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NROTC scholarship application deadline
Navy ROTC and Marine Corps NROTC scholarships for high school students run through Naval Service Training Command. This page tells cadets and parents what those official pages said when MeritLink read them on October 4, 2026.
Those pages do not print a calendar deadline. The close date has to come from the official site.
What the Navy page says about timing
The four-year national scholarship page says the fiscal year 2026 NROTC online application is closed and the fiscal year 2027 application is open. That page does not list a calendar deadline. Check it for the current close date before you apply.
Because no day and month are printed there, this guide does not show a “due by” date for NROTC. Army and Air Force dates on the ROTC scholarship dates page are for those services. NROTC timing comes from the Navy and Marine Corps pages.
Navy, Nurse, and Marine options
The four-year scholarship is a national NROTC scholarship. Students earn a bachelor’s degree at a participating college and prepare to commission as a Navy or Marine Corps officer. Applicants choose a Navy, Nurse, or Marine option on the NROTC application.
- Navy option. Use the four-year national scholarship page for the high school application.
- Nurse option. The Nurse option is for students earning a bachelor of science in nursing while preparing to commission as a Navy Nurse Corps ensign. Select the Nurse option on the NROTC scholarship application. The Nurse option page does not add a separate deadline on this site.
- Marine option. The Marine Corps scholarships page describes the NROTC Marine option and says applicants use the NROTC online application and select the Marine option. That page does not list a deadline.
What the four-year page says the scholarship includes
The four-year national scholarship entry on this site quotes the official page as: Full tuition and educational fees, or room and board up to $11,500 per year, plus stipends, uniforms, and summer training cruises. Read the current sentence on the Naval Service Training Command page before you count on an amount.
College students use a different scholarship
The two- and three-year NROTC scholarship is for college students who want to finish a degree and commission in the Navy or Marine Corps. The official page directs students to apply through the NROTC unit at their school. This site does not list a deadline for that scholarship. Confirm it with the page and with the unit it names.
Navy ROTC two- and three-year scholarship (opens in a new tab)
How to apply
- Open the Navy ROTC four-year scholarship (opens in a new tab) page and read whether the fiscal year 2027 application is still marked open.
- Look on that page for a close date. If it still does not print one, do not invent one. Follow whatever instruction the page gives for the open application, and check back before you submit.
- On the NROTC application, choose the Navy, Nurse, or Marine option that matches the commission you want. Marine applicants can start from the Marine Corps NROTC scholarships (opens in a new tab) page, which points to the same NROTC application.
- College students who are not in the high school four-year cycle should use the two- and three-year page and the NROTC unit at their school.
- A United States Naval Academy appointment is a separate admissions process. See the academy links on the ROTC scholarship dates page and use each academy’s own dates.
MeritLink does not operate the NROTC application and cannot tell you that a package was received.
Common questions
What is the NROTC scholarship application deadline?
The Naval Service Training Command four-year national scholarship page says the fiscal year 2026 NROTC online application is closed and the fiscal year 2027 application is open. That page does not list a calendar deadline. Confirm the close date on the official page before you apply.
Do Navy and Marine Corps applicants use the same scholarship application?
The Marine Corps scholarships page says applicants use the NROTC online application. The four-year scholarship summary says applicants choose a Navy, Nurse, or Marine option on that application.
Does the Marine Corps NROTC page list a deadline?
The Naval Service Training Command Marine Corps scholarships page does not list a deadline. Check that page, and the four-year NROTC page, for the current close date.
Does MeritLink know the NROTC close date if the Navy page omits it?
No. This site leaves the deadline blank when the official page does not state one. Use the Naval Service Training Command page for the fiscal year 2027 application status.