Scholarships to be Awarded
Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association will be offering a total of $7,000 in
scholarship money to students in this region.
Renville-Sibley is allocated a $2,500 scholarship from Basin Electric to be awarded at
the discretion of the cooperative. Another $1,500 scholarship is from Renville-Sibley.
A committee of Renville-Sibley Board members, as well as an employee of the
cooperative, will select the recipients of the $2,500 Basin Scholarship and the $1,500
Renville-Sibley Scholarship. These scholarships will be awarded based on a
combination of SAT/ACT scores (if completed) and overall grade point average, work
experience, participation in school and community activities, the personal statement of
career goals and the written recommendation by a third party. Additional consideration
will be given to applicants interested in a positon related to the electric industry for the
Renville-Sibley scholarship.
The remaining three – $1,000 scholarships will be distributed from uncashed capital
credit checks. These scholarships will be awarded by a random drawing at the annual
meeting from the remaining completed applications.
All scholarship applicants must be U.S. citizens and a dependent of a member of
Renville-Sibley Cooperative. They must be a high school senior who plans to enroll as
a full-time student in an undergraduate course of study at an accredited two-year or
four-year college, university or vocational/technical school. Applications will be
accepted until February 12, 2026. Winners will be announced to the public at the
Cooperative’s Annual Meeting on March 26, 2026.
Renville-Sibley participates with other Minnesota electric cooperatives in sponsoring the
Jay York Scholarship. Scholarships from this program are selected by random drawing.
The amount of this scholarship is determined based on the number of cooperatives that
participate in the program.
Only one completed application is required for an applicant to be considered a
candidate for any of the available scholarships. Incomplete applications will be
excluded. For more information and a scholarship application form, contact Renville-
Sibley at 1-800-826-2593 or 826-2593.