Scholarships

Children of Members Scholarships

Midwest Electric will award scholarships to high school seniors attending four-year colleges after graduation. The top applicant will compete for additional scholarships from Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives during the statewide competition in Columbus.

Please read the scholarship rules before applying. To qualify, you must:

Be the child or legal ward of a Midwest Electric residential member living in a residence receiving electric service from the cooperative. Grandchildren and other relatives of cooperative members are not eligible to apply unless the applicant is the member's legal ward.
Children and legal wards of Midwest Electric's commercial members are not eligible unless their parents or guardians are also residential members.
Be a graduating high school senior. College students and those beginning their college careers, but not high school seniors, are not eligible.
Have a grade point average of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale or equivalent standing on a non-traditional scale.
Deadline to apply is 4:00 p.m., February 13, 2026.

2026 Children of Members Scholarship Rules

Trade School or Technical College Scholarship

Midwest Electric will award one $1,500 scholarship to a high school senior who will attend a trade school or technical college after graduation

Please read the Trade School or Technical College Scholarship rules before applying for the scholarship. To qualify, you must:

Be the child or legal ward of a Midwest Electric residential member living in a residence receiving electricity from the cooperative. Grandchildren and other relatives of cooperative members are not eligible unless the applicant is the legal ward of the member.
Be a graduating high school senior. College students and those beginning their college careers, but not high school seniors, are not eligible.
Have a grade point average of 2.5 or above on a 4.0 scale, or equivalent standing on a non-traditional scale.
Be attending an accredited technical college or trade school after high school. A proper vocational or technical school is a post-secondary institution where credits can be transferred to a state-accredited four-year college.
Deadline to apply is 4:00 p.m., February 13, 2026.

2026 Trade School or Technical College Scholarship Rules

Annual Meeting Scholarship

The $1,000 Annual Meeting Scholarship is open to any Midwest Electric member who will be a college student in the fall of 2027. Members, or children of members, must enter at the 2027 Annual Meeting on June 3, 2027, where the winner will be chosen by random drawing during the business portion of the annual meeting. The student must be present to win.

The money will be disbursed in February 2028, following confirmation of college enrollment and a minimum GPA of 2.5.

Current or past scholarship winners of the Children of Members Scholarship or the Technical College or Trade School Scholarship are not eligible to participate.

Scholarships

Children of Members Scholarships

Trade School or Technical College Scholarship

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