Utilities Employees Credit Union
UECU’s 2026 Scholarship Contest
For a Printable 2026 Scholarship Flyer, click here.
Who Can Apply?
Students who will be attending an accredited college/university or technical/trade school in the fall of 2026 and meet one of the requirements below:
Student is a current UECU member in good standing with a share/savings account in their own name (and listed as a primary member).
Individuals who joined UECU through their own employment at a partner company while pursuing further education.
Student is eligible for membership with the Credit Union because they have a relative who is a Credit Union member. Students are required to become members by completing a short membership application online at uecu.org/join before the contest deadline. UECU deposits the first $5 into the student’s new share/savings account, and there’s no cost to become a member of UECU.
Students who live or attend school in the state of Pennsylvania and have become a UECU member through the Pennsylvania American Consumer Council (PACC). Students are required to become members by completing a short membership application online at uecu.org/join by the contest deadline. UECU deposits the first $5 into the student’s new share/savings account, and there’s no cost to become a member of UECU.
Additional Eligibility Requirements:
- Applicant must be a high school senior, a college student, a graduate student, or a technical/trade school student.
- Applicant must be attending or accepted at an accredited college/university or post-secondary technical/trade school.
- Verification of attendance/acceptance will be required of the winner only.
- Applicant cannot be an employee of UECU, its affiliates, a UECU Board Member, a Supervisory Committee Member, or a family member (i.e., parent, spouse, child, sibling, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, or cousin).
- Members who’ve won a scholarship through UECU’s Scholarship Contest in the past three years are not eligible to participate.
Scholarship Rules and Contest Submission Requirements
Step 1: Create your scholarship entry by explaining what you have learned from 2 topics you read about on UECU’s Blog and including a tip that you can share with friends and family. For your entry, you can make a 2-3 minute video, OR write a 1-2 page summary, OR create a presentation (e.g., PowerPoint, etc.). Pick the type of entry you want to submit and get creative!
Step 2: When you have completed your scholarship entry, click the Scholarship Application button at the top of this page to go to UECU’s Reviewr Scholarship Site to complete your online scholarship application and upload your entry. If you create your entry using Google Docs, please convert your entry to a PDF before uploading it to the scholarship site
Two winners will be selected in this year’s scholarship contest, and each winner will be awarded a $3,000 scholarship if they meet the scholarship eligibility requirements.
Scholarship checks are made payable to the college, university, or technical/trade school of choice for the benefit of the winners by the end of June 2026.
Completed scholarship applications and video/written/presentation submissions must be received by May 1, 2026.
Entries will be judged on creativity, passion, clarity of thought, and quality of entry.
The winners will be notified by phone and asked for verification of attendance or acceptance at an accredited college, university, or post-secondary technical/trade school. After all information is verified, a scholarship check will be distributed to the school of choice for the benefit of each winner.
The winners will be announced on the UECU website and in the October edition of UECU’s Member News.
All entries become the property of UECU, and by submitting the entry, you authorize the Credit Union to utilize all or a portion of the information for purposes of press releases and/or publication in UECU newsletters, website, and social media content, newspapers, trade magazines, etc., announcing the scholarship recipients’ names, contents of the entries, and other reported information.