Amount: $5,000. About: Offered by Military Officers Association of America, the American Patriot Scholarship is a $5,000 award to help children of uniformed services personnel-officers and enlisted- who died while in active service as a member of the regular, guard or reserve forces. Students must be a child of a member of the Uniformed Services who died while in Active service or was severely wounded (as defined as Traumatic SGLI); must be under the age of 24 at the time of application; must be maximum age for students who are serving or have served in the Armed Forces before completing college will be increased by the number of years served, for up to five years of service or 29 years of age; each student is eligible to receive the American Patriot Scholarship for up to five years of undergraduate study at an accredited 2- or 4-year college or university of their choice; students should check this box on the application instead of the interest-free loan box if they think they qualify; must be attending an accredited college or university as full-time students during the Current academic year; applicants must have a parent eligible for MOAA membership or be children of active duty, Reserve, National Guard, or retired enlisted military personnel; must have a high school GPA of 3.0 or higher; children attending U.S. military academies and academy prep schools are not eligible; if selected for any Educational Assistance program, the sponsoring parent must have a paid MOAA membership (if parent is a military officer) throughout the college years and, if applicable, until the loan is repaid.
Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, Community College Student, High School Senior
Eligible Majors: All Majors
Residency Requirement: No residency requirement
Minimum GPA: 3
Deadline: March 1. Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.