Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship
Up to 9 more months or $30,000 of benefits if you are finishing a STEM degree and your GI Bill is almost gone.
What it is
The Rogers STEM Scholarship gives up to 9 months (or $30,000) of extra benefits for training in high-demand fields. The monthly amount matches your Post-9/11 GI Bill or Fry Scholarship rate. Federal law (38 U.S.C. 3320) sets the 9-month and $30,000 limits.
What it is
Who qualifies
You must meet all the rules in one of these three paths, and you must have 6 months or less of Post-9/11 GI Bill or Fry Scholarship benefits left.
- Undergraduate STEM degree: you are in a qualifying program that requires 120 or more semester hours (180 quarter hours) and you have completed at least 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours).
- Healthcare clinical training: you already hold a qualifying STEM degree and are accepted or enrolled in post-graduate clinical training that is not part of a graduate degree.
- Teaching certification: you hold a post-secondary STEM degree and are accepted or enrolled in a teaching certification program.
Approved fields include computer science, engineering, healthcare, mathematics, biological science, agriculture science and physical science. Check your exact program against VA's list.
What it gives you
Up to 9 months or $30,000, whichever comes first. Active-duty members are not eligible for the housing allowance.
How to get it, step by step
- Check your remaining months with VA's benefits statement tool.
- Confirm your program is on VA's approved STEM list.
- Apply online. VA says it takes about 15 minutes. VA's how-to-apply page links the application.
- VA usually decides within 30 days. If approved, you get a Certificate of Eligibility by mail and must begin using the benefit within 6 months.
Deadlines and traps
- You cannot combine it with Yellow Ribbon.
- You cannot transfer it to a dependent.
- Graduate degrees are excluded, except healthcare clinical training and teaching certification.
Where to call and where to go
Phone
- GI Bill hotline: 1-888-442-4551, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET (TTY: 711). Source: VA: test fees page and benefits.va.gov GI Bill
- Ask VA (send VA a question online)
Official pages
- VA: Rogers STEM Scholarship
- How to apply for GI Bill and related benefits
- Check your remaining Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits
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