Scholarships
2021 UFA Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is for dependent children of active, retired or deceased Firefighters, Fire Marshals, Marine Wipers, Marine Engineers & Pilots who are full-time students up to and including age 23 for UNDERGRADUATE education. Applicants must currently be enrolled in college, trade or vocational school.
Active members and their spouses are also eligible. Dependent children, spouses of LOD deceased UFA members, and dependent children of non-LOD deceased UFA members are eligible to receive scholarships for undergraduate education but must still fill out an application and provide proof of enrollment.
The 2021 application period will be open from August 1 - October 1.
FDNY SCHOLARSHIP RESOURCES
FDNY Members and their Families are eligible for scholarships. See the list below for additional scholarships and the button for additional information:
- Scholarship Resources for Line of Duty Deaths and Line of Duty Disability Dependents
- Scholarship Resources for the Dependents of Active, Retired
and Deceased Members - Scholarships offered by FDNY Fraternal Organizations
- Scholarships and Educational Resources for Members
Information (eligibility, contacts, & award amount, etc.) related to the scholarships listed below is subject to change. Any questions should be directed to the organization offering the scholarship. Send scholarship/college information benefitting our membership to: recordingsecretary@ufanyc.org
The frontline workers scholarship
The Frontline Workers Scholarship is offered by Outlier.org, in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, is offering a free, for-credit online college course to workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- It’s available to the first 1,000 eligible frontline workers who apply.
- It’s good for 2 years, so you can take it whenever you have time.
- The application is easy, just a simple questionnaire and short video submission.
You can apply here. Please write "FDNY" in the job description section of the application in addition to a brief sentence about the work you do.
For more information email: hello@outlier.org or contact FDNY College Registrar/Advisor, Lizzette Perez-Cruz via
e-mail; Lizette.Perez@fdny.nyc.gov or tel. 718-281-8465
Donate
The UFA Widows' and Children's Fund
The UFA Thomas R. Elsasser Fund
Scholarship Fund
Considering supporting the UFA? You can donate electronically via PayPal or via Mail to:
Uniformed Firefighters Association
204 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
*Exemption granted pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Tax ID number: 13-4194707