ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

The Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association Scholarship Program offers a range of educational scholarships and is accepting applications for the 2025-26 college year. 

Who is eligible? The Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association Scholarship Trust Fund in Memory of William F. Matson is offering scholarships to sons and daughters of members and employees of electric cooperatives in Pennsylvania and New Jersey who belong to the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association. Applicants must currently be high school seniors and able to furnish necessary aptitude test scores and copies of their high school transcript.

Important dates to remember: All applications and required information must be received no later than May 5, 2025. Finalists will be sent a follow-up questionnaire that must be returned by June 6, 2025. Scholarship recipients will be notified in July 2025, and will be featured in the October 2025 Penn Lines issue.

To download a PDF version of the application: Please Click Here

To request an application by mail: Mail your request with all of the information listed below to:

The PREA Scholarship Trust Fund
P.O. Box 1266
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1266

To receive an application by email: Simply fill out and submit the form below.

If you have any questions, please contact Steph Okuniewski at Stephanie_Okuniewski@prea.com or call 717-982-1455.

All information will be kept confidential.
You will receive your scholarship application within 72 hours.
Thank you!