This scholarship program was created by the Air Force Association in partnership with the First Command Educational Foundation to provide two (2) scholarships in the amount of $5000 each to highly qualified AFROTC cadets, coming into their junior or senior year in the fall of 2008 and committed to course of study in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM).

For more information on the First Command Educational Foundation, please go to http://www.firstcommand.org/fcef/.

This scholarship is administered by Air Force ROTC Headquarters. For more information please contact Captain Douglas Huttenlocker at Douglas.Huttenlocker@MAXWELL.AF.MIL.

Conditions of Eligibility

• Applicants must be a current Air Force ROTC cadet in good standing, enrolled full time as an incoming junior or senior for the 2008-2009 academic year.
• Applicants must be committed to studying in the fields of science, technology, engineering or math (STEM).
• AFROTC is charged with administering the award process and will make the selection of the winners.
• AFROTC will select the application window and selection date
• Selection of the recipients must be made by a selection board.
• At its discretion, AFROTC may select a prior award winner to receive this scholarship.
• The selection board must consider a combination of both academic merit and financial need. AFROTC will verify the applicants’ financial need.
• AFROTC will forward to the Air Force Association original copies of the winners application packages. (AFROTC may retain copies for their records.)
• AFROTC will also forward to the Air Force Association a high-resolution digital photograph of the selected recipients in uniform.
• Scholarships will be made payable to the college or university the cadet attends by the First Command Educational Foundation.
• AFROTC will make arrangements and at their expense, make the cadets available to receive their scholarships at the Air Force Associations’ Air and Space Conference and Technology Exhibition, held on September 15, 2008 in Washington, DC. Cadets must appear in uniform to receive their scholarship.
• AFROTC will give credit to both AFA and FCEF in all its literature announcing and advertising the award.

Award

• The award consists of a total of two (2) scholarships in the amount of $5000 each.