The National DAR awards a variety of scholarships through the DAR Scholarship Committee. All applicants must be citizens of the United States and must attend, or plan to attend, an accredited college or university in the United States. To obtain an application, visit www.dar.org. Click on Scholarships and follow the prompts.

Please note that high school seniors are eligible for the following scholarships: The Aura Lee A. Pittenger and James Hobbs Pittenger American History Scholarship, the Nursing Scholarships, the Margaret Howard Hamilton Scholarship, the Lillian and Arthur Dunn Scholarship, Lucinda Beneventi Findley History Scholarship, the Nellie Love Butcher Music Scholarship, the Richard and Elizabeth Dean Scholarship, the Utz Scholarships, and the Swadley Horticulture Scholarship.

Awards are based on academic excellence, commitment to field of study, and/or financial need, or other restrictions on specific scholarships. No affiliation with DAR is necessary unless specified. All scholarship applications for the 2019-2020 school year should be submitted between August 1, 2018 through February 15, 2019 Midnight EST, by emailing the application to the email address listed for each specific scholarship. For a detailed list of the scholarships, please visit the Scholarships page on the public DAR site.

This year, the Constitutional Officers Association of Georgia is giving away four, $1,000 scholarships to the top applicants based on their essays. The application is posted on their website at: https://coagonline.org/coag-scholarship  The deadline for entries to be received is March 31, 2019.  

The theme this year:  

Every county in the State of Georgia has elected government officials known as "constitutional officers." County constitutional officers include the clerk of the superior court, judge of probate court, sheriff, and tax commissioner.   County constitutional officers are elected for four-year terms and have such powers and duties as provided by general law. In your essay you need to respond based on performing the following:  Interview a constitutional officer in your county. Spend some time with them and describe things that they do on a daily basis.