Application for the 2025/2026 Frontline Families Scholarship Program is open to U.S. citizen or permanent resident students who are high school seniors, high school graduates, or current college undergraduate students in the United States. The scholarship is sponsored by Dr. Michael Osterholm and administered by Scholarship America to provide financial assistance to applicants who seek help to further their education at an accredited two or four year college or university. This is a competitive scholarship with a limited number of award and a value of $2,500 given to qualified applicants of the 2025/2026 Frontline Families Scholarship Program.
Scholarship Overview
- Sponsor: Dr. Michael Osterholm
- Host: Any
- Type: Financial aid
- Award: Varies
- Value: $2,500
- Level: High School Seniors, High School Graduates, Undergraduate
- Target: U.S. students
- Location: United States
2025/2026 Frontline Families Scholarship Program Eligibility Criteria
The following requirements must be met by the applicants in order to be eligible for the 2025/2026 Frontline Families Scholarship Program:
- The scholarship application is open to U.S. citizen or permanent resident students.
- The scholarship is open to applicants who are high school seniors, high school graduates, or current college undergraduate students.
- Applicants must be a child of a deceased frontline healthcare worker who died from COVID-19 while employed at a medical facility.
- Applicants must have excellent academic performance and good grades.
- The age requirement for the scholarship is under the age of 26 years and applicants must be biological, step or legally adopted children.
- Applicants must be enrolled or plan to attend an accredited two or four year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year either as a part-time or full-time undergraduate study.
2025/2026 Frontline Families Scholarship Program Application Process
To apply for the 2025/2026 Frontline Families Scholarship Program, applicants must follow these steps:
- It is essential for applicants to go through the scholarship application before applying.
- Applicants can apply for the scholarship through the online application link provided below.
- Applicants must provide all the required documents that are needed for the scholarship including frontline healthcare worker’s proof of occupatiob, frontline healthcare worker’s death certificate, proof of enrollment, transcript, grades, and completed application form before the deadline date.
- For more information about the scholarship, applicants can contact this email frontlinefamilies@scholarshipamerica.org.
- Incomplete scholarship application is not be processed for the next stage.
Application Deadline: 17 February 2026
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