Provides educational financial assistance to the dependent children and spouses of Airmen. Assistance may be in the form of merit-based scholarships, need-based grants, and loans.

Air Force Aid Society Education Support Programs | Air Force Aid Society Education Support Programs

Programs that provide or assist students to apply for awards which usually involve money and/or reduced tuition. Included are both needs-based scholarships which are awarded to outstanding students who are in financial need and honorary scholarships which are awarded on the basis of merit alone and normally carry a nominal monetary award. Scholarship funds come from many sources including private endowments, alumni contributions, college or university funds, individual departments or outside organizations.

Scholarships

Programs that provide loan funds to meet the financial needs of students for whom grants and other forms of aid are inadequate or unavailable. Student loans are available at attractive interest rates (usually three to nine percent) and repayment is not required until after the student has completed school. Most student loans are federal Stafford Loans which have two variations: federally guaranteed Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL) that can be obtained from banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions or other financial institutions; and loans from the Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDSLP) which are provided to students and their parents directly by the federal government. Stafford Loans may be subsidized (the government pays the interest while the student is in school) or unsubsidized (the student must pay the interest either while in school or following graduation, if deferred). Other options include PLUS loans (federal loans to parents of dependent undergraduate students), state government loans, loans from the educational institution or private donors, and loans that are designated for students who are pursuing specific courses of study (e.g., nursing, medicine, law).

Student Loans

Manages student financial aid programs which provide grants, scholarships, loans, and work-study funds to students attending college or career schools. Offers information about the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), grants (Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant/FSEOG, etc.), federal educational loan programs (including Stafford Loans), and Campus-Based Aid (such as Federal Work-Study Programs).

Federal Student Aid Information Center | Federal Student Aid Information Center

Need-based programs funded by the federal government or individual educational institutions which allow students to work a specified number of hours per week while attending school and full-time during vacations in order to finance their education.  Work-study awards range from $600 to $4500 and students are not permitted to earn more than the award amount.

Work Study Programs

Provides educational grants and loans for the children and spouses of active duty and retired Sailors and Marines.

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Education Assistance Program | Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Education Assistance Program

Programs administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or other organizations that provide educational financial assistance for veterans and service personnel and their eligible dependents. Veterans and service personnel who served on active duty between January 31, 1955 and January 1, 1977 for specified periods of time are eligible for a variety of education benefits under the GI Bill including a stipend for tuition assistance at approved educational institutions. Veterans and service personnel who entered active duty after January 1, 1977 may participate in a voluntary contributory plan in which the individual's savings for a future education are administered and augmented by the government. Partial educational assistance is also available to the survivors of deceased or disabled veterans whose death or permanent and total disability was service-connected; and to the spouses and children of servicemen and women who have been listed for more than 90 days as missing in action, captured in the line of duty or forcibly detained by a foreign power. 