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Entergy Community Power Scholarship Program
Application status: Closed

Customer Service is available until 3:00 pm Central Time November 1.

Entergy Corporation has established a scholarship program to assist employees’ dependents that plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs. Scholarships are offered each year for full-time study at an accredited institution of the student’s choice.

This scholarship program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Applicants to the Entergy Community Power Scholarship Program must:

  • Be dependent children of full-time Entergy employees who have a minimum of one year of full-time employment with the company as of November 1, 2024. Dependent children are defined as your unmarried children up to the age of 19, if:
    • they live with you; or
    • you claim them as dependents for federal income tax purposes; or
    • you have full or joint legal custody of them under a divorce or custody decree
  • Be high school seniors who plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school no later than fall 2025 for the entire upcoming academic or vocational year.
  • Have participated in volunteer community service during the past four (4) years:
    Volunteer service that qualifies for the program is time spent working on programs/activities aligned with Entergy’s program areas (i.e., education and literacy, community improvement and enrichment, healthy families, arts and culture, and environmental improvement).
    Volunteer service that does NOT qualify:

    • Time spent working with any organization or program determined by Entergy as discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or national origin
    • Time spent working with political candidates or groups.
    • Activities whose sole purpose is promotion or support of a religion, faith, denomination or religious institution (i.e., Sunday School/Bible School teaching, singing in or directing a religious choir, nursery care during religious service, etc.)
    • Time spent sleeping during any overnight volunteer activity.
    • Hobbies
    • Donation of blood, hair, etc.

Awards

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $5,000 award. Up to twenty-two (22) system-wide awards will be granted. Up to ten (10) additional awards will be granted to students whose parent is employed by Entergy Louisiana. Up to two (2) additional awards will be granted to students whose parent is employed by Entergy Mississippi.

Up to 5 awards will be granted to students who plan to enroll in a two-year college or vocational-technical school as long as there are qualified applicants.

Awards are one-time only and are not renewable.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Volunteer community service
  • Academic record
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Work experience
  • Home responsibilities
  • A statement of career and educational goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • An online recommendation.

Financial need is not considered.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Entergy Corporation play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

Notification

All applicants will be notified in late December. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes Entergy Community Power scholarship payments on behalf of Entergy Corporation. Payments are made in one installment in early August. Payments will be made to the college and mailed to the student’s home address; changes to either of these must be communicated to Scholarship America as soon as possible.

Application

To apply, click the Apply Now button below to register and/or login to the Scholarship America Hub. Applicants can save the application and return at a later date. Applications must be completed and submitted by the application deadline date in order for the application to be considered.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
    • Student name
    • School name
    • Grades
    • Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than November 6, 2024 11:59 pm Central Time.

Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.

Entergy Corporation has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you the Scholarship America Student Hub!

Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.