SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS

The Army War College Foundation administers a competitive Scholarship Program.

The next online application window will be from January 2 through March 2, 2026 (for the 2026-27 school year).

2025 AWARD RECIPIENTS

• Open to high school seniors (beginning their college studies next fall) and college undergraduate students (freshmen through juniors).
• The application window opens annually the first week of January with an application deadline the first week of March.
• Generally, applicants must be the child of a Foundation Life Member in order to apply for the full range of Foundation Scholarship.
  • • NOTE: The Foundation also currently administers several  Distance Education (DDE) Alumni Scholarships  using the same competitive scholarship selection process.  Applicants for these DDE Alumni Scholarship must be the child of a DDE graduate but no AWC Foundation membership is required to apply for these.
• The application process is the same for all of the scholarships and each applicant will automatically be considered for all scholarships for which the applicant is eligible.
• Children of current Foundation Board of Trustees or current Foundation employees are not eligible to apply.
•  Award winners from previous years are not eligible to compete for a subsequent award.  Previous winners should NOT reapply. 

All valid applications are evaluated by an impartial committee with no relationship to any of the applicants, and the applications will be evaluated “in the blind” (names removed).  The final number and amounts of the Foundation Scholarships awarded will be determined after all applications are received and evaluated, but the award amounts will generally range from $500 – $1500, with a minimum of $25,000 total awarded each year.