USMCCCA Foundation Scholarships Available

Attention Members, Public Affairs and Combat Camera Marines.  The USMCCCA Foundation has announced major changes to its Foundation Scholarship program.

Now only available to two-year members of the USMCCCA, the Foundation Board has changed that requirement in order to stimulate scholarship applications.   Applications will now be considered from:

1.  Members of the USMCCCA and their dependents, to include spouses.

2.  Active duty Marines and dependents in Occupational Fields 4300 and 4600 (and related those related MOS) who are USMCCCA members or will agree to become members of the USMCCCA upon selection and agree to maintain that membership throughout the life of the grant and/or subsequent grants.

Initially, two scholarships will be granted each year, each paying up to $3,000.  The Gladys McPartland Scholarship is for applicants pursuing a degree in general educational subjects.  The USMCCCA Foundation Scholarship is for applicants pursuing a degree in Communications.

Complete information on these scholarships and the application forms are available for download here.

Interested applicants should download the forms, fill them in, make sure all documents are ready, then mail them to the address shown on the instruction sheet.

The deadline for applying for 2011 consideration is June 1.