Other scholarships for grandchildren include the alumni heritage scholarship and the alumni scholar award at the University of Alabama, Augustus Ward Young and Ruth Agenes Young Scholarships at the University of Maine at Machias for students whose grandparents or great - grandparents were members of Eastern Star, a scholarship for grandchildren and great grandchildren of full - time faculty (past or present) sponsored by the San Diego State University Retirement Association, a scholarship for
grandchildren of alumni at Texas State University San Marco, a scholarship for children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren of alumni at the University of New Hampshire, and a scholarship for
grandchildren of alumni sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association.
The three main types
of scholarships that may depend on a grandparent's affiliations include legacy scholarships for
grandchildren of a college's
alumni, scholarships for military service by a grandparent, and scholarships based on ancestry and ethnicity.