Veteran's Ed Fund

Scholarships for VeteransVeterans are welcome at CIU!

The Fund for Veterans Education will provide up to $1,000,000 in the 2008 and 2009 academic years to help meet the financial need of veterans from all branches of the United States Armed Forces who served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001 and who are now enrolled in college or vocational-technical school.

The Fund for Veterans Education is administered by Scholarship Management Services, a department of Scholarship America.  Scholarship America is a national nonprofit education support and student aid service organization that seeks to involve and assist the public and private sectors in expanding educational opportunities and encouraging educational achievement.

To be eligible to apply to the Fund for Veterans Education, the student must –

  • Be a veteran of any branch of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines), Coast Guard, National Guard and Armed Forces Reserves.
  • Have served and been deployed for at least 60 days in Afghanistan or Iraq after September 11, 2001, or be a veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq after September 11, 2001, but did not meet the 60-day active service period as a result of a service-related injury or condition incurred while serving in Afghanistan or Iraq.
  • Be enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in an undergraduate program of study at any accredited two-year or four-year institution, public or private, including technical schools for the spring 2008 term.
  • Have applied for and accepted all federal, state and institutional need-based grants and all available military educational benefits.

 If selected as a recipient, the student will receive an award for the Spring 2008 term which may be renewed for the 2008-09 academic year.  The award is intended to cover any unmet financial need based on the cost of attendance, the student’s expected family contribution, federal, state and institutional need-based grants, and military educational benefits.

 Awards are for undergraduate study only and may be used for tuition, fees, books and supplies, and required equipment.

 Visit the official website and apply now: http://www.veteransfund.org/

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