SRT will award seven local scholarships totaling $15,000 to students in 2026. National scholarships are also available through SRT’s partnership with the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS).

The SRT College Scholarship program will award six $2,000 scholarships. The program evaluates community involvement, school activities, an essay response and grade point average.

The SRT Technical Scholarship will award $3,000 to one student. This scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors or undergraduate students studying telecommunications or other computer-technology-related fields.

Local students submitting an FRS application are eligible for multiple national scholarship opportunities. FRS scholarship applications are due Feb. 14 and SRT scholarship applications are due by 5:00 pm on March 20. Scholarship recipients will be announced in April and an awards lunch will be held for the winners.