FORT EUSTIS, Va. –
Army Emergency Relief offers two scholarship programs for spouses and children of Soldiers on active-duty, retirees or widows and widowers of deceased Soldiers on active-duty or in retired status.
Spouses Education Assistance Program
The Spouses Education Assistance Program awards funding to spouses pursuing their first undergraduate degree at an accredited college or university. Recipients may be enrolled full-time, taking 12 credit hours per semester or term, or part-time, taking six credit hours per semester.
According to Marlon James, chief of Fort Eustis' Casualty Assistance Center, recipients are eligible to receive this scholarship for up to four years of full-time enrollment or eight years of part-time enrollment. Funds may be used for tuition, fees, books, supplies, English as a Second Language (ESL), and GED classes, CLEP and TOEFL tests and DANTES programs.
To be eligible, the applicant must meet the following requirements:
- Be the spouse of either a Soldier on federal active-duty, a retired Soldier or the widow(er) of a Soldier who died on active-duty or in a retired status.
- Be registered as the Spouse in DEERS.
- Be pursuing their first under-graduate degree at a school accredited by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
Maj. Gen. James Ursano Scholarship Program
The Maj. Gen. James Ursano Scholarship Program awards funding to children pursuing their first undergraduate degree at an accredited college or university. Funds may be used for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and room and board.
To be eligible, the applicant must meet the following requirements:
- Be the dependent child of either a Soldier on federal active-duty, a retired Soldier or a Soldier who died on active duty or in a retired status.
- Be registered as dependent in DEERS.
- Have a high school diploma or GED diploma.
- Be under the age of 23.
- Be unmarried for the entire academic year.
- Be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student for the entire academic year at a school accredited by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Applications for scholarships will be available the first week of January 2013 on the AER website at
www.aerhq.org. Brochures are available at the Fort Eustis AER Office in Building 601, Room 116.