Betty Fearn Scholarship

Awarded to an active NCOAGA member, this scholarship supports those showing exceptional leadership and commitment to career and academic goals.

Betty Fearn Scholarship is established for an active member of Chapter One. The member applicant will write a talking paper on themselves to include leadership, extent of and/or potential accomplishments in; civilian, military, and academic achievements. The applicant will write a goals statement which will cover, as a minimum, the next year, to include academic or educational goals; career (civilian and/or military) goals.

Attachments to the talking paper and goals statement will be one or more of the following:

• A current progress report from CCAF or a copy of the CCAF Degree
• a current transcript from an institution of higher learning such as a technical school, college, or university
• a letter of acceptance/enrollment from an institute of higher learning (such as mentioned above).

The above information will be submitted with a cover sheet to include the applicant's name, rank, unit, region, chapter number and the unit home addresses.

Entries or original work in essay, poem, or letter format will be double-spaced and be in Word document format. Applicant’s name should not appear on the essay.

In lieu of a written essay, applicants may submit a video with the following guidelines:

• Video length should be 10-12 minutes.

Further details, including presentation format, attire guidelines, and the scoring matrix, will be provided soon. Stay tuned for updates!

Applications will be electronically submitted to the Vice President of Chapter One by 30 June of each year.