Delaware Educational Benefits for Children of Deceased Veterans and Others

Delaware Educational Benefits for Children of Deceased Veterans and Others

Scholarship Description

Program designed to benefit for Children of Deceased Veterans and Others. *check back later for updates on scholarship availability.

Additional Information

  • Type Of Award: SCHOLARSHIP
  • Amount: Priority sequence for awards is

    tuition and required fees at a public college in Delaware;
    tuition and required fees at a private college in Delaware, if the program of study is not offered at a Delaware public college; or
    tuition and required fees at an out-of-state public or private college, if there is no institution in Delaware offering the program of study.
    Award will be prorated for eligible students who choose to attend an institution that is out of this sequence. Award is limited to four years.
  • Application Deadline: 6 - 8 weeks before classes begin.
  • Level Of Study:
    • UNSPECIFIED
  • Automatic Consideration: NO
  • Renewable:
    • UNSPECIFIED

Field of Study

  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Architecture and Construction
  • Media, Arts and Communications
  • Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Education and Training
  • Finance
  • Government and Public Administration
  • Health Sciences
  • Hospitality
  • Human Services
  • Information Technology
  • Law and Security
  • Manufacturing
  • Engineering
  • Science
  • Trades
  • Transportation

Minimum Requirement

Eligibility Requirements:

Applicant must have been a resident of the state of Delaware for three or more consecutive years prior to the date of application.
If the applicant's parent is a member of the armed forces, the parent must have been a resident of Delaware at the time of death or declaration of missing in action or prisoner of war status.
Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen
Applicant must be between the ages of 16 and 24.
Applicant must be the child of one of the following:
member of the armed forces whose cause of death was service-related;
member of the armed forces who is being held or was held as a prisoner of war;
member of the armed forces who is officially declared missing in action;
state police officer whose cause of death was service-related; or
state employee of the Department of Transportation routinely employed in job-related activities upon the state highway system whose cause of death was job-related.

Contact Information

Department of Education - School Supports
The Townsend Building
401 Federal St.
Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901-3639
Phone: 302-735-4000

Potential Careers

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