MissionSquare Retirement Memorial Scholarship Fund
The MissionSquare Retirement Memorial Scholarship Fund honors education, health care, not-for-profit, public safety, and local and state government employees who have fallen in the line of duty while serving their communities by providing their surviving children or spouses with financial assistance for postsecondary education. Scholarships are awarded to students who plan to attend a two- or four-year accredited college, university, or vocational school full-time.
MissionSquare Retirement Memorial Scholarship Fund
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Eligibility
The MissionSquare Retirement Memorial Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to the surviving children and spouses of city, county, and state public employees, as well as personnel in the education, healthcare, and not-for-profit industries, who have fallen in the line of duty while serving their communities*.
Applicants to the MissionSquare Retirement Memorial Scholarship Fund must be:
- The children or spouse of a deceased employee that worked in education, health care, not-for-profit, public safety, local or state government who have fallen in the line of duty while serving their communities. (The applicant must provide a letter from the deceased employee’s place of work certifying that the employee died in the line of duty.)
- High school seniors or graduates who plan to enroll or students who are already enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire academic year.
Unusual circumstances pertaining to the deceased employee’s death will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
*Those impacted by 9/11 are not eligible to apply.
Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected based on:
- Academic record
- Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
- Work experience
- A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
- Unusual personal or family circumstances
- An online recommendation
Recipients must demonstrate financial need.
Scholarship America will review all applications and identify finalists; MissionSquare Retirement selects recipients and determines award amounts. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Awards
Awards cover tuition and fees only for students pursuing vocational, undergraduate, or graduate study.
The number of scholarships available and the dollar amount may vary each year depending on the number of qualified applications received. The maximum lifetime amount a recipient is eligible to receive is $10,000.
Notification
All applicants will be notified in June.
Notifications are sent via email. When setting up your account, avoid using a school or work email. Instead, use an active, personal email address that you will continue to have access to.
Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address as safe senders in your email contact list.
Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of MissionSquare Retirement. Payment is made in August.
Requirements
As part of your submission, you must upload the following document(s):
- A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
- Student name
- School name
- Grades
- Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
- An official letter or death certificate from the deceased employee’s place of work certifying that the employee died in service to community.
- A copy of the first two pages of the most recently filed IRS Form 1040 used for the Financial Information section of the application. Please black out all social security numbers and bank account information.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
