Scholarship Undergraduate

Guy M. Wilson Scholarship

American Legion Department of Michigan

Varies
Avg. Amount Awarded
16
Days
January 6 2025
Application Deadline
No
Renewable
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What you'll need:
  • Checkmark Other - Current military identification card
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Application Form May Be Submitted By Mail
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  • Checkmark Financial Need Analysis
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Description

The Guy M. Wilson Scholarship is available to high school seniors who are a son, daughter, grandchild or great-grandchild of a war-time veteran planning to or are attending any accredited college, university, or trade school in the Fall of 2025. Applicants must provide a copy of their parent's, grandparent's, or great grandparent's discharge papers (DD-214 or equivalent) showing entry and discharge dates from honorable active military service. Eligible service dates are December 7, 1941 to present date. For descendants of active duty military servicemembers, a copy of the servicemembers current military identification card is required. Applicants are also required to provide a copy of their parent's most recently filed Federal Tax Form 1040. If the applicant filed a Federal Tax Form 1040 and is 100 percent independent from parent's income, the applicant needs to provide a copy of their own Federal Tax Form 1040. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

Amount Details

$1,000
Low Amount Awarded

Eligibility Requirements

  • CheckmarkMust be an undergraduate student
  • CheckmarkMust attend a university, a four-year college, two-year college or a vocational-tech school
  • CheckmarkMinimum 2.5 GPA
  • CheckmarkMust currently be a high school student
  • CheckmarkRestricted to residents of Michigan
  • CheckmarkRestricted to students studying in Michigan
  • Checkmark Must be in or a veteran of any U.S. Armed Service Checkmark Must be a dependent of the service(s) specified above

How to Apply

What you'll need:

  • Checkmark Other - Current military identification card
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Application Form May Be Submitted By Mail
  • Checkmark Entry In A Contest
  • Checkmark Financial Need Analysis
  • Checkmark Transcript
Contact legion@michiganlegion.org
Tel: 517-220-2754 Address 212 N. Verlinden Ave. Ste. A
Lansing, MI 48915