Marine enrolled in a MECEP/MECP program is eligible for the loan

Applicants Pursuing: • Career & Technical Education • Associates degrees • Bachelors degrees • Masters degrees

  Mrs. Patty Shinseki Spouse Scholarship Program 

Applicants may receive assistance for up to four academic years of full-time study or eight academic years of part-time study. Applicants must re-apply each year. Spouses may apply year-round.

Award amounts vary each year depending on the:

• Number of applicants
• Total approved scholarship budget
• Applicant’s Expected Family Contribution (per Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
• Average cost of attendance to attend a college or university in the United States (per College Board)

The Maj. Gen. James Ursano Scholarship Program for Dependent Children is based on applicants’ financial needs and was established to assist children of Soldiers in obtaining their first undergraduate degrees. Applicants may receive assistance for up to four academic years of full-time study but must meet eligibility criteria and reapply each year.

Award amounts vary each year based on the:

• Number of applicants
• Total approved scholarship budget
• Applicant’s Student Aid Index (per Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
• Average cost of attendance to attend a college or university in the United States (per College Board)

The 2024-2025 application cycle runs from Feb. 1 through April 1, 2024.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

Daughter or son of a current or veteran United States Army Special Forces Soldier.

Undergraduate students must not have reached 26 years of age by 15 October 2024.

Graduate students must not have reached 28 years of age by 15 October 2024.

Full-time student pursuing degree/certification completion at an accredited post-secondary institution.

A high school senior, high school graduate, or registered as a full-time undergraduate student at an accredited college or post-secondary vocational/technical institute.

For graduate school scholarships, currently enrolled as a college senior or obtained a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and applied to an accredited graduate school program.

All CGMA members are eligible for Education Loans on behalf of themselves, their spouse, and/or their dependent children under 23.

Eligibility is based on the status of the CGMA client and the student as of the first day of the course.

The student must be either:

• Enrolled in a college or university undergraduate or postgraduate degree program.
• Pursuing a multi course Vocational and Technical Training (VoTech) program approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs or Department of Education and designed to prepare the student for entry into a career field.
• Seeking a General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
• Completing a correspondence course that is part of a college or university degree program or VoTech certificate program.

Education Loans cannot be used for:

• Dependents in high school or grade school.

The Scholarships for Military Children program is open to unmarried military dependent children under the age 23 who possess a valid Uniformed Services Identification (USID) card. In addition, a student's parent(s)/sponsor(s) must be one of the following: active duty, reserve/guard, deceased, or retired from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Space Force.

• Must be enrolled or planning to enroll in a full-time undergraduate program leading to a bachelor’s degree or a community/junior college designed to allow for a direct transfer into a four-year program.
• High school applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 basis).
• College applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. College freshmen must submit a first-semester college transcript.
• Applicants or sponsors do not need to live at an installation with a commissary – simply select the commissary where you shop or the one nearest to you.

 Further eligibility clarification

• Federal Employees or employees of a federal contractor are not eligible for the Fellowship. For example, anyone who works in a paid capacity at a Fleet and Family Support Center, Army Community Service Center, or Airman & Family Readiness Center, or who works for a government contractor in any capacity, is ineligible for the Fellowship.
• Military spouses who work in an unpaid capacity (volunteer) for those government entities above are eligible.
• Employees of non-federal government entities (state, county, municipalities) are eligible.
• Employees of services’ relief organizations are eligible. These are not government entities, even though they serve the military.
• Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) employees are eligible. These employees could work for:
  • The Exchange (formerly AAFES)
  • NEX
  • MCX
  • CGX (Navy or Marine Corps or Coast Guard Exchanges)
  • MWR (Morale Welfare and Recreation)
• Spouses of veterans who are not military retirees are not eligible. If your spouse is not currently serving on Active Duty, in the Guard or Reserve, or retired from Active Duty, Guard, or Reserve service, you are not eligible for the Fellowship

 Eligibility is based on a spouse or caregiver’s ability to show their post-9/11 service member or veteran sustained a combat-related injury and/or has a 100% permanent and total VA disability rating to include Individual Unemployability. The Hope For The Warriors Scholarship Program considers a combat-related injury to be an injury caused by armed conflict, hazardous duty, instrumentality of war, and simulated war.

Scholarship awards are made payable to the recipient’s institution for payment of tuition, books and supplies. The scholarship is for U.S. colleges and universities only.