Scholarships

North Carolina Scholarship for Children of Wartime Veterans

*Update as of November 19, 2025*

Thank you for your continued interest and patience regarding our delay in notification of awards for the North Carolina Scholarship for Children of Wartime Veterans.

We are sharing that, due to limited funding, Spring 2026 awards for the North Carolina Scholarship for Children of Wartime Veterans will be prorated by 25% of each student’s Fall 2025 award amount. We understand this news may create real concern for you and your family, and we are profoundly grateful for the service and sacrifice that make this scholarship possible. At this time, we also anticipate that the application portal for new January 2026 applicants will not open, unless additional funding is appropriated by the General Assembly. Updates will be provided as soon as more information is available.

About the North Carolina Scholarship for Children of Wartime Veterans

Over 20,000 scholarships have been awarded to children of North Carolina veterans. North Carolina Scholarship Program was created to show its appreciation for the services and sacrifices of its war veterans. The scholarship program applies to North Carolina schools. The scholarship is for eight academic semesters, and the recipient has eight years to utilize the eight academic semesters. The Scholarship program has been established for a child, as that term is defined in 37 U.S.C. § 401 of certain class categories of deceased, disabled, combat, or POW/MIA veterans. Applicant must be under the age of 25 at the time of application. The veteran's qualifying criteria must have occurred during a period of war. At time of application, applicant must be domiciled and a resident of North Carolina. The deadline to apply is February 14 if the Veteran's disability is less than 100% service connected or served in a combat zone.  All paper applications are now obsolete and will be returned to sender. In addition:

1.  Veteran parent was a legal resident of North Carolina at time of said veteran’s entrance into that period of service in the Armed Forces during which eligibility is established, 

OR

2.  The Veterans child who was born in North Carolina and has been a resident of North Carolina continuously since birth.