2026 Telco scholarships 

At Telco Community Credit Union, supporting education is an important part of our mission to help members build brighter financial futures. We are proud to award multiple scholarships each year to high school seniors within our field of membership who are pursuing their dreams through higher education at a community college or university. By investing in students today, we’re helping to strengthen the communities we serve for generations to come.

We want to make applying for scholarships simple and stress-free, that is why we have partnered with the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation. Through an easy-to-use online portal, students can complete just one application to be considered. Applicants who are not selected for a Telco scholarship are automatically entered into the wider Carolinas Credit Union Foundation scholarship pool for additional opportunities.

Scholarship Eligibility Criteria

To qualify for a scholarship, applicants must:

  1. A high school senior accepted or planning to be enrolled in an accredited college, community college or university in Fall 2026.
     
  2. Possess a 3.0 GPA or above on a 4-point (non-weighted) scale.
     
  3. Be a Telco Community Credit Union member in good standing. (Memberships of parents or other immediate family members do not qualify.)
     

Application Evaluation Criteria

Applicants are evaluated by the Telco Community Credit Unions Scholarship Selection Committee based on the following criteria:
 

  1. Demonstrated academic ability - Applicants should provide school transcripts. A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 is required to be eligible for scholarship funding.
     
  2. Demonstrated writing ability – Applicants must submit an essay on the topic listed in the application.
     
  3. School activities – Applicants should list all school activities and explain which activity is most important and why.
     
  4. Community activities – Applicants should list all community activities unrelated to school and explain which activity is most important and why. 
    This includes any work history, apprenticeship program or internship that may be applicable.

Scholarship Application

Scholarship applications are only available from the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation portal. Please apply here.

Important Deadlines:

October 1– Portal opens for online application

 February 1- Application deadline

 

*Must be a Telco Community Credit Union member in good standing and must be a full-time student in the year for which they are applying for a scholarship.
**All application questions, communications, and distribution of funds are processed through Carolinas Credit Union Foundation. See Carolinas Credit Union Foundation for details. Federally Insured by NCUA.

To apply, students will use the online portal managed by the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation. The Carolinas Credit Union Foundation manages all notifications relating to the Telco Community Credit Union Scholarship program.

 

 

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