TDS has established a scholarship program to assist children of associates who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.
This program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship 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. Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability, or national origin.
Applicants to the TDS Scholarship Program must be:
Children of Officers are not eligible for this program.
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $2,000 award. Up to 10 awards will be granted. Up to eight awards will be granted to children of TDS Telecom associates and up to two awards will be granted to children of TDS Corporate/OneNeck associates. Awards are not renewable, but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements. Students may receive the award a maximum of two times.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
Applicants will be notified in March. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of TDS. Payments are made in one installment in August. The associate must continue to be an active, full-time or part-time (30-39 or 20-29 hours per week) associate when the award is disbursed 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 associate of TDS play a part in the selection. 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 February 3, 2023 3:00 pm Central Time.
Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.