Welcome! Thank you for your interest in the ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program for eligible amateur radio operators pursuing higher education. Applications for the 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program will open on October 30, 2024. More than 100 scholarships ranging from $500 to $25,000 will be awarded in 2025. Scholarship recipients will be tentatively be notified in Spring of 2025. All applicants must be an active, FCC-licensed amateur radio operators [NOTE Active foreign amateur radio operators are eligible for the ARDC Scholarships]. All applicants must submit a completed online application. Transcripts and any additional required documents must be submitted WITH the application and not emailed separately. A number of scholarships require additional documents, such as a letter of recommendation from a sitting Officer of an ARRL-affiliated club. Applications without accompanying transcripts and additional required documents (if applicable) will not be considered. The ARRL Foundation Scholarship Committee will review all applicants for eligibility and award decisions.

For letters of recommendation, an email will be sent to them when you enter their information on the application. In addition, you should download and deliver the attached letter to each of those individual in the event that the email from Kaleidoscope is blocked by the school’s firewall.