Scholarship Program

APPLICATIONS OPEN FEBRUARY 1, 2024. The VMDAEC Education Scholarship Foundation provides scholarships for post-secondary education to deserving but financially challenged students from the program’s member electric cooperative territories.

Scholarship Basics

Each year, the Education Scholarship Foundation awards $1,000 scholarships. A combination of weighted criteria is used in the selection process: 40% financial need; 40% academic achievement; and 20% personal statement. Funds can be applied towards tuition, student fees, room and board, or textbooks.

Eligibility Requirements

• Primary residence of applicant’s parent or legal guardian must receive its power from one of the 15 electric cooperatives served by Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives (VMDAEC).
• Applicants applying for a 2024 scholarship must be a senior graduating from either high school or home school in 2024.
• Applicant must be entering his or her first semester at a post-secondary school or technical/trade school in the fall of 2024.

For applicant questions, please direct all scholarship inquiries to scholarship@vmdaec.com. To apply visit: vmdaec.com/scholarship.