(SAFAC) Lieutenant Bill McDermott Memorial Scholarship

Scholarship requirements:
• You are in good academic standing
• You are a full-time student
• You have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for all courses taken at NCC
• You are a Fire Science major
• You have completed at least 30 GPA credits at NCC
• You must be involved in volunteer work or community service on/off campus
• You must submit an essay describing why you deserve this scholarship, please include any academic achievements, community service, relevant experience, etc. as well as how winning this scholarship would help any financial hardships you are facing. (Your essay should be 1 to 2 pages with the following settings: double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins.)

Award
$300.00
Deadline
03/11/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. Are you involved in volunteer work or community service?
  2. Upload an essay describing why you deserve this scholarship and please include any academic achievements, community service experience, relevant experience, etc. as well as how winning this scholarship would help any financial hardships you are facing.
  3. Your essay should be 1 to 2 pages with the following settings: double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. A substantially longer or shorter essay may adversely affect your rating.
  4. This is a scholarship application; spelling and grammar are important. Be sure that the essay is clear and concise.
  5. Your essay must address the given topic above.
  6. The file uploaded must be a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file. Evaluators are only able to open and read files of this type so any other file type submitted will result in a low rating of the overall application.
  7. I understand that my scholarship award(s) are subject to adjustments or cancellations due to changes in laws, regulations, appropriations, discovery of data errors from the information provided on my FAFSA (if eligible), changes in my enrollment status, amongst other reasons.