EOSC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

 

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

A. Applicants must meet all of the following requirements:

  1. Be a graduating high school senior.
  2. Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
  3. Hold a current dependent military ID card OR sponsor holds a valid government ID card.
  4. Be scheduled to begin full-time bachelor’s or associate's degree work at an accredited institution in fall of the coming academic year.
  5. Express high standards of morality, integrity and strength of character.
  6. Sponsor is one of the following:
  • Active duty military stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base (EAFB)
  • Active Air National Guard or Reservist
  • Active duty assigned remote, whose dependents have remained at EAFB
  • Active/retired military member divorced from applicant’s custodial parent
  • Active duty reassigned from EAFB whose dependent remains at EAFB to graduate
  • Retired military living within the Black Hills community including: Rapid City, Belle Fourche, Box Elder, Custer, Deadwood, Edgemont, Hill City, Hot Springs, Lead, New Underwood, Spearfish and Sturgis
  • Civil Service working at EAFB or assigned to the local area
  • MIA/POW
  • Deceased military

B. Applicants appointed to a U.S. Service Academy or applicants receiving a full scholarship for the coming school year are ineligible to receive these awards.

C. If the applicant has applied for an Officers' Spouses' Club (OSC)scholarship at any other base, the applicant is not eligible to applyfor the EOSC scholarship.

  

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MILTARY SPOUSES FOR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES AND MASTER'S DEGREES

A. Applicants must meet all of the following requirements:

  1. Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale if currently enrolled in classes for college credit.
  2. Hold a current dependent military ID card OR spouse (sponsor) holds a valid government ID card. A spouse from a dual-military family is still eligible to apply.
  3. Be scheduled to begin as a full or part-time student (3 or more semester or quarter hours), pursuing their first associate's, bachelor's, or master's degree work at an accredited institution in fall of the coming academic year or currently be enrolled as a full or part-time student at an accredited institution pursuing a degree.
  4. Express high standards of morality, integrity and strength of character.
  5. Sponsor is one of the following:
  • Active duty military stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base (EAFB)
  • Active Air National Guard or Reservist
  • Active duty assigned remote, whose dependents have remained at EAFB
  • Active duty reassigned from EAFB whose dependent remains at EAFB to graduate
  • Retired military living within the Black Hills community including: Rapid City, Belle Fourche, Box Elder, Custer, Deadwood, Edgemont, Hill City, Hot Springs, Lead, New Underwood, Spearfish and Sturgis
  • Civil Service working at EAFB or assigned to the local area
  • MIA/POW
  • Deceased military

B. Applicants receiving a full scholarship for the coming school year are ineligible to receive these awards.

C. If the applicant has applied for an Officer Spouses Club (OSC)scholarship at any other base, the applicant is not eligible to apply for the EOSC scholarship.

D. The EOSC Spouse Scholarship is a one-time only award. If the applicant has received an EOSC scholarship in the past, he or she is ineligible to apply.