Afghanistan and Iraq War Veterans Scholarship
AFCEA International
Award: $2500 – $2500
Deadline: November 30.
To provide monetary assistance for deserving students, teachers and military personnel engaged in disciplines related to hard science and technology. Qualifications: Applicants must be active-duty and honorably discharged U.S. military veterans and reservists and National Guard personnel of the Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan or Iraqi Freedom Operations; must be U.S. citizen currently enrolled and attending a four-year accredited college or university in the United States as a sophomores or juniors at the time of application, freshman and senior level students are ineligible to apply; Enrolled part time or full time in an eligible undergraduate degree program with overall 3.0 GPA is required; must be majoring in the following C4I-related fields related to the mission of AFCEA: Biometry/Biometrics, Computer Engineering, Computer Forensics Science, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Computer Systems, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Geospatial Science, Information Science, Information Technology, Information Resource Management, Intelligence, Mathematics, Network Engineering, Network Security, Operations, Research, Physics, Robotics Engineering, Robotics Technology, Statistics, Strategic Intelligence, and Telecommunications Engineering. Selection criteria: Recipients will be selected based on the committee's review of application. How to apply: Completed application along with at least two letters of recommendation from field-of-study professors, at least from commanding officers/employers in the related field of study; an official transcript reflecting all college/university level study; DD214 or current service paperwork showing service in Iraq and Afghanistan without SSN must be submitted. Focus: Communications; Engineering; Information science and technology; Intelligence service; Mathematics and mathematical sciences; Physics.