Fry Scholarships 
Learn about the the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship Fry Scholarship, a scholarship for children and dependents of Veterans. If your parent or spouse was an active - duty service member who died in the line of duty on or after September 11 , 2001 , you may qualify for this benefit. Find out if you re eligible for education benefits through this scholarship. 

Am I eligible for Fry Scholarship benefits? 
You may be able to get benefits under the Fry Scholarship if you re the child or surviving spouse of an active - duty service member who died in the line of duty on or after September 11 , 2001. 

As the child of a service member 
You can be married or unmarried. If you turned 18 or graduated from high school before January 1 , 2013 , you can get a Fry Scholarship until you re 33 years old. If you turn 18 or graduate from high school after January 1 , 2013 , you can get a Fry Scholarship at any age over 18 or after you graduate whichever comes first. If your parent died in the line of duty before August 1 , 2011 , you may qualify for both the Fry Scholarship and the Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance DEA program. But you can use only one program at a time. We cap combined benefits at 81 months of full - time training. Read about the DEA program If you re receiving Dependency and Indemnity Compensation DIC , you ll need to give up those payments when you start to use the Fry Scholarship. Read about DIC 

As the spouse of a service member 
If you remarry , you ll no longer be eligible for the Fry Scholarship. You can still get Dependency and Indemnity Compensation DIC payments while using the Fry Scholarship. Read about DIC 

What benefits can I get? 
You may be able to get up to 36 months of benefits, including : Money for tuition full in - state tuition costs at public schools and up to $22,805.34 per year for training at private or out - of - state schools Money for housing Money for books and supplies 

How do I ge

user: I'm trying to collect as much information as i can about Fry scholarships, Can you tell me something?

assistant: With pleasure. Let me ask you something. Have you chose school yet?

user: No, i had not do that, i was searching for info first.

assistant: Understood. Then you have not applied for these benefits yet?

user: Well, you saying that like this, i think i would be interested, yeah.

assistant: Excellent. All you need to do is going online and fill out a VA Form 22-5490 or Dependents Application for VA Education Benefits. After you fill that form out, you'll have to send it to the regional benefit office where in theory you would want to go to school.

user: Oh, in that school choosing, it has anything to do with it, the fact that the child parent was serving and died on duty on 2009?

assistant: Certainly, it does. That fact, opens the possibility for the child to use both Fry scholarships and the dependent educational assistance. The down side would be that the child may use only one of the programs at a time.

user: Right, i guess is for the better that way. Getting all over the school choosing, is there any tool i can use? An app, website, guide?

assistant: In that regard, please make use of the GI Bill comparison tool. This application will be useful at the moment you want to pick up a school.

Little reminder: Remember to contact the school's certifying official so he or she can assure you that the program you choose gets approved for VA benefits.

user: And what should be done in case someone has already started its education? i'm asking because i remembered that a relative has this situation but wants to get benefits.

assistant: If that so, that person must ask the certifying official from that school to fill out a VA Form 22-1999 or VA Enrollment Certification, who'll submit it after.