• FORT LEE
The deadline is quickly approaching to submit applications to the Scholarships For Military Children Program, administered by the non-profit Fisher House Foundation and supported by the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA).
The selection process will begin immediately following the application deadline of Feb. 11, at 9 p.m. PST.
A total of 500 scholarship grants, each for $2,000, will be awarded for the 2026-2027 school year with at least one recipient selected at each military commissary store location where qualified applications are received.
Additional recipients will be selected based on a prorated basis, so more grants will be awarded to students at those commissaries with larger numbers of applicants.
The program — which is managed by Scholarship Managers, a national, non-profit organization — was created in 2001 to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force, and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military community.
It is open to the children of active duty, reserve/guard, or retired military commissary customers.
Now in its 26th year, the program has awarded more than $24,126,000 in scholarships over the last 25 years, selected from a pool of more than 128,550 applicants.
No government funds are used to support the Scholarships for Military Children Program. Commissary vendors, manufacturers, brokers, suppliers and the general public donate money to fund the program.
APPLICATION PROCESS
The application process is now entirely online, making it easy to create an account, save work and submit applications. All rules and requirements for the program, as well as links to frequently asked questions and the application itself, are available at Fisher House’s Scholarships For Military Children web page.
Fisher House also hosts a custom scholarship search engine tailored to military families on its website called “Scholarships for Service.” It is free, easy to use and formatted for both mobile devices and computers at MilitaryScholar.org.
If students have questions about the scholarship program application, they should contact Scholarship Managers by phone at (856) 616-9311 or via email at militaryscholar@scholarshipmanagers.com.
Source: DeCA
Edited by Larry Lapka
