MINUTEMAN SCHOLARSHIP

What is the Minuteman campaign?

The Minuteman Campaign is a U.S. Army Cadet Command initiative to offer Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty (GRFD) scholarships to candidates that self-select for service in a Reserve component. The GRFD scholarship provides full tuition and fees or room and board ($13,000 per year) for up to four years at a public or up to three years at a private school. This program provides well-trained officers to the Reserve Components and improves the total Army force. 

If you are a high school senior interested in receiving an Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship and commissioning into the Army National Guard, the GRFD Minuteman Scholarship provides you with an excellent opportunity.

Types of Scholarships.

  1. 4-year scholarship may only be awarded to incoming college freshmen attending a host ROTC program at a public university.
  2. 3-year Advance Designee awarded to an incoming college freshman attending a host ROTC program that pays the last 3 years of benefits.

Scholarship recipients also receive a yearly book allowance of $1,200 and a monthly stipend from $420 while attending school, depending on their year in the ROTC program. In addition, Minuteman recipients participate in the Simultaneous Membership Program, which gives them experience with a National Guard unit’s monthly drills and a 14-day annual training for which they are paid as a sergeant (approximately $7,500 a year). After graduation and commissioning, Minuteman Scholarship recipients are guaranteed placement in the Army National Guard.

To get started, high school seniors should contact the Professor of Military Science or Recruiting Operations Officer (ROO) at the Army ROTC program that serves their college or university. There are 275 host programs that cover nearly 3,000 schools across the United States.

Currently enrolled Cadets participating in an ROTC program are not authorized to receive a MM nomination.  These individuals are encouraged to apply for a campus based GRFD scholarship, contact your ROTC program.

To find a program that serves your college or university, go to Find ROTC Schools and Military Colleges | goarmy.com.

Deadline for all nomination letters is 01 MAY 2026. Nominations are only for fall 2026 or spring 2027.

*By accepting the Minuteman Scholarship, a cadet is not eligible to compete for active duty.

Minuteman Scholarship Cadets can be nominated from any State Adjutant General (TAG), in lengths of 3YRs up to 4YRs for a scholarship. These scholarships are limited each year and need a nomination memo with a handwritten signature from the nomination source.

Texas Army National Guard ROTC Program coordinator: ng.tx.txarng.mbx.rotc@army.mil Subject: ATTN Minuteman Scholarship or call 512-653-7349.

Minuteman Scholarship Resources

Eligibility Requirements  

§Currently in ARNG/USAR or eligible to enlist
§U.S. Citizen or U.S. National (Applicants born in American Samoa or Swains Island)
§Between the age of 17-28 (Cannot turn 31 by 31DEC of Commissioning Year)
§Able to complete a valid MEPS Chapter 2 physical for enlistment
§DoDMERB Physical
§31 on Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT)
§Able to pass the Army Fitness Test (AFT) during first semester
§Compliance with AR 600-9 Body Composition Standards
§Official College / University Acceptance Letter
§2.5 CGPA, 4 Year Applicants must have an ACT/SAT with no minimum score required
§Participate in Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP)
§Enroll in Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS)
§Upon commission, applicants must complete an 8-year service obligation actively drilling at a Unit.

 

How To Apply

1.  Meet all scholarship qualifications (see above).

2.  Seek a nomination. Texas Army National Guard Recruiters can assist in obtaining a nomination. Please contact your local TXARNG recruiter, or complete the form in order to seek nomination.

3.  The school must be a host or be affiliated with an ROTC program. https://www.goarmy.com/rotc/find-schools.html.

4.  The Texas Army National Guard will submit the nomination to the US Army Cadet Command Recruiting (USACC), Marketing and Incentives Division (RMID) point of contact.  HQ Cadet Command will send the nominations to the ROTC brigade and the nomination will then be forwarded to their respective schools.

5.  Nominee/Applicant receives an email from usarmy.knox.usacc.mbx.train2lead@army.mil with instructions. Nominees have until 15 JUNE 2026 to complete MM application. Nominee creates my go army account, then logs into Minuteman app to upload information and supporting documents to prove eligibility

The applicant must be test/physically qualified – Qualified Not Enlisted (QNE) with the MEPS. The applicant will not be required to swear-in until they have received a ROTC scholarship offer letter.

All Minuteman Scholarship Cadets must be an SMP participant in the National Guard. All nominees will be made aware that the scholarship they are accepting is a dedicated GRFD and CANNOT BE REVOKED to allow the applicant to compete for an active-duty commission.All scholarship offers are subject to available funding.