Scholarships, Grants, and Funding Opportunities

There are a variety of scholarships and grants that are available to military-connected UND students.

Below are several opportunities of which to apply. Application deadlines and requirements may change. Please check back for updated opportunities.

Sanford Military and Veteran Scholarship

Sanford Health is accepting applications until September 30 for four $5000 awards awarded annually to veterans, Guard/Reserve members or active-duty military service members who have demonstrated leadership and commitment in their community.

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Scholarships for Dependents of Deceased and Disabled Veterans

Valor Partners Foundation

UND has partnered with the Valor Partners Foundation to provide scholarships for dependents of deceased and 100% disabled veterans.

Current and returning UND students can apply for the scholarship, along with many other scholarships, in Scholarship Central by the March 1 deadline each year for the following academic year.

Folds of Honor

Dependents and/or spouses of fallen or disabled US service members are eligible to apply for scholarships. Find more information on this scholarship that can pay up to $5000 on the Folds of Honor website.

The application window is open February 1 through April 1.

Levi Rodgers Scholarship

The Levi Rodgers Scholarship offers quarterly $500 awards for veterans and military families.

The Levi Rodgers Scholarship provides a $500 award each quarter, specifically for veterans, military families, and their dependents. The mission of the scholarship is to support educational advancement and honor the significant sacrifices made by veterans and their families.

Scholarship overview:

Name: Levi Rodgers Scholarship
Award amount: $500 (quarterly)
Eligibility: Veterans with 100% service-connected disabilities, surviving spouses, and children of service members who died as a result of service-related causes
Deadline: Offered quarterly in January, April, July and October

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CollegeRecon

CollegeRecon is the largest database of military, veteran, spouses and dependent scholarships and grants.

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Pat Tillman Foundation

The Pat Tillman Foundation identifies remarkable military service members, veterans and spouses, empowering them with academic scholarships, lifelong leadership development opportunities and a diverse, global community of high-performing mentors and peers. These scholars are making an impact as they lead through action in the fields of healthcare, business, public service, STEM, education and the humanities”.

The deadline for this $11,000 scholarship is February.

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STEM Scholarship

The Edith Nourse Rogers Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Scholarship allows some eligible Veterans and dependents in high-demand fields to extend their Post-9/11 GI Bill or Fry Scholarship benefits.

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AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) Foundation Scholarship

The Foundation awards scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $5,000 to cover the cost of attending a four-year accredited college or university. Scholarships are available to both active U.S. military service members (including National Guard and Reserve) or veteran members separated from active military service who have been honorably discharged, and are entering or re-entering a post-secondary undergraduate program in a field of geoscience full time or part time. Eligibility also includes military dependents (spouses and children) for the following categories: deceased, disabled, active and veteran.

About AAPG FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP

REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES

Brady Oberg Legacy Scholarship

Brady Oberg Legacy Foundation is proud to offer college scholarships to combat veterans that are going into the mental health field as counselors or psychologists. Apply through UND Scholarship Central.

Application deadline is March 1.

Harold & Muriel Berkman Charitable Foundation

The Foundation aims to recognize particularly the achievements of the men and women who have honorably served this country in military service. Since 2014, the Foundation has awarded hundreds of $1,000 scholarships to veterans advancing their education. One of the veteran recipients each year receives the $2,000 General Albin F. Irzyk Veteran Scholarship (no additional application required).

Eligibility Requirements

U.S. citizen.
Student veteran majoring in any discipline at a university/college that is accredited by AACSB.
Honorable discharge as indicated on DD Form 214 (must submit with application).

The veteran scholarship is open to all majors and areas of study.

ABOUT BERKMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP

CRITERIA AND APPLICATION LINK

Gene L. Kouba Memorial Scholarship

Scholarship awarded by the ND Disabled American Veterans. Available to residents of ND counties of Burleigh, Morton, or Stark county. Please contact UND Veteran & Military Services for application.