COMMISSARY SCHOLARSHIP Deadline for 2015 scholarship applications is Feb. 13 FORT LEE, Va. (Jan. 15, 2015) – The deadline for submitting applications for this years Scholarships for Military Children is Feb. 13. All students interested and eligible to apply should gather their materials and submit their applications as soon as possible. One item that can take some time is the essay requirement on the following topic: Choose a woman who during WWII significantly influenced military decisions for either the Allied or Axis forces. Discuss what she did and why, how her actions impacted the war effort, and any unique challenges she may have faced. Scholarship awards will be based on funds available, but the scholarship program awards at least $2,000 at each commissary. If there are no eligible applicants from a particular commissary, the funds designated for that commissary will be awarded as an additional scholarship at another store. The Scholarships for Military Children Program was created in 2001 to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community. Since its inception, the program has awarded more than $12.5 million in scholarships to 8,012 children of service members. Applications are available in commissaries worldwide and online at militaryscholar.org. Applications must be turned in to a commissary by close of business Feb. 13. At least one scholarship will be awarded at every commissary location with qualified applicants. To apply for a scholarship, the student must be a dependent, unmarried child, younger than 21 (or 23, if enrolled as a full-time student at a college or university) of either a service member on active duty, a reservist, a guardsman or a retiree, or the survivor of a military member who died while on active duty, or the survivor of a retiree. Eligibility is determined using the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System database. Applicants should ensure that they, as well as their sponsor, are enrolled in the DEERS database and have a current military ID card. The applicant must also be planning to attend or already attending an accredited college or university, full time, in the fall of 2015 or be enrolled in a program of studies designed to transfer directly into a four-year program. Applicants who are awarded a full scholarship or receive an appointment to one of the military academies or affiliated preparatory schools are not eligible to receive funds from this program. A full scholarship is usually defined as one that provides for payment of tuition, books, lab fees and other expenses. The scholarship program is administered by Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to service members and their families. Scholarship Managers, a national, nonprofit, scholarship-management services organization, manages and awards these military scholarships. If students have questions about the scholarship program application, call Scholarship Managers at 856-616-9311 or email them at militaryscholar@scholarshipmanagers. No government funds are used to support the Scholarships for Military Children Program. Commissary vendors, manufacturers, brokers, suppliers and the general public donate money to fund the program. Every dollar donated goes directly to funding the scholarships.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:22:28 +0000