TEF annual scholarship data is found on the TEF web site. https://www.tailhook.net/scholarship-application TEF awards over 100 scholarships annually ranging from $3,000 to $15,000 per year and averaging $4,000 per grant. A number of our TEF grants are awarded to students pursing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) curriculum. All TEF grants assist Naval Aviation legacy undergraduate students obtain a higher education.

Applications are available on OPEN: 12 noon PST on 15 DEC 2023 CLOSE: 12 noon PST on 01 March 2024

All supporting documents (transcripts, documentation of service, etc.) are due in our office by 01 March. SAT & ACT documentation / scores are not required.

TEF scholarship grants are for one year. You may reapply each year you are a full-time, undergraduate student. High school senior applicants compete for TEF high school grants each year. College applicants compete for TEF college grants each school year. TEF scholarship applicants have received TEF grants over multiple years, however they competed for selection each year.

No, our scholarship grants are for undergraduate degrees only at accredited schools or universities.

No. U.S. Navy aircraft carriers included in the TEF sponsorship eligibility criteria are those designated as follows: CV, CVA, CVB, CVE, CVL, CVN, CVS.

Yes, TEF accepts PDF & other attachments to meet scholarship application requirements. If however, if there is any doubt as to what the attachment says, TEF will ask the applicant for a hard-copy. Additionally, TEF reserves the right to request the applicant provide us with hard copy of anything they submitted electronically. This is specifically applicable to official records or reference to the student’s grades or GPA transcripts.

Any academic accomplishments in addition to &/ or outside the school’s standard curriculum requirements to graduate, examples: (1) AP, Honors, IB, Dual Enrollment courses (2) Courses taken at a different high school (3) Other college courses including but not limited to Junior College courses (4) On-line courses (include certificate(s) of graduation/ completion in your attached documents) (5) Other training courses, e.g.: - Lifeguard/ Lifesaving or any associated field-medical/ emergency courses (CPR, First aid, etc.), - - Pilot license, scuba certificate - Academic music courses - Agricultural academic courses - Various trade school academic training courses - Etc. Application packages should include proof of the outside academic achievements you list.

TEF does not require LORs as a part of your application package, however, feel free to include LORs if you'd like. If you submit LORs however, please ensure they are signed and dated.

TEF application package requirements are found on the TEF scholarship and Kaleidoscope application web page forms. TEF application committee screeners will review whatever you include in your application package, however, if you do not include all the required documents listed on the application web page forms; your application will be marked as incomplete.

TEF Scholarship applicants can submit as many Kaleidoscope applications as they’d like. TEF will use the latest Kaleidoscope application submitted as their final application for screening.

Yes, • Read the entire application before starting to fill it out. This will help you better organize your application responses. • Fill in all the fields listed unless they do not apply. • List what carriers your sponsor served on if you know them, not just the squadrons they flew in • List the type of Aircraft your sponsor flew (if applicable) • Answer all the essay questions. • Communicate clearly & concisely. • Proof-read your application for spelling, punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, (etc.) before submitting it • Applications arriving the last week before the deadline (especially the last 24 hours) are never as well written, organized, comprehensive or thorough as applications submitted earlier

TEF scholarship applicant eligibility criteria are listed below & found on our TEF web site. https://www.tailhook.net/scholarship-application TEF Scholarship Eligibility: High school graduate and child or grandchild of a current or former Naval Aviator, Naval Flight Officer, or Air-crewman - Or - children / grandchildren of individuals who served onboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. - And - accepted for undergraduate enrollment at an accredited college.

To prove sponsorship eligibility, TEF must receive one of the following documents from the applicant or sponsor: DD214 honorable discharge/ retirement papers with documentation specifying the member was a Naval Aviator USN officer designations for Naval Aviator include: 1310/ 1315 (pilot) & 1320/ 1325 (NFO) & some other 13XX designators USMC officer designations for Naval Aviators include: 75XX Flight Surgeon designators include: 2100, 2102, 210X Aircrew designations include: Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) of 78XX, 82XX, L00A, or 94XX Naval Aviation designation letter itself Naval Aviation based award listing aviation service or Naval Aviation designator Set of orders listing aviation duties or to a USN aircraft carrier or Naval Aviation designator

TEF grant awardees as well as those applicants not selected that year for a TEF grant will be notified via email by ~15 May. We will also send a hard copy letter to awardees by ~30 June advising them of the name of their scholarship and their grant amounts.

Once selected for a TEF grant, TEF will ask you to verify your most current contact data & school attending information. We are specifically interested in the office address at your school where we are to send the check. We are also interested in your student ID# or SSN for use on the grant check. TEF might also potentially ask you to provide us with another higher resolution photograph for our scholarship awardee web pages.

TEF mails awardee checks for the full amount of the grant directly to your school or university on ~01 August each year. The checks are made out to the university and student, so you should be contacted by your school to endorse the check and have it placed into your college account. It is important to provide TEF with your school's correct mailing address and department which is to receive the check. We will also ask you to provide a student ID# or social security number to ensure that your account is properly credited.

The TEF scholarship application sponsorship criteria shown below are listed on our TEF website. https://www.tailhook.net/scholarship-application Any Naval Aviator can sponsor a TEF scholarship applicant (i.e. anyone who earned U.S. Navy Gold Naval Aviator wings). Specifically: U.S. Navy/ Marine Corps/ Coast Guard - Pilots, Naval Flight Officers (NFO), Designated Aircrewman, Naval Flight Surgeons. ALSO eligible to sponsor TEF scholarship applicants are: Anyone who served on a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier as ship's company or on an embarked staff.

To sponsor a TEF applicant, an individual must be: Their parent or grandparent AND A Naval Aviator (USN, USMC or USCG - pilot, NFO, aircrewman) OR A Service member who served on a US Navy aircraft carrier.

We will accept any official government document (DD214, copy of orders, designation letter as Pilot, NFO, Air Crew or Flight surgeon, etc.) In addition, we have accepted copies of log book pages, copies of pages from cruise books, photos in uniform showing aviator wings.