The Express Scholarship is designed to meet Air Force ROTC officer production requirements in specific fields and year groups. Contact the detachment
detachmentThe Air Force ROTC unit at a host university. nearest you for the most up-to-date information on this program.
This program awards Type 1Type 1Pays full college tuition, most fees and $900 per year for books. scholarships. In most cases, these scholarships can activate during the same term as nomination.
The Express Scholarship program is operated on a fully qualified basis – those who meet the qualifications are awarded the scholarship and do not meet a scholarship selection board. The processing of the scholarship award is completed at the local detachment.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible to apply for an Express Scholarship, you must:
- Be a United States Citizen
- Pass the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test » (AFOQT) or have your failing scores waived after two failures
- Pass the Air Force ROTC Physical Fitness Test »
- Have at least a 2.5 cumulative college grade point average
- Pass a physical examination and be certified as commissioncommissionBestowed upon an AFROTC graduate by the President of the United States recognizing them as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. -qualified by the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board
- Not already be a contracted scholarship recipient
- Meet the age, moral and other scholarship eligibility requirements » for Air Force ROTC
- Major in one of the fields listed below for your commissioning year group
Eligible Majors
- Arabic
- Azerbaijani
- Bengali
- Cambodian
- Chinese
- Hausa
- Hindi
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Kasakh
- Kurdish
- Malay
- Pashtu
- Persian-Iranian/Persian-Afghan
- Russian
- Serbo-Croatian
- Swahili
- Thai
- Turkish
- Uighur
- Urdu/Punjabi
- Uzbek
- Vietnamese
How to Apply
Applications for the Express Scholarship are processed and approved at the detachment level. Contact the detachment serving the school you attend or desire to attend, and they will work to nominate you for the appropriate scholarship program.
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