First Responder Scholarship

First responders may apply for the scholarship if they’re currently active (part-time or full-time) paid employees or volunteers in the following roles:

• Dispatchers or 911 operators
• Emergency medical technicians or paramedics
• Firefighters
• Law enforcement officers

We’re proud to also offer this scholarship to spouses of first responders. To be eligible, spouses can’t be presently enrolled at the university.

To apply for the first responder scholarship, simply apply for admission to the university. There’s a place on the application to indicate if you are a first responder or spouse of a first responder.

During the enrollment process, you’ll be asked to provide documentation of your first responder status, such as an agency photo ID, letter of employment, or letter from a supervisor on letterhead. For more information, call 601-968-8881 or email onlineadmission@belhaven.edu.

As part of the admission process, you will need to submit a scanned copy of your credentials. This could include: an agency photo ID, letter of employment, or letter from a supervisor, Chief or Training Officer on letterhead, etc.

You will fill out the regular application for admission. There will be a place on the application to indicate you are a First Responder (or spouse).

Begin the Admission Application

The first responder scholarship is available for most of our undergraduate and graduate programs, but it doesn’t apply to nursing, the Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies program, or any of our partnership programs.

It doesn’t reduce university fees or book costs, and it can’t be combined with other scholarships.