The scholarship provides financial aid for higher learning for children of fallen post-9/11 servicemembers, disabled veterans with a 50 percent or higher VA rating.
Are you the child of a parent who lost their lives while honorably serving on active military duty on or after 9/11, or the child of a post-9/11 veteran with a combined Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating of 50% or higher? You may be eligible to apply for The American Legion Legacy Scholarship.
Eligible applicants can apply online here. Deadline to apply is April 1.
The American Legion Legacy Scholarship is a needs-based scholarship designed to fulfill a financial gap remaining after all federal and state educational grants/scholarships available to an eligible applicant have been utilized. The scholarship is awarded for undergraduate study, graduate study and trade schools at an accredited institution of higher education. The 2025-26 tuition is capped at $28,937, which is the maximum amount the VA will pay out per academic year. The Legacy Scholarship provides up to $20,000 for children of the fallen, and up to $5,000 for children of the disabled for higher learning.
Recipients will have a year to use the grant and may reapply to The American Legion Legacy Scholarship up to six times.
The 2025 American Legion Legacy Scholarship recipients will be selected by The American Legion’s Committee on Youth Education during the organization’s annual Spring Meetings in May. All applicants, whether recipients of the Legacy Scholarship or not, will be notified immediately thereafter.
Since the Legacy Scholarship's first grant in 2004, more than 825 military children of the fallen and disabled have received over $6 million in aid.
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