The National Guard Educational Foundation (NGEF) created a college scholarship fund for the children of more than 650 National Guardsmen killed in the war on terrorism. The DRS Guardian Scholarship Fund, which will be administered by the NGEF and underwritten by DRS Technologies, Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., will provide up to $6,250 per year to selected students attending a four-year institution or a two-year program at a community college or technical school.
The DRS Guardian Scholarship Fund is open to any high school or college student who is a son or daughter of a Guardsman killed in an operational or training mission in support of operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, or New Dawn. Scholarship funds will be paid directly to the school and can be applied to tuition, applicable room and board, fees and books. Funds for the scholarships will be provided by the DRS Charitable Foundation, which has given more than $5 million to charities, including the USO, Operation Mend and the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
Applicants must have already been accepted by a nationally or regionally accredited college, university, or trade school. A panel created by NGEF will review the applicants and determine recipients based on a combination of academic merit and financial need. Deadline for applications for the 2011-2012 school year is June 30, 2011. Recipients will be notified by August 1, 2011.
Complete details, an application and an explanation of how to contribute to the fund are available at http://www.drsfoundation.net/guard. (Source: http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=302)
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