Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship

Who may apply:

Current high school seniors, full-time and part-time, degree-seeking undergraduates and graduate students.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

You must enroll at a two-year or four-year Maryland college or university, as a full-time or part-time, degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate student. You must be: the son, daughter, stepchild, or the surviving spouse (who has not remarried) of a member of the United States Armed Forces who died as a result of military service or who suffered a service-connected 100% permanent disability as result of military service; a veteran who suffers a service-connected disability of 25% or greater, as a result of military service, and has exhausted or is no longer eligible for federal veterans' educational benefits; the son, daughter, stepchild, or surviving spouse of a victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks who died as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the attack on the Pentagon in Virginia, or the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania; a POW/MIA of the Vietnam Conflict or his/her son, daughter, or stepchild and was a resident of this State at the time the person was declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action the son, daughter, stepchild, or surviving spouse (who has not remarried) of a state or local public safety employee or volunteer who died in the line of duty or who was 100 percent disabled in the line of duty; or a state or local public safety employee or volunteer who was 100 percent disabled in the line of duty; a veteran, as defined under § 9–901 of the State Government Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, who either suffers a service connected disability of 25% or greater and has exhausted or is no longer eligible for federal veterans' educational benefits; the son, daughter, stepchild, or surviving spouse (who has not remarried) of a school employee who, as a result of an act of violence either died in the line of duty or sustained an injury in the line of duty that rendered the school employee 100% disabled.

Applicants must be a Maryland resident at the time of application with the exception of the following individuals:; ;

A) ;A Son, Daughter, Stepson, or Stepdaughter of any State or Local Public Safety Employee killed in the line of duty; or

B) The Surviving spouse of any State or Local Public Safety Employee killed in the line of duty; Or

C) A Disabled Public Safety Employee; or

D) A Son, Daughter, Stepson, Stepdaughter of a disabled Public Safety Employee who sustains an injury in the line of duty that renders the Public Safety Employee 100% disabled; or

E) The Surviving Spouse of a Disabled Public Safety Employee who sustains an injury in the line of duty that renders the Public Safety Employee 100% disabled.;