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.
$2,000 Peacock Memorial Scholarship
(co-sponsored by WRCTC)
We are proud to offer a scholarship in remembrance of Jason Peacock and Russ Peacock, who dedicated their time and talents to WRCTC and Grand Electric Cooperative. Their contributions left a lasting impact on our community, and their passing was a profound loss felt by all of us.
To honor their legacy and their significance to our cooperative family and the membership, we are proud to award a $2,000 scholarship in the Peacock name.
We deeply miss Jason and Russ, but we take great pride in celebrating their memory through this scholarship.
For an application, please visit www.sdplains.com, contact your school guidance counselor, or stop by the main office in Bison and ask for Brooke. Students can submit completed applications and supporting documents to:
bschecher@wrctc.coop OR mail to: WRCTC, Attn: Scholarship Program,
PO Box 39, Bison, SD 57620.
Deadline to apply is April 16, 2025.
Priority of receiving this scholarship will be given in the following order:
1. Students pursuing a certificate or associate degree in an electrician, power line construction and maintenance, or telecommunications program at a technical school
2. Students pursuing any certificate or associate degree at a tech school
3. Students enrolled at any post-secondary school
Grand Electric/WRCTC Scholarships
$1,000 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 $1,000 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 April 16, 2025.
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.