The Fund for Veterans Education
This program will provide up to $1,000,000 in the 2008 & 2009 academic years to help meet the financial needs of veterans from all branches of the United States Armed forces who served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001 and who are now enrolled in college or vocational/technical school. Awards will be granted for the Spring 2008 term and may be renewed for next academic year 1008-2009. Students may be enrolled part-time or full-time.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Meet the Application Deadline: October 15, 2007
- Be veterans of any branch of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) Coast Guard, National Guard and Armed Forces Reserves
- Have served and been deployed for at least 60 days in Afghanistan or Iraq after September 11 2001, or be veterans who were deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq after September 11, 2001, but did not meet the 60-day active service period as a result of a service-related injury or condition incurred while serving in Afghanistan or Iraq.
- Be enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in an undergraduate program of study at any accredited two-year or four-year institution, public or private, including technical schools for the Spring 2008 term
- Have applied for and accepted all federal, state and institutional need-based grants and all available military educational benefits.
To learn more or to apply, visit the website below.
The Fund for Veterans Education is administered by Scholarship Management Services, a department of Scholarship America.
