The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

FY 2016 plans:
[b][u]
Fully transition the SMART program to the Services.[/u][/b]

[url]http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2016/budget_justification/pdfs/03_RDT_and_E/PB16_OSD_0400D_Master_J-Book_Final.pdf[/url]

Will it have any effect on the program ?

From old thread

FY 2009 : 27.1
FY 2010 : 31.2

Also, an early 2011 budget said 56M for the year, so these seem to move around.

Found out a few documents showing budget cuts to SMART. From >$100 million for the initial scholarship years to a third of that sum now.

Below is the data for the last 6 years in millions

FY 2011 : 48.789
FY 2012 : 45.271
FY 2013 : 46.867
[url]http://dtic.mil/descriptivesum/Y2013/OSD/stamped/0601120D8Z_1_PB_2013.pdf[/url]

to

FY 2014 : 37.692
FY 2015 : 36.000
FY 2016 : 37.000
[url]http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/budget/fy2016/dod-peds/0601120d8z_1_pb_2016.pdf[/url]

Pentagon has recommended $53.5 million for FY 2017
[url]https://www.aau.edu/uploadedFiles/Budget_and_Appropriations/FY17_Budget_and_Appropriations/DOD%201%20pager%20-%20final%20version.pdf[/url]

Also found this in FY 2015 plans : [b]"Transition the SMART program to the Services with Navy as Lead Service"[/b]