Public Service Officer or Employee's Child Survivor Grant
Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
Tuition grant for Missouri public safety officers permanently disabled on duty, and for spouses and children of officers or MoDOT workers killed or disabled on duty.
- How much
- Up to the lesser of your school's tuition for 12 credit hours or University of Missouri-Columbia resident tuition for 12 hours, per semester
- Who qualifies
- Public safety officer permanently disabled in the line of duty, or the spouse or child of a public safety officer or MoDOT highway employee killed or permanently disabled on duty
- Missouri resident; full-time undergraduate at a participating Missouri school; children under 24; no bachelor's degree; not studying theology or divinity; satisfactory academic progress.
- For students starting college, undergrads
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- When to apply
- Apply any time No application deadline; apply early (awards by earliest complete application date).
- How to apply
- Download the application from MDHEWD or apply in the State Financial Aid Portal
- Some sections are completed by a third party
- Mail to MDHEWD, Attn: Public Safety Officer Survivor Grant, P.O
- Box 1469, Jefferson City, MO 65102-1469
- Renewal students reapply each year
- What you'll need
- state application
- Last checked
- October 5, 2026, against the official page (dhewd.mo.gov)
The details
Covers tuition each semester up to the lesser of 12 credit hours of tuition at your school or 12 hours of University of Missouri-Columbia resident tuition for the same class level and major. Covers police, firefighters, EMTs, corrections, probation and parole, conservation and water safety officers, park rangers, highway patrol, air ambulance crews, and full-time MoDOT highway workers. Full-time undergraduates (6 hours with a disability). Children must be under 24. Funded by earliest application date; historically all eligible applicants have been paid. Not available in summer.
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- Advanced Placement Incentive Grant$500 one-time
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