MIA KIA Dependents' Scholarship
The MIA KIA Dependents' Scholarship is a Grant sponsored by .
Award Information:
Amount of Grant: Comprehensive Tuition
Application Deadline: 1-Aug
Requirements: Applicant must be the dependent child or spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who was declared killed in action, missing in action, or prisoner of war after 1960, and was a resident of Arkansas before entering the Armed Forces. Award may be used at Arkansas public schools only.
Eligibility: College freshman, College sophomore, College junior, College senior, Master's-level study, Doctoral-level study
Sponsorship provided by:
You can find out more by contacting:
June Morgan
Assistant Coordinator of Student Financial Aid
One may find it helpful to investigate available information on the grant. The best shot of achieving your goal comes from initially researching the prerequisites and then determining if you qualify. A good first step is to figure out the driving force for the sponsor and what they hope to achieve with the MIA/KIA Dependents' Scholarship. Once that is done, verify that you have any likelihood of being awarded the grant. Once you believe that you have a decent shot that you can be one of the winners of the MIA/KIA Dependents' Scholarship, then it is worth it to use your time.
One critical detail in the process of trying for the grant is filling out the application correctly. Occasionally the process can be time consuming and tiresome, but you shouldn't underestimate how important it is that your work was done properly and completely. Avoid mistakes that might make you be denied as the result of something that could have been avoided.
After the required forms have been mailed, it's important to know when the MIA/KIA Dependents' Scholarship actually dispenses the resources in order to know whether or not you will be able to count on the grant to help meet any bills associated with your education and what assistance it will provide, since there might be constraints on how you can use the MIA/KIA Dependents' Scholarship. You might find it challenging to handle the expenses associated with school, and having the additional resources of the MIA/KIA Dependents' Scholarship to defray some of the costs is often invaluable. If you don't end up getting the MIA/KIA Dependents' Scholarship, try not to be upset, there will be alternative grants and you may find success elsewhere.
