First Responder
Scholarships
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Mike Rowe Scholarship
Amount: Varies. About: Mike Rowe, who served as an apprentice on the TV series “Dirty Jobs,” created the Work Ethic Scholarship Program to promote skilled labor. Awarded through his mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the scholarships are intended to encourage students to learn a useful skill. In 2022, the foundation awarded a total of $1.5 million in work…
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MissionSquare Retirement Memorial Scholarship Fund
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: The MissionSquare Retirement Memorial Scholarship Fund (formerly, the Public Employee Memorial Scholarship) is annually awarded to the children and spouses of deceased employees who worked in education, health care, not-for-profit, public safety, local or state government who died while in service to their community. Applicants must be high school seniors…
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W.H. ‘Howie’ McClennan Scholarship
Amount: $2,500. About: Offered by the International Association of Fire Fighters, the W.H. “Howie” McClennan Scholarship helps to fund the undergraduate education of sthe ons, daughters or legally adopted children of firefighters killed in the line of duty. Applicants must plan to attend a university, accredited college, or school of higher learning in the United…
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MedEvac Foundation International Children’s Scholarship
Amount: $5,000. About: The MedEvac Foundation International, an international nonprofit organization that supports academic research studies and education programs relating to medical care and medical transportation, offers a $5,000 Children’s Scholarship. The scholarship is open to children who have lost a parent or had a parent seriously injured in an air medical or critical care…
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Fire Family Foundation Scholarships
Amount: $5,000. About: The Fire Family Foundation offers 10 $5,000 scholarships to the children of firefighters every year. Applicants must be the biological or adopted child of any active, retired or fallen firefighter within the United States; be a senior in high school or over the age of 16 with a GED, or currently enrolled…
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Vincent Bennett, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $20,000 (over 4 years). About: The First Responders Children’s Foundation offers the Vincent Bennett Jr. Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to an incoming freshman who is the child of a law enforcement officer or firefighter, who was killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Students who are majoring in engineering are…