Educational Financial Assistance
Program
AFSA Chapter 615/Auxiliary 615 may award a total of eight (8)
$500 scholarships totaling $4000 and ten (10) $150
educational grants annually in an effort to provide financial assistance
to those enlisted members and their families who plan on attending
college.
AM I ELIGIBLE?
1. Sponsor and/or applicant must hold membership in AFSA 615/Auxiliary
615 by December 31 of the previous year.
2. Applicant shall be an enlisted Air Force active duty, guard,
reserve, retired, veteran or immediate family member.
3. Scholarship applicants require a 2.5 grade point average from
the immediate year prior to application submission.
4. All applicants must be a High School graduate or possess a General
Education Diploma.
5. Must not be older than 23 years old at the time of application
submission.
HOW DO I APPLY?
Step 1: Complete and sign an Application Form.
Step 2: Submit a Photography Release letter, if under the age of
18, for AFSA press releases.
Step 3: Mail completed applications to the AFSA address provided
at the bottom of the application.
HOW ARE DECISIONS MADE?
Awards are based solely on applicant’s eligibility. Essays,
briefings, demonstrations are not required. An Oversight Committee
comprised of Chapter members is established to screen applications
for eligibility criteria only. The Oversight Committee removes personal
information from applications and provides applications to a Selection
Committee to determine selections. The Executive Council has final
selection authority.
WHAT ELSE SHOULD I KNOW?
1. Each award is for one year; applicants must re-apply for consideration
the following year.
2. All application materials must be submitted together by the applicant.
3. All applicants will be notified of selection/non-selection decisions.
4. Scholarships: All scholarship applications MUST be received or
postmarked NLT 30 March. Any monies awarded to scholarship recipients
will be deposited directly into the awardee's account at the school
of his/her choice, to be used for tuition fees only. Once an awardee
has been notified that he/she has been selected for this scholarship,
it will be their responsibility to provide the scholarship committee
with a letter of acceptance, which includes their student account
number, from their school of choice. No funds will be disbursed
until this has been accomplished. At no time will funds be disbursed
directly to the awardee.
5. Grants: Grants are designed to provide financial assistance for
students attending college part-time. It is designed to help pay
for books and associated school costs. Applications can be submitted
at any time after class start. Grant applicants are required to
submit paid receipts of books or associated school costs in order
to receive direct reimbursement costs for the $150
award.
WHERE CAN I GET AN APPLICATION?
Applications are available at this web site or at several local
school Counselors offices.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. All applications must be either typewritten (preferred) or legibly
handwritten in blue/black ink.
2. All spaces must be completed. If a question does not apply or
the information is unavailable place N/A in that space.
3. Any response to questions which will not fit in the space provided
will be completed on a separate page. You may finish more than one
answer on a sheet of paper; however, ensure you clearly identify
which answer you are completing.
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