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Applications for the upcoming academic year are available between January 1 and March 31.

DEADLINE: Completed application packages with all required documents can be sent to AFSA HQ no later than March 31. After March 31, applications are ineligible for consideration.

You must sign these instructions and attach them to your application. You can download the instructions and the required application (see below). AFTER JANUARY 1, you may download your application. Or, for mail-in submissions, send the completed scholarship application package and all required materials to: 

AFSA/CMSAF/AMF Scholarship Program
5211 Auth Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746

If you have any questions regarding the program or application process, please call AFSA Headquarters at 1-800-638-0594, ext. 288

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Instructions
You must sign the Application Instructions PDF [185KB] and attach it to your application. 
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Include ONE of the following (sponsor’s proof of service, copy of the sponsor’s DD 214, copy of sponsor’s discharge papers). Do NOT send original documents because documents submitted will not be returned. Make sure you blackout the social security number on your sponsor’s military identification cards.
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High school graduates and college transfer students must include a copy of the letter of acceptance to the college of their choice.
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All applicants must include an official transcript of their grades. High school graduates must include all grades from 9th-12th grades. College students must include cumulative record(s) of grades while attending an undergraduate program. If applicant has transferred schools, transcript(s) from previous school(s) MUST be included. The unweighted (4.0 scale) cumulative GPA must be 3.5 or higher. NOTE: If your school uses a weighted GPA scale, it is the applicant’s responsibility to have the weighted GPA converted to a 4.0 unweighted GPA. Packets received with a weighted GPA will not be eligible.
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All applicants must include a letter of recommendation. If the applicant is a high school graduate, the letter must be written by the school’s principal or a high school counselor. If the applicant is currently a college student, the letter must be written by a college professor, or if the applicant is a first-year college student, the letter may be written by the applicant’s high school principal. The letter must be on official school stationary with an ORIGINAL signature.
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The applicants must include a double-spaced, typed paragraph stating their life’s objectives, answering the question, “What do you plan to do with the education you receive?”
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Include in the application package, a typed, double-spaced two-page essay about a current, controversial issue.
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The applicant must include a typed, double-spaced one-page essay stating their opinion in answer to the question, “What is the most urgent problem facing society today?”
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