JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas –
The Army Emergency Relief scholarship program is a secondary mission to help Army families with the cost of education.
AER offers two scholarships: the Spouse Education Assistance Program and the Maj. Gen. James Ursano Scholarship Program for Dependent Children.
The Spouse Education Assistance Program provides need-based scholarships for spouses of Soldiers. Recipients are eligible to receive scholarships for up to four years of full-time enrollment or eight years of part-time enrollment in an accredited college or university. Funds may be used for tuition, fees, books, supplies, English as a Second Language and GED classes, CLEP and Test of English as a Second Language, or TOEFL, tests. Scholarships may not be used for second undergraduate degrees or master’s programs.
The Maj. Gen. James Ursano Scholarship for Dependent Children provides need-based scholarships for children of Soldiers. Recipients are eligible to receive scholarships for up to four years of full-time enrollment in an accredited college or university. Funds may be used for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and room and board. Scholarships may not be used for second undergraduate degrees or master's programs. For scholarship eligibility and how to apply, go to the AER website at http://www.aerhq.org.
The scholarship application timeline opened Jan. 1 with the deadline for all applications and supporting documents submitted online of April 2.
Last year, AER awarded $8 million in scholarships to 2,553 dependent children and 640 to spouses of Army Soldiers. Locally, eight spouse scholarships totaling $18,640 were awarded and 50 dependent children scholarships were awarded, totaling $123,500.
For more information on the AER assistance programs, contact the Army Emergency Relief office at 210-221-1612.