MVEC scholarships
Each year, MVEC awards $1,000 scholarships to area high school seniors.
- Applicants must be graduating high school seniors whose parents or legal guardians are MVEC members.
- Students attending public, private, parochial, or home school are eligible to apply.
- Scholarships are randomly selected, evenly per MVEC district.
- The 2022 deadline to apply was Feb. 21. Meet our 2022 winners.
- 2023 information will be available in December.
The money for the scholarships is funded through MVEC’s Unclaimed Capital Credits. This is money that would otherwise be claimed by the state of Minnesota.
New! MVEC lineworker scholarship

The scholarship amount will range from $1,000 to $3,000 depending upon how many applications are received. The scholarship must be used for educational costs, and the student must enter line school in the fall of the school year for which the scholarship is given.
The 2022 deadline to apply was Feb. 21.
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Basin scholarship
Basin Power Electric Cooperative, one of MVEC’s wholesale power providers, also awards a $1,000 scholarship to an MVEC member-student. This scholarship recognizes academic and community achievements and includes an essay question and teacher/counselor recommendation. Learn more
The 2022 deadline to apply was Feb. 21.