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$1,000 Purple Heart Scholarship — for the Year After You Have Already Started

Montana Veterans Affairs awards $1,000 scholarships to Purple Heart recipients, several each year. The shape is unusual: it is for students who are ALREADY IN — you need one completed academic year at an accredited Montana state university or vocational-technical school, a GPA of 2.0 or better, and current re-enrolment. So it is not a way to start a degree; it is a way to keep going. It is keyed to the award rather than to any disability rating, verified by DD 214 or similar discharge documentation.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

Montana Veterans Affairs awards $1,000 scholarships to Purple Heart recipients, several each year. The shape is unusual: it is for students who are ALREADY IN — you need one completed academic year at an accredited Montana state university or vocational-technical school, a GPA of 2.0 or better, and current re-enrolment. So it is not a way to start a degree; it is a way to keep going. It is keyed to the award rather than to any disability rating, verified by DD 214 or similar discharge documentation.

What it's worth: $1,000, awarded to several students each year

  • $1,000, with MULTIPLE AWARDS made annually.
  • Requires ONE COMPLETED ACADEMIC YEAR at an accredited Montana state university or vocational-technical school.
  • A GPA of 2.0 OR BETTER and CURRENT RE-ENROLMENT.
  • It is therefore not a way to begin study — it is for continuing students.
  • Keyed to the PURPLE HEART AWARD, not to a disability rating.
  • Verified by DD 214 or similar discharge documentation.
  • Montana residency is required.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served in the U.S. armed forces.
  • You were awarded the Purple Heart.
  • You are studying.
  • Montana institutions.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Apply after your first completed academic year, not before — the completed year is a requirement.
  2. 2Send the DD 214 or the award citation evidencing the Purple Heart.
  3. 3Have your transcript showing a GPA of 2.0 or better, and evidence of re-enrolment.
  4. 4Apply each year you continue. Multiple awards are made annually.
  5. 5Ask the Veterans Affairs Division for the current application window — it is not fixed in the published material.
Form
Purple Heart Scholarship application, Montana Veterans Affairs Division
File with
Montana Veterans Affairs Division
Documents you will need
dd214
Annual
Claimed once a year.
Worth knowingA Purple Heart recipient in Montana should check both this and the licence route at MCA 87-2-816 — neither asks for a disability rating.

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