Requirements/Evaluation Criteria

• The applicant must be a spouse of Air Force Active Duty, Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve to be eligible. Spouses who are themselves Air Force members, or in ROTC, are not eligible.
  
  
• Include an original or copy of your most recent college/university transcript or a report card from your last semester verifying your minimum 3.5 (CUMULATIVE) GPA or higher. If submitting transcript printed on-line, transcript MUST have your name.
  
  
• Proof of acceptance into a regionally accredited community college/ college/ university. This may consist of a short letter on college/university stationery from either the admissions office or the registrar. A class registration payment/receipt stating that you are currently enrolled is also acceptable. You must be attending classes in the current academic year.
  
  
• In a two page double-spaced essay, describe your academic and career goals and the motivation which led you to this decision. Describe how Air Force and other local community activities in which you are involved will enhance your goals.
  
  
• The two letters of recommendation should be character references and descriptions of performance and potential as a student, employee or volunteer. A letter of endorsement from the local AFA Chapter would be welcomed and encouraged. The two letters must be from different sources. Letters from previous or present professors, employers, and volunteer organizations referencing work you have done (church, sports, school, hospital, etc.) are encouraged.
  
  
• Please BE SURE to include information on which major command spouse belongs to.
  
  
• You will be required to provide us with information requested on a feedback form six months after the scholarship is awarded.