Applications
for the 2014 Scholarships for Military Children Program become available Dec. 3
at commissaries worldwide and online.
Applications must be submitted to the nearest
commissary by close of business February 28, 2014. Packages must be hand-delivered
or shipped via U.S. Postal Service or other delivery methods, not emailed or
faxed.
This year's
award amount has risen to $2,000, and the program awards at least one
scholarship at each commissary with qualified applicants.
An applicant must be a dependent, unmarried
child, younger than 21 - or 23, if enrolled as a full-time student at a college
or university - of a service member on active duty, Reserve or Guard member,
retiree or survivor of a military member who died while on active duty, or
survivor of a retiree.
Applicants
should ensure that they and their sponsor are enrolled in the Defense
Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System database and have a military ID card.
The applicant must attend or plan to attend an accredited college or
university, full time, in the fall of 2014 or be enrolled in studies designed
to transfer to a four-year program.
Fisher HouseFoundation, a nonprofit organization that helps service members and their
families, administers the program. Scholarship Managers, a national, nonprofit,
scholarship management services organization, manages and awards the
scholarships. Commissary partners and the general public donate money to the
program; every dollar donated goes directly to funding the scholarships.
Since the
inception of the program in 2001, more than $11.3 million in scholarships have
been awarded to 7,412 military dependents from more than 71,000 applicants.
For more
information, students or sponsors should call Scholarship Managers at
856-616-9311 or e-mail.
