The Al and Willamary Viste Scholarship will be awarded to either an upperclassman or to a graduate student and enrolled in Medicine or a Science Degree Program. Preference will be given, but is not limited, to obtaining a degree in one of the physical sciences, medical, or scientific research fields. The applicant's parents, grandparents, great grandparents, husband or wife must be (or if deceased, was) a regular or life member (not an associate member) of the 101st Airborne Division Association. The major factors to be considered in the evaluation and rating of applicants are eligibility, career objectives, academic record, and insight gained from the letter requesting consideration and letters of recommendation. Applicants shall not be attending nor accepted as a student to the United States Military Academy, the Naval Academy or the Air Force Academy. Applicants may apply and receive an award each year for a maximum of four years for an undergraduate degree and two years for a graduate degree. Applicants must submit all of their post-secondary education transcripts. Two letters of recommendation written within the past 6 months, from other than a relative, are also required. One must be from a college or university professor. Applicants must also write a letter and briefly discuss select subjects in addition to others they consider relevant. Al and Willamary Viste applicants must also give a concise statement of their long-term goals, to include post-graduate educational and professional aspirations, following graduation. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the 101st Airborne Division Association for more information.