2026 Scholarship Application

The Award
The Scholarship program offers four (4) non-recurring awards of $2,500 each.

Eligibility
The applicant must be a member, a child or grandchild of a member in good standing with Kirtland Credit Union. A sponsoring member’s name and member number is required on the entry documentation. Failure to name a sponsor will cause a non-member entry to be excluded from judging.

Applicant must be a high-school graduating senior and accepted to an accredited 2- or 4-year institution or trade school and attending for the first time. Scholarship must be used exclusively to pay the tuition or associated costs of named winner only at an accredited 2- or 4- year institution or trade school.

Applicants consent to Kirtland CU’s use of their name, statements and likeness without compensation in any and all promotional
and advertising activity, both print and online.

Application Process
An applicant may submit only one entry. Eligible applicants must submit the following:

• Completed online form.
• The applicant must accept the terms to submit.
• An original essay on the assigned topic, 500–700 words in length (must be English). Essay must be typed in Arial, Times New Roman, or Calibri font (no larger than 12 pt.) and submitted either in Word or PDF format.
• A copy of an acceptance letter or other proof of acceptance from an accredited 2- or 4-year institution.
• A current headshot photo (jpeg or png file at 300 dpi)

Other than specified above, no attachments, resumes, pictures or other material of any kind should be submitted or used to answer questions.