Kathern F. Gruber & Thomas H. Miller Scholarships

Blinded Veterans Association (BVA)

This scholarship is for dependent children and spouses of blinded veterans who are Active Duty blinded service members of the US Armed Forces. The veteran must be legally blind; the blindness may either be service-connected or non-service-connected. The veteran need not be a member of the Blinded Veterans Association. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must have been accepted for admission, or already be enrolled, as full-time students in an accredited institution of higher education, or business, secretarial, or vocational training school. Scholarships will be awarded on a "most-highly-qualified" basis utilizing the following criteria: answers to questions in the application form; transcripts of high school and/or college records; three letters of reference; and a 300-word essay on the applicant's post-education, lifetime career goals, and aspirations.