We have numerous scholarship opportunities for high school seniors. The scholarship application deadline is Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. 2024 applications will be released in November. 


Traditional Scholarships

We award nine traditional scholarships to high school seniors attending a four-year college after graduation.

Michael L. Sims Scholarship 
$2,500 each year throughout college career for up to four years
Recipient will compete for up to $4,100 in additional scholarships from Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives

Thomas Humbach Scholarship
$2,500

R. Fred Woodruff Scholarship 
$2,500

Six $1,000 scholarships

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

  • Be the child or legal ward of a Butler Rural Electric Cooperative residential member living in a residence receiving electricity from Butler Rural Electric Cooperative. Grandchildren and other relatives of cooperative members are not eligible to apply unless the applicant is the legal ward of the member.
  • Be a graduating high school senior. College students and students who are beginning their college career but are 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 nontraditional scale.

2023 Traditional Scholarship Rules

 

Trade School or Technical College Scholarship

We award the Touchstone Energy Achievement Scholarship to one student attending a technical college or trade school after high school.

$1,500

Read the Touchstone Energy Achievement Scholarship rules before applying for the scholarship. To qualify, you must:

  • Be the child or legal ward of a Butler Rural Electric Cooperative residential member living in a residence receiving electricity from Butler Rural Electric 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 students who are beginning their college career but are 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 nontraditional 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. Past recipients of this scholarship have majored in natural resources law enforcement and diesel mechanics, for example.

2023 Touchstone Energy Achievement Scholarship Rules

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