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Unified Arizona Veterans established on the 28th of December, 1981 at the American Legion Post #1 in Phoenix as an initiative led by the American Legion (TAL), the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) departments of Arizona to collectively promote veteran-related affairs endorsed by a majority of its member veterans service organizations (VSO’s) throughout Arizona.

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Graphic flyer for the UAV Scholarships

Unified Arizona Veterans OI #5: Veterans Scholarship Program – 2026!

Offering Honorably Discharged U.S. Military Veterans, and their immediate families, who are Arizona residents, higher learning scholarships. These merit based scholarships focus on the contributions to community and service by the applicant.

DEADLINE: Applications due February 15th, 2026

In support of its mission, the UAV established, manages, maintains and operates scholarship programs to assist deserving HONORABLY DISCHARGED veterans of the U.S. military, residing in Arizona, including honorably discharged veterans of the Arizona Reserve and Arizona National Guard components. Since 2016, we have expanded our program by adding two subprograms focusing on Native American veterans and immediate family members of 100% disabled and killed in action (KIA) veterans. We named the latter subprogram the Specialist Lori Ann Piestewa Scholarship in honor of the first Native American Female killed in action on foreign soil. The first two recipients of this scholarship were her two children, Brandon Whiterock (attending NAU) and Carla Piestewa (attending GCU).

These scholarships, worth up to $5,000, are issued to THREE individual Arizona residents, who are either an:

  • Honorably discharged U.S. Military Veteran.   (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Space Force, Arizona National Guard/Reserve.)  OR,
  • Who are determined by the VA to have a 100% service-connected disability rating. OR,
  • Immediate family member (example: un-remarried spouse, child, grandchild) of either an honorably discharged U.S. Military Veteran, or Killed in Action (KIA) or in an Act of Terror (AOT) military sponsor.   (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Space Force, Arizona National Guard/Reserve military sponsor.)
  • Applicants must be a lawful U.S. permanent resident, living in Arizona, pursuing and dedicating a deep commitment to their education beyond the high school level.

UAV Scholarships are a one-time award, and are not renewable. Once an applicant has been awarded a UAV scholarship, that applicant is not eligible for further awards.

✨ Congratulations to the class of 2025! 🎊

Nicole LaShauna Baker

Kathleen M. Buonocore

Carl B Forkner

Kathryn Lowrey Gallowitz

Larry Jackson

Bruce E. Kosaveach

Graciela Marroquin

Frederick William Mueller (Posthumous)

Alan Martell Powell

Rodney T. Preuss

Cheryl Klouzal Schmidt

Arthur Herschel Scharf

William Frank Simon

Trisha Dian Thompson

Thomas Richard Winkel


 

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