Apply online through the state scholarship portal at scholarships.milvets.nc.gov. Funding is limited, so check the portal for the current application status before you start.

• You are under age 25 at the time you apply
• You are the child of a veteran who served during a wartime period
• Your veteran parent was killed in action or died of wounds, died from service-connected injuries, wounds, illness or other causes incurred or aggravated during wartime service, had a VA disability rating of 20 percent or more incurred during wartime service at the time of death, was receiving a VA pension for a non service-connected total and permanent disability at the time of death, was awarded the Purple Heart, or was listed as missing in action, captured in the line of duty by a hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government or power
• Your veteran parent was a legal resident of North Carolina when they entered the U.S. Armed Forces, or you were born in North Carolina and have lived there continuously since birth