College Scholarships

Application Deadline: January 29, 2021

Morgan County Rural Electric Association once again partnered with Tri-State Generation & Transmission and Basin Electric Power Cooperative in sponsoring a total of nine college or vocational scholarships for students who reside within MCREA's service territory, and whose family (parents/grandparents) receives electric service from Morgan County REA. For the 2021-2022 school year, Morgan County REA awarded five (5) $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors and one (1) $1,000 scholarship to a current post-secondary student that will be returning to college or trade school, with Tri-State offering two (2) $500 scholarships and Basin Electric Power sponsoring one (1) $1,000 scholarship to graduating seniors. Application and all completed application materials (listed below) must be postmarked or delivered to MCREA headquarters by Friday, January 29, 2021. Only one set of application materials is necessary to apply for scholarships from all three cooperatives.

In addition to filling out the application form, students interested in applying for the scholarships must:

• Write a summary (not to exceed two pages) detailing school and community activities, as well as any work experience. Students who have graduated high school and are currently attending college or trade school include activities after high school graduation only.
• Compose a student statement (not to exceed one page) outlining the student's expected field of study and any career plans.
• Graduating high school seniors - include SAT and/or ACT scores, as well as a high school transcript with the student's grade point average.
• Students who have graduated high school and are currently attending college or trade school - include most recent college transcript with the student's grade point average.
• Enclose one (1) letter of recommendation.
• One picture of yourself for publication purposes should you be awarded a scholarship.       

To be eligible, an applicant must reside within the boundaries of MCREA’s service territory and their family must receive electric service from Morgan County REA. Applicants must plan to maintain a full-time schedule in any post-secondary accredited institution which offers at least a one-year degree program.