New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship

Children or spouses of New Jersey residents who on September 11, 2001 were killed in the attacks, died from attack injuries, died from illness caused by exposure to attack sites, or were declared missing and presumed dead may apply for the New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship. Applicants must be citizens, eligible non-citizens, or eligible to file the NJ Alternative Financial Aid Application, and must be full-time undergraduates. Children may apply within eight years of high school graduation; spouses within eight years of the date of death.

Awards are up to $7,500 per academic year and cannot exceed actual tuition, fees, room, and board. The WTC Board sets the amount each summer. The number of recipients varies. Offered twice a year with March and October deadlines.

Apply through HESAA. Students who incur full-time cost of attendance after losing a parent or spouse's financial resources are deemed to have financial need.