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Free handbook for active military personnel covers everything you need to know about: the GI Bill, tuition assistance, scholarships, veteran benefits, student aid, selecting the right degree for you and more. Click here to order a copy.

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AMVETS partners with certain universities to provide tuition discounts and scholarships to veterans and their families.

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Support for Army Aviation soldiers and families including financial assistance for college-level education of members and spouses, unmarried siblings, unmarried children and unmarried grandchildren of current and deceased members.

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Provides college scholarships to students who are dependents of Coast Guard active duty, reserve and military retired members, current civilian NAF and APF employees and current Coast Guard Auxiliarists that meet eligibility requirements.

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Cautionary information regarding scholarship scams. Includes links on looking for federal and state student aid.

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Scholarships for spouses of Uniformed Services members (active duty, National Guard and Reserve, retirees and survivors) to obtain professional certification or to attend post-secondary or graduate school. Download the scholarship factsheet in .pdf format.

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Provides educational scholarships for dependents and spouses of service members who are either killed or disabled while serving and defending our great nation. You can begin the application process online.

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Provides educational scholarships to children of an active duty service member who was killed, permanently disabled or who is currently certified as POW or MIA.

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Awards scholarships to spouses of wounded and fallen service members.

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Offers competitive scholarships awarded annually.

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Provides financial assistance to the dependents and direct descendants of sea service personnel for college and university expenses.

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Provides members of the Navy and Marine Corps and eligible family members and survivors with needs-based scholarships and interest-free loans for educational purposes.

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University of Idaho Scholarship for severely injured U.S. military personnel and/or their spouses.

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Find scholarships and grants exclusively for the military community though this search tool from Military.com.

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The National Amputation Foundation offers six scholarships to college students with a major limb amputation, who will be attending an accredited university as a full time student. Application deadline was August 31, 2008.

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Provides information on scholarships and fellowships for veterans with disabilities. Includes links to other kinds of financial help including loans and fellowships.

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Information on organizations offering grants and scholarship opportunities to people who are blind or have a visual impairment.

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Scholarships awarded at every commissary for payment of tuition, books, lab fees and other related expenses. Open to dependent unmarried children under age 21 (23 if enrolled as a full-time student) of active duty personnel, Reserve/National Guard and retired military members or survivors of deceased members.

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Offers college scholarships, financial aid and educational counseling for children of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission or training accident.

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Contact information for state higher education agencies, which provide information on education programs, colleges and universities, financial aid assistance programs, grants, scholarships, continuing education programs and career opportunities.

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Provides information on state reintegration programs and services for service members returning from overseas and their families, which include emergency financial assistance, education and housing programs, mental health hotlines, services for PTSD and TBI and reintegration counseling.

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Guidelines, instructions and nomination forms for scholarships through National Association of Veterans Upward Bound Project Personnel (NAVUBPP), a program designed to help eligible military veterans refresh their academic skills so that they can successfully complete the post-secondary school of their choosing.

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Program of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) provides scholarships for education or training to VFW members who are currently serving in uniform or have been discharged in the past 36 months.

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