2024 EDUCATION FOUNDATION APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
FRA believes that educating our service members, veterans and their
families is important to their futures, as well as the future of our
country. In addition to FRA's longstanding advocacy for enhanced DoD and
VA education benefits, the FRA Education Foundation was established in 2009, to
support the needs of students pursuing higher education.
The Foundation sponsors a generous scholarship program
that helps deserving students reach their educational and professional
goals by presenting awards of up to $5,000 to students pursuing trade school, community and four year college, and graduate degrees. The Foundation presents approximately $90,000
each year to recipients based on financial need, academic standing,
character and leadership qualities.
ELIGIBILITY
Students may apply for Foundation scholarships if they are
affiliated with the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard through their own service or that
of a spouse, parent, grandparent or great-grandparent. FRA
members in good standing, their spouses, children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren are eligible for a wider
range of Foundation scholarships. Scholarship recipients must be U.S.
citizens and full-time students at an accredited U.S. trade school, community college, college or university.
Some scholarships have broad criteria for eligibility, while
others are more specific. Here is a list of FRA's scholarships and their eligibility criteria,
as well as other scholarships offered by the Auxiliary of the FRA and
other affiliated entities.
APPLICATION PROCESS
The FRA Education Foundation makes scholarship applications available
from September 1 through April 15 each year. (The applications are
posted at the bottom of this page as pdf files.) All applications and
supporting documents must be postmarked no later than April 15th.
- Applications and documents postmarked later than April 15 will not be considered
- Applications that are incomplete in any way will not be considered
All eligible applicants will be considered for any
scholarship for which they meet the eligibility requirement (based on
the desires of the donor). Scholarship recipients are notified by email
during the summer about awards for the school year that starts that
fall. FRA only notifies the applicants who have been selected to receive
a scholarship. Then, after recipients respond with additional
information to determine if they still qualify to receive the
scholarship, they receive an official letter signed by the Foundation President.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
The FRA Education Foundation has also partnered with several
institutions of higher learning that offer college courses, degree
programs and credits for military training to FRA members at discounted
rates. See our Education Resources page for more details.
2023 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
The full list of FRA's 2023 scholarship recipients is now available.
Do you have questions about FRA Education Foundation scholarships?
E-mail Trish Stidham, our
scholarship administrator, for further assistance.