There are two types of nationally awarded Eagle Scout scholarships. One type is academic scholarships, which include a varying number by the National Eagle Scout Association, and a varying number of Mabel and Lawrence S. Cooke Scholarships and others. Scholarship committees are formed each year in each of the four BSA regions (Northeast, Southern, Central, and Western) to recommend recipients of these scholarships, with the final determination made by the national NESA Scholarship Committee. The other type of national Eagle Scout scholarship is the Hall/McElwain Merit Scholarship. NESA academic scholarship applicants must be Eagle Scouts graduating high school and entering college in the year for which they apply for a scholarship. Scholarships are awarded only to those who graduate from high school in the calendar year in which scholarships are presented. Applications for the NESA scholarships will be posted October 1 each year. Religious, civic and institution-specific scholarships for Eagle Scouts also available.