Varies
Avg. Amount Awarded
Continuous
Application Deadline
No
Renewable
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What you'll need:
  • Checkmark Other - DD-214
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Application Form May Be Submitted By Mail
  • Checkmark Financial Need Analysis
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Helping Educate Reservists and their Offspring (HERO) Scholarship

Description

Helping Educate Reservists and their Offspring (HERO) Scholarship provides financial aid assistance to qualifying Georgia National Guard or United States Military Reservists, their spouses, and dependent children who seek a postsecondary education. Eligible applicants were deployed overseas on active duty service, on or after February 1, 2003, to a location designated as a combat zone. Kindly visit the scholarship site for the respective categories of the eligibilities and further details.

Amount Details

$2,000
Low Amount Awarded
$8,000
High Amount Awarded

Eligibility Requirements

  • CheckmarkMust be an undergraduate student
  • CheckmarkMust attend a university, a four-year college, two-year college or a vocational-tech school
  • CheckmarkCitizenship requirements: US
  • CheckmarkMust not be attending high school currently
  • CheckmarkBoth full-time and part-time students
  • CheckmarkRestricted to residents of Georgia
  • CheckmarkRestricted to students studying in Georgia
  • Checkmark Must be in or a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Checkmark Must be in or a veteran of the U.S. Air Force National Guard Checkmark Must be in or a veteran of the U.S. Army Checkmark Must be in or a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard Checkmark Must be a dependent of the service(s) specified above Checkmark Must be in or a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard Checkmark Must be in or a veteran of the U.S. Marines Checkmark Must be in or a veteran of the U.S. Navy Checkmark Must be in or a veteran of any U.S. Armed Service

How to Apply

What you'll need:

  • Checkmark Other - DD-214
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Application Form May Be Submitted By Mail
  • Checkmark Financial Need Analysis
Contact programadmin@gsfc.org
Tel: 800-505-4732 Address Georgia Student Finance Authority
2082 East Exchange Place
Tucker, GA 30084