An essay (500-1200 words) demonstrating the applicant’s financial need, scholarly promise, dedication and collegiate/career aspirations and how the applicant intends to give back to the Coast Guard family community is required in application for this scholarship. The ideal applicant will also demonstrate some sort of Coast Guard community involvement. Such involvement can be in various forms from occasional contributions to a unit’s newsletter to acting as an Ombudsman.
APPLICATION FORM Along with your essay, please complete this sheet and email it to admin@coastguardfamily.org as part of your application. Kindly ensure that this document as well as your essay is saved in Microsoft Word format.
Personal Information
Your full/legal name : Email address : Street and/or mailing address: Home phone number:
Are you a
Relationship to the Coast Guard
How long have you been married to your current spouse? : . What is your spouse’s active duty base date (date entered active duty)? : .
What is your spouse’s EAS (end of active service date)?: : .
You confirm that you are not currently serving in any branch of the United States Military: Yes / No
Education
What is your current level of education and what degrees have you earned to date? Name(s) of institutes of higher education you have attended? What degree program are you working towards? : Are you enrolled full-time or part-time:
Name of school you are enrolled at:
Accreditation of college/university/school (if known):
Anticipated date of graduation:
How did you hear about the CGFO Scholarship? :
Do you confirm that the information you are providing in your application and essay true?: Yes / No
Have you carefully read and do you understand the requirements for this scholarship?: Yes / No
Do you acknowledge that any attempt to defraud this scholarship program could cause a civil complaint to be filed against you? Yes / No
Do you permit the CGFO to publicize your name should you be awarded any scholarship monies for this period? Yes / No
Thank you for completing this information. It will help us to better evaluate the applicants for this year’s scholarship.
This form, along with your essay must be emailed together in Word format (they can be in two separate attachments) to admin@coastguardfamily.org.
Disclaimer
CGFO is not currently categorized as an official non-profit organization. Please note however, that your personal information shall be kept private and confidential. At no time shall your information be shared by CGFO with a third-party. The CGFO will only publish an awardees full name with their written consent.
CGFO reserves the right to modify this document and/or other information as it pertains to the scholarship. If any such information should change for any reason, applicants will be notified via email of any change(s) and the reasons thereof.
Miscellaneous
Do you permit CGFO to contact you via email upon receipt of this application?: Yes / No
Do you understand that if you fail to continue to meet the eligibility requirements for this scholarship any monies you may receive shall be refunded by you to CGFO? Yes / No
