Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program

Wells Fargo is strongly invested in supporting our nation’s veterans, including a commitment to assist them in completing postsecondary education programs to help them return to, and succeed in, a competitive job market. The Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program provides scholarships to fill unmet financial need of veterans after military benefits and other grants and scholarships have been packaged by their school. This financial support will allow veterans to focus on completing their education and reduce reliance on student loans.
Renewable scholarships for up to $7,000 per year will be granted to honorably discharged veterans or spouses of disabled veterans. Recipients must be high school or GED graduates. Scholarships are determined by financial need and consideration of academic performance, work experience, leadership, community service, and challenges with completing a post-secondary program. Each award renewal will increase by $1,000 over the previous year to encourage program completion for each recipient
Eligibility
Applicants to the Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program must:
• Be honorably-discharged (no longer drilling) veterans or spouses of disabled veterans who have served in the United States military, including the Reserves and National Guard, and have received a Certificate of Eligibility from the Department of Veterans Affairs or another document of service.
• Be high school or GED graduates who plan to enroll or students who are already enrolled in full-time undergraduate (first Bachelor’s) or graduate (first Master’s degree) study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school* for the entire upcoming academic year.
Be Pell-eligible and have applied for Title IV and completed FAFSA to ensure full discovery of actual unmet need.
• Use any military education benefits for which they are eligible in the upcoming academic year.
• Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent
• Required: transcript, copy of DD214, current college financial aid award letter. If applicant is the spouse of a disabled veteran, provide VA disability letter and copy of marriage license.
Deadline: February 28, 2018
Application and further information available at: https://www.scholarsapply.org/wellsfargoveterans/