Sangre de Cristo Electric Association Scholarships

Each year, subject to board of directors’ approval, SDCEA proudly awards scholarships to support post-high school education. Typically, our scholarship program includes one four-year scholarship valued at $2,000 per year, specifically for graduating high school seniors, as well as additional $2,000 one-time scholarships. In addition, industry associates may contribute to fund other scholarships.

These scholarships can be used by any full-time student enrolled in an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational/technical school, at any stage of their educational journey.

Eligibility Criteria

To apply for these scholarships, applicants must be an SDCEA member or a dependent of a member. If you have an active electric account in your name, you are considered a member. Please note, for scholarship purposes, the member must be an individual and not a business or organization.

Application Process and Judging Criteria

Scholarship applicants will be evaluated based on:

• Grade Point Average (GPA)
• ACT/SAT Scores
• Extracurricular Activities
• Personal Goals
• Financial Need

Previous scholarship recipients are welcome to apply again.

How to Apply

For those eager to take advantage of this opportunity, please find the application details below.

Don’t miss out on this chance to advance your education and career! For more information and to apply, stay tuned for our upcoming scholarship announcement.

Promote your future with SDCEA – where your aspirations meet our support.

Scholarship Information

• Applications will only be accepted through our online portal below by deadline. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered for SDCEA scholarship awards.
• Deadline: 5 p.m. Jan. 10, 2025 to upload and have confirmation your application has been received.

Applicants: Please confirm your scholarship application has been submitted. To do this, scroll to the bottom of the page after your information has finished uploading. If submitted successfully, you will see a message at the bottom of this page that says:

Thank you for submitting your scholarship application to SDCEA! We will contact you after applications are reviewed over the next few weeks.

If you do not see this confirmation, and instead see information highlighted in red, that means your application has not been accepted. You are being prompted to re-upload a file or files. Files need to be less than 60 MB or uploaded in the proper extension format (ie: a .jpg, not a .png or a .doc, not another word processing format).

Here’s what you need, prior to completing the application. You must have the following information finalized and saved as individual .pdf or high-resolution .jpg files to upload when prompted to do so.

• An estimated budget of expenses for the college or colleges in which you are interested in attending (tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, personal expenses), as well as available funds (wages, parental support or other). Many schools provide a cost calculator on their website. If available, work through that calculator, take a screenshot or save the information as a .pdf to upload with your application.
• A copy of a recent academic transcript from your high school, college, university or trade school.
• If you are a current college freshman, you will need to submit a copy of your high school transcript, as well as a current college transcript.
• A copy of your college entrance examination scores (ACT and/or SAT) if the scores are not included on your transcript.
• A signed letter of reference from a teacher, counselor, school official or employer.
• A short essay, saved in a .pdf format, ready to upload, written by you, outlining your high school/college honors; school, work and community activities; goals and need.
• A page or less response to the question, How has the cooperative’s commitment to reliable service and community development positively impacted the residents and businesses in our region? Answer saved in a .pdf format, ready to upload, written by you,

Lastly, we ask you to provide:

A recent high-resolution digital photograph,.jpg format, prepared to upload.

Once you have these items ready to include on the application, please allow at least one hour to complete the form online. The form cannot be saved as you work and returned to for completion at a later time.