About Fry Scholarship
Find out more about the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, which is available to qualifying veterans’ spouses and children. You may be eligible for this benefit if your spouse or parent passed away in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, while serving in the armed forces, or if they were a member of the Selected Reserve and passed away due to a disability related to their service. Find out if you qualify for this scholarship’s educational perks by reading on.
Eligibility and Benefits for Fry Scholarships
1. An Armed Forces person who, on or after September 11, 2001, passed away while doing their active duty in the line of duty, or
2. An Armed Forces person who, on or after September 11, 2001, passed away in the line of duty while not assigned to active duty, or
3. A Selected Reserve member who passed away on or after September 11, 2001, due to a disability related to their military service
As a Military Member’s Child
1. You are able to be single or married.
2. You are eligible to apply for a Fry Scholarship up until the age of 33 if you turned 18 or graduated from high school before January 1, 2013.
3. You are eligible to apply for a Fry Scholarship at any time after January 1, 2013, if you graduate from high school or become 18 before then (whichever comes first).
4. You may apply for a Fry Scholarship at any time, regardless of your age, if your parent was a member of the Selected Reserve and passed away from a disability related to their military service while they were not on active duty.
5. You can be eligible for the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA) program as well as the Fry Scholarship if your parent passed away in the line of duty prior to August 1, 2011. However, you can only run one program at once. The total rewards are limited to 81 months of full-time training.
Study about the DEA initiative.
You will have to stop receiving Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) when you begin using the Fry Scholarship.
Study about DIC.
As a service member’s spouse
You will no longer be qualified for the Fry Scholarship if you remarry.
While utilizing the Fry Scholarship, you are still eligible to receive Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) payments.
Study about DIC.
It should be noted that if your parent or spouse was “not on active duty,” it meant that they were undergoing inactive duty training or active duty as a Reserve member. Members of the Army and Air National Guard who were under state commands (often referred to as “State Active Duty”) are not included in this term.
What are the possible benefits?
Benefits for up to 36 months could be available to you, such as:
- Cash for education
2. Cash for a home
3. Cash for materials and books
How to Secure Fry Scholarship
- Select a school.
You can select a school with the aid of the GI Bill Comparison Tool.
Make use of the GI Bill Comparator.
To find out if your program is qualified for VA benefits, get in touch with the certifying official at your school.
- Apply for benefits.
2. Apply now online, or
3. Complete VA Form 22-5490, Dependents’ Application for VA Education Benefits, and mail it to the VA regional office of your choice for education. To download VA Form 22-5490, get it.
4. Locate a regional VA office.
5. Your parent or legal guardian must sign the application if you are not yet of legal adulthood.
Request that a certifying official from your employment or school complete a VA Enrollment Certification (VA Form 22-1999) if your educational program has already begun. Through the Enrollment Manager system, they can complete this form online. Decide on a program, you will have to select the program you wish to use if you are eligible for both the Fry Scholarship and the DEA.
Note : You cannot reverse your decision once made.
Relatives and Survivors
Find out if you qualify for Chapter 35 benefits, generally known as VA education benefits for survivors and dependents. You can be eligible for Chapter 35 benefits or employment training through a GI Bill program if you’re a dependent spouse, child, or the surviving spouse or child of a veteran.
Exception: You may apply for both the Fry Scholarship and the DEA if your parent passed away while serving their country prior to August 1, 2011. Up to 81 months of full-time instruction are available to you, but you can only enroll in one program at a time.
Eligibility for Educational Benefits
- If you are a service member’s spouse or kid and one of the preceding descriptions fits the service member, you may be eligible for VA education benefits (Chapter 35 benefits).
It has to be one of these:
2. The military member passed away while performing their duty, or
3. The military member has been over 90 days missing in action, captured by an enemy force while doing their job, or
4. The service member was more than 90 days detained (held) by force while performing their duties by a foreign government or authority.
The service member is expected to be released from the hospital or outpatient program due to a permanent and total disability that was sustained during their time in the military. A permanent and total disability resulting from your service is a disability that is not reversible.
It has to be one of these two:
- A service-connected disability has rendered the veteran completely and permanently disabled, or
2. The Veteran passed away due to a disability related to their service or while they were on active duty.
If the veteran or service member transferred all or all of their Post-9/11 GI Bill entitlement to you while they were in service, you can still be eligible for VA education benefits even if you are a dependent and don’t meet the preceding requirements.
GI Bill Advantages
Benefits from the GI Bill assist you in financing training programs, graduate school, and college. The GI Bill has assisted eligible Veterans and their families in receiving funding to partially or fully pay for training or education expenses since 1944. Visit this website to find out more about GI Bill benefits and how to apply for them.
Your GI Bill Statement of Benefits will indicate how much of your benefits you have used and how much is still available to you if you applied for and were granted Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits.
Examine your Benefits Statement under the GI Bill.
You can research your options and learn about the benefits you may be eligible for with the aid of the GI Bill Comparison Tool and Veterans Service Organizations.
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