The National Association of the 10th Mountain Division Association scholarship application
process for Academic Year 2021-2022 will open in January 2021. As in years past, the
Association will award scholarships based on merit to Association members and/or their
immediate families (spouse or child). Applications are available on-line starting January 15,
2021.
Scholarship awards are for full-time undergraduate study, including technical school, and range
from $2,000 to $5,000, and are for one-year. Scholarships for graduate study is not available.
Applications are accepted until April 15, 2021 and awardees notified no later than July 15, 2021.
Prior scholarship recipients may apply.
To qualify, applicants or their sponsors must be a be a member of the 10th Mountain Division
Association and a current or former member of either the 10th Mountain Division (LI); the Army
National Guard Mountain Warfare School; the 3rd Bn, 172nd Inf Regiment (Mountain); the 1-157th
Infantry Mountain, Colorado Army National Guard; the 86th Brigade Combat Team, Vermont
Army National Guard; or family member (spouse or child) of one of these units. Proof of service
with one of the units listed above is required.
Interested students may apply through the Northern New York Community Foundation at
https://www.nnycf.org/ or though the link on the Association’s website at
https://10thmtndivassoc.org/. Applicants must first complete the NNYCF’s common application
to get to the 10th Mountain Division (Light) Scholarship portion of the application.
Last year the Association awarded $52,500 in scholarship funds to twenty-two applicants. Since
2004, the Association has awarded a total of $487,500 in scholarship funds to one-hundred and
ten applicants.
For more information on the application qualifications or general questions, contact Gil Pearsall,
10th Mountain Division Association, at gpearsal@twcny.rr.com or for more information on the
application process, contact Mary Perrine, Northern New York Community Foundation, at
maryp@nnycf.org or 315-782-7110.