Applicant must be between grades 9 and 12 and be able to write and record an essay between three and five minutes based on a theme which is different each year. The first-place recipient, who competes with all the first-place VFW Department...
Award: $30,000
Deadline: 11/01/2025 (334 days left)
Applicant must be a high school student who is able to write a three- to five-minute essay on an annual patriotic theme and record it on a good-quality audio cassette or CD. Selection is based upon delivery, originality, and content.
Award: $30,000
Total awarded: 57
Applications: 80000
Deadline: 11/01/2025 (334 days left)
Applicant must be a Wisconsin resident and a veteran, or child or spouse of an eligible deceased veteran with at least two years of active-duty service, 90 days of wartime service, or other active-duty service in conflicts or peacekeeping m...
Award: $25,000
Applicant must enroll at a two-year or four-year Maryland college or university, as a full-time or part-time, degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate student or attend a private career school and be the son or daughter of a member of the U...
Award: $15,700
Total awarded: 66
Deadline: 07/15/2025 (225 days left)
Applicant must be 13 to 16 years old, have been an active member of the Ladies Auxiliary Junior Girls Unit for at least one year, and have held an office in the unit. Three letters of recommendation (one from a school teacher, a Junior Girl...
Award: $10,000
Total awarded: 2
Deadline: 03/11/2025 (99 days left)
Applicant must be a Wisconsin resident, have a minimum 3.2 GPA, demonstrate financial need, attend an accredited school, and be the child, wife, or widow of a veteran. Granddaughters and great-granddaughters of veterans are eligible if they...
Award: $10,000
Total awarded: 6
Deadline: 03/15/2025 (103 days left)
Applicant must attend school in the same state as the sponsoring Auxiliary and submit artwork for a creative, patriotic art competition.
Award: $10,000
Total awarded: 4
Applications: 8586
Deadline: 03/31/2025 (119 days left)
Applicant must be a Delaware resident between the ages of 16 and 24 who is the child of a deceased military veteran or state police officer who was a Delaware resident, and whose death was service related.
Award: $8,500
Total awarded: 2
Applications: 1
Applicant must be a veteran.
Award: $5,894
Total awarded: 5
School specific : Naropa University
Applicant must be the child of a deceased, disabled, or combat veteran or veteran listed as a POW/MIA. The veteran must have been a legal resident of North Carolina at the time of entry into service, or the child must have been born in Nort...
Award: $4,500
Total awarded: 370
Applications: 697
Deadline: 03/01/2025 (89 days left)