Disabled War Veterans Scholarships are sponsored by Microsoft and the AFCEA Educational Foundation. Each scholarship is $2,500. each.
Scholarships are offered to active-duty service personnel, honorably discharged U.S. military veterans, reservists, and National Guard personnel who are disabled because of wounds received during service in Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan or Iraqi Freedom Operations.
Applicants must be currently enrolled and attending either a two-year or four-year accredited college or university in the United States. Students may also be enrolled in an accredited distance-learning or online degree-granting program affiliated with a major, accredited two-year or four-year college or university in the United States.
Candidates must be majoring in the following/related fields:
- electrical
- aerospace
- systems or computer engineering
- computer engineering technology
- computer network systems
- information systems security
- computer information systems
- information systems management
- technology management
- electronics engineering technology
- computer science
- physics
- mathematics
- science or mathematics education
- or majors directly related to the support of U.S. intelligence or national security
Academic excellence, leadership and financial need are factors that will determine scholarship winners.
Next deadline is November 1, 2010.
For official rules and eligibility requirements, read more about the Disabled Veteran Scholarship.
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