Basin Electric/Grand Electric Scholarship
High School Seniors & College Students
Two $500 Scholarships are available for the 2025-2026 school year!
Deadline to apply is February 10, 2025.
•Two applicants will be awarded a scholarship for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year.
•Scholarship recipients will be chosen based on a combination of SAT/ACT score; overall GPA; work experience; participation in school and community activities; written essay; letter of recommendation and applicant appraisal.
•For an application or more information, please contact Brooke at 605-244-5211 or 800-592-1803, or contact the Guidance Counselor at your school.
Requirements: Must be a member of Grand Electric or a dependent of a Grand Electric member, must be a U.S. citizen and must be enrolled or planning to enroll in a full-time undergraduate or graduate course of study at an accredited, two-year or four-year college, university or vocational technical school.
For an interactive application CLICK HERE.
$750 Technical School Scholarship
Are you currently enrolled or planning to attend an Electrician Program, Powerline Program or Telecommunications Program?
APPLY NOW!
Students currently enrolled or planning to attend a Qualified Program (listed below), submit applications by TBA.
Qualified Programs Include:
Electrical Utilities & Substation Technology
Power Line Construction & Maintenance
Utilities Technology-Heating & Cooling
Utilities Technology-Power Line
Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Heating & Cooling Technology
Information Systems Technology
Telecommunications
•One applicant will be awarded a scholarship for the Fall 2025 Semester.
•Scholarship recipients will be chosen based on a combination of SAT/ACT score; overall GPA; work experience; written essay; letter of recommendation and applicant appraisal.
•For more information, please contact Brooke Schecher at 605-244-5211 or 800-592-1803, or contact the Guidance Counselor at your school.
•Requirements: Must be a member of Grand Electric and/or West River Cooperative Telephone Company (WRCTC) or a dependent of a Grand Electric/WRCTC member, must be a U.S. citizen and must be enrolled or planning to enroll in a full-time undergraduate or graduate course of study at an accredited, two-year or four-year college, university or vocational technical school.
Grand Electric/WRCTC Scholarships
$750 Scholarship
(co-sponsored by WRCTC)
Attention: High School Seniors from Bison, Buffalo, Lemmon and Faith/Hettinger School Districts – Here is your chance to win a $750 Scholarship from Grand Electric! One senior from each school district and/or combined school districts will be awarded a scholarship for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year.
For an application, please click on the appropriate school district:
Bison Buffalo Lemmon Faith or Hettinger
Deadline is TBA.
Please mail the completed application and extra documents to:
Scholarship Program
Grand Electric
PO Box 39
Bison, SD 57620
If you have questions regarding this scholarship, please contact us at 605-244-5211 or 800-592-1803.
Employees' and Directors' dependents are not eligible for this scholarship.
South Dakota Association of Cooperatives Scholarship
SDAC is awarding two individual $1,000-scholarships to eligible students who are pursuing a degree related to a career at a cooperative.
Eligibility: second-year higher-education student in good standing, who is a member or whose parents/guardians are members of a SDAC member cooperative.
Deadline to apply is December 6, 2024. Winners will be announced December 23, 2024.