Basin Electric Power Cooperative has established a scholarship program to assist children of Basin Electric Power Cooperative member-system employees who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.
The 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 Basin Electric Power Cooperative – Member Employee Dependent Scholarship must:
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $1,000 award. Up to twenty (20) awards will be granted. Assuming there are qualified applicants, awards will be granted to children of employees from 20 different co-ops. No more than one recipient can be selected at a given co-op.
Awards are not renewable, but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
All applicants will be notified in April.
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Payment is made in August.
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Financial need is not considered.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Basin Electric Power Cooperative play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
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 March 6, 2024 3:00 pm Central Time.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.