Kansas Military Service Scholarship
Kansas Board of Regents
Tuition and fees at Kansas public colleges for Kansas veterans and service members who served 90+ days in a hostile-fire-pay operation abroad after 9/11.
- How much
- Tuition and required fees at a Kansas public institution (subject to state funding)
- Who qualifies
- Veterans and current service members with 90+ days of post-9/11 hostile-fire-pay service abroad
- Kansas resident; honorable/general discharge or still serving; 6+ hours at a Kansas public institution; first bachelor's only.
- For students starting college, undergrads, adults going back to school
- Need-based: your FAFSA decides how much you get.
- When to apply
- Opens later Annual; priority date May 1, FAFSA priority April 1 (applications open early January); awarded until funds run out.
- How to apply
- File the FAFSA (priority April 1) and the State of Kansas Student Aid Application at sfa.kansasregents.gov (priority date May 1)
- New applicants upload the DD-214 or active-duty orders showing deployment location and hostile fire pay
- Reapply each year
- What you'll need
- FAFSA + state application
- Last checked
- October 5, 2026, against the official page (kansasregents.gov), page 2 and page 3
The details
Pays undergraduate tuition and fees at Kansas public institutions (six state universities, Washburn, community and technical colleges) for Kansas residents who served after Sept. 11, 2001 in international waters or on foreign soil in support of military operations for which they received hostile fire pay, for at least 90 days (or less because of injuries), and who were honorably (or general under honorable conditions) discharged or are still serving. Priority to greatest financial need, processed in order of application date until funds run out. Minimum 6 hours per semester; up to four academic years (five in a designated five-year program); not beyond a first bachelor's; graduate students ineligible. Current Kansas National Guard members should use the National Guard Educational Assistance Program instead.
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