First Responder
Scholarships
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SCLEOA Scholarships
Amount: $7,000. About: Offered by South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association, the SCLEOA Scholarships is a $7,000 award to provide financial assistance to local graduating high school seniors with a connection to SCLEOA. Applicant must be a child of an SCLEOA member; must be a graduating high school senior in South Carolina; the parent(s) or…
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W.H. ‘Howie’ McClennan Scholarship
Amount: $2,500. About: Offered by the International Association of Fire Fighters, the W.H. “Howie” McClennan Scholarship helps to fund the undergraduate education of sthe ons, daughters or legally adopted children of firefighters killed in the line of duty. Applicants must plan to attend a university, accredited college, or school of higher learning in the United…
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Vincent Bennett, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $20,000 (over 4 years). About: The First Responders Children’s Foundation offers the Vincent Bennett Jr. Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to an incoming freshman who is the child of a law enforcement officer or firefighter, who was killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Students who are majoring in engineering are…
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Children of Heroes Scholarship
Amount: Unspecified. About: Offered by the First Responders Children’s Foundation in partnership with Scooter Braun and SB Projects, the Children of Heroes Scholarship was established in 2022 to help support children of first responders and medical personnel directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each year, over an eight-year period, three students will be awarded the…
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First Responders Children’s Foundation College Scholarships
Amount: Up to $6,250 per year. About: The First Responders Children’s Foundation College Scholarships are awarded to the children of first responders who were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Applicants must be the biological, adopted, or step-child of a police officer, firefighter, EMT, paramedic or 911 dispatcher; be pursuing their first…
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Victoria Ovis Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $2,000. About: Offered by the First Responders Children’s Foundation, the Victoria Ovis Memorial Scholarship is a one-time $2,000 award open to the children of law enforcement officers who were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Applicants must reside and attend school in New York State or the New York metropolitan area.…