Additional Scholarship Opportunities for Medical/PA/Nursing School

Some of you will have exhausted your Chapter 33 GI Bill before starting your professional school and paying for medical school is challenging. If your GI Bill is exhausted, in addition to applying for The Tillman Scholarship, you can apply for these other great scholarships for veterans. As I find other sources for you guys behind me, I will put them up on this blog. Please give me feedback and let me know if this information is of use to you.

PJ GS

The following is from my Veteran's listserv:

"The passage of the Post 9/11 GI Bill has improved the ability of many veterans to financially achieve their academic goals. However, this legislation and the other federal veteran education benefits still leave gaps in some veterans' programs. As such, Student Veterans of America has instituted three different scholarships to help assist some veterans with unmet financial needs:

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SVA Chapter Leader Scholarship

SVA Yellow Ribbon Scholarship

SVA STEM Scholarship


SVA has allocated up to $10,000 for each scholarship for the calendar year 2012, to be disbursed based on financial need and SVA's discretion. The three scholarships each have their own focus and individual criteria, explained below and in the SVA Scholarships Guide. Student veterans wishing to compete for one of these scholarships must provide all the required documentation by the advertised due date to be considered. Incomplete applications will not be evaluated.

Hopefully, these efforts will assist some of the student veterans who have fallen through the cracks and are financially unable to complete their academic goals."

If you have any questions please contact scholarships@studentveterans.org.

The Pat Tillman Foundation

We are all familiar with the tragic story of Pat Tillman. However, not everyone is aware of The Pat Tillman Foundation, which was founded by his Wife, Marie Tillman, in 2004. The Tillman Foundation invests in veterans and their families through education and community.

The Foundation recently recognized their 3rd class of Scholars and a fellow contributor and myself were fortunate enough to have won scholarships. We are now Tillman Scholars and have joined a community of fellow, like-minded individuals who have a desire to serve their fellow man, community, and society, not only while in pursuit of our educational goals, but to continue that mission well into our careers.

I just returned from a three day summit in Maryland and I am having trouble expressing in words just what the experience meant to me. Everything was so well organized, timely, and the entire PTF staff was so friendly and professional. I had the opportunity to meet so many amazing veteran-scholars with their own stories of challenges and adversity, how they have turned their experiences into success, and what their future goals are in terms of continued service to their communities. The entire weekend was one I will never forget and I believe that it has already started shaping my future views on my role as a Pat Tillman Scholar within my community. I am honored to be a Tillman Scholar and pledge to continue to honor Pat's Legacy.

You can find out more about the Pat Tillman Foundation below. There is information on the application cycle, The Tillman Scholars, The Tillman Foundation, and ways to get involved (Pat's Run, donations, etc).

http://www.pattillmanfoundation.org/

Also, here are some links to other organizations that partnered up with the PTF during our summit:

http://www.missioncontinues.org/

http://baltimoreborn.org/

http://www.the6thbranch.org/

http://www.vetartproject.com/

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