Deadline: April 23, 2024
Applications are open for the Google Student Veterans of America Scholarship 2024-2025. As part of Google’s commitment to military veterans, Google established the Google SVA Scholarship in partnership with Student Veterans of America. The scholarship provides assistance to student veterans who are pursuing university degrees in the field of computer science in the U.S.
Related Technical Fields may include:
- Software Engineering
- Electrical Engineering (with a heavy computer science course load)
- Computer Engineering
- Information Systems
- Information Technology
- Applied Networking
- Systems administration
Benefits
- Selected students will receive $10,000 USD for the 2024-2025 school year.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply, applicants must:
- Be currently enrolled as an undergraduate at a college or university.
- Intend to be enrolled in or accepted as a full-time student at a university in the United States for the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Maintain a strong academic performance.
- Pursuing a computer science or computer engineering degree, or a degree in a closely related technical field.
- A current student veteran (includes members of the National Guard or Reserve) as proven by a DD-214 and transcript, or a student on Active Duty as proven by submission of Active-Duty orders and a Memorandum of Understanding from your commanding officer indicating that you are currently in good standing with your unit and transcript.
- Has received an honorable discharge, or is in good standing with his/her branch of service.
Application
You will be asked to complete an online application through Student Veterans of America which includes:
- General background information (e.g. contact information and details about your current and intended universities)
- Resume/CV
- Academic transcripts from your current and prior institutions (if you have earned a prior degree)
- DD Form 2-14 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD-214), or Active Duty orders and a Memorandum of Understanding from your commanding officer that you are currently in good standing with your unit
- One letter of reference from a professor, instructor, adviser or supervisor
- Responses to short essay questions
For more information, visit Google Student Veterans of America Scholarship.
