ELIGIBILITY

This scholarship is for students enrolled or planning to enroll full-time as an undergraduate in a U.S. accredited two year, four year, or vocational school during the 2009-2010 academic year. Applicant must be a family member, enrolled in DEERS, of an active duty, guard/reserve, retired, or deceased EOD Technician.

The EOD Memorial Committee determines scholarship amounts based on the funds available. Awards are paid directly to the academic institution for the student’s tuition, books, fees, and on-campus housing.

Award priorities are as follows:

1. Family members of those whose names are on the EOD Memorial.

2. Applicants who have never received the EOD award.

3. Past EOD Scholarship recipients, with a limit of four awards per person.

Applications are reviewed anonymously by the Scholarship Selection Board, which consists of enlisted and officer spouses from each of the services. Selection criteria are academic merit, community involvement, and financial need.




APPLICATION

Here is the scholarship application. Right-click HERE and choose 'save target as' to download the application and instructions to your hard drive in MS Word 97-2003 format. If you don't have MS Word on your computer you can click HERE to open the html formatted page in a new window. You may need to turn off your pop-up blocker if the page doesn't open. The application period is from 1 January 2009 to 1 March 2009. Remember, the DEADLINE is March 1st, 2009. You will be notified by e-mail when your scholarship packet (application, transcript, FAFSA summary) is complete.

Electronic submission is encouraged. You can download the application in Word format, fill it out with either MS Word or a Word compatible word processor and e-mail to admin@eodmemorial.org. If you use a Word compatible program be sure to save your application in Word format!

We require the FAFSA, Free Application for Federal Student Aid which can be found at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Contact Mary McKinley for more information: E-mail to admin@eodmemorial.org, Phone (850)729-2401, Fax (850)729-2401.