Scholarships

Alliant Energy recognizes outstanding community leadership in young people and helps students reach their academic goals.

Up to 25 $1,000 scholarships are awarded to students annually through the Alliant Energy Innovation Scholarship Program.
Award selection is based on participation in a leadership role in community service activities and volunteer work; academic grade point average; standardized test scores; and the content of a 300-word essay submission.

Eligibility guidelines

To be eligible, scholarship applicants must have participated in a leadership role in community service work or volunteer activities. They must also meet the following criteria:

• Be age 24 or under;
• Be a dependent child of a current customer, or be a current customer, of one of Alliant Energy's utility subsidiaries (Interstate Power and Light or Wisconsin Power and Light);
• Have a cumulative high school grade point average between 2.50 and 4.00 on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent) - emphasis will be placed on community service leadership activities;
• Reside within the Alliant Energy service territory at the time of application; and
• Plan to enroll in, for the first time, beginning in the fall of 2017, a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college or university, or vocational-technical school located within the Alliant Energy service territory.

Restrictions

Employees of Alliant Energy Corporation, Scholarship America, their subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate family (spouses, parents, children or siblings and their spouses) and persons living in the same household of such employees, who are employed at the time of application are ineligible to receive a scholarship.

Review criteria

A scholarship committee will carefully review each application in search of the most deserving recipients. Judges will consider several criteria, including:

• Leadership experience and community service or volunteer activities;

• Academic grade point average;
• Standardized test scores; and
• The content of a 300-word essay submission.

Rank-in-class will not be a determining factor. Scholarship awards are for one year only and are limited to undergraduate study. Applications will be accepted from December 1 to February 15.

Questions? Contact Kandy Fraley, Program Manager at (507) 931-0645 or kfraley@scholarshipamerica.org.

Iowa

Institution	city	awards	areas of study/other designation
Coe College (Endowment)	Cedar Rapids	1	One for Business
Iowa Lakes Community College*	Estherville	2	Two for Wind Energy and Turbine Technology
Iowa State University (Endowment)	Ames	6	Four for Engineering Two for Agriculture One reserved for the child of an Alliant Energy employee
Northeast Iowa Community College*	Peosta	3	Three for Gas Utility Construction and Service
Northwest Iowa Community College*	Sheldon	3	Three for Powerline or Powerline Technology
University of Northern Iowa (Endowment)	Cedar Falls	5	Five for College of Business Administration One reserved for the child of an Alliant Energy employee One reserved for a minority, including women

* Preference is to be given to minorities or to women in non-traditional areas of study

Wisconsin

institution	city	awards	areas of study/other designation
Blackhawk Technical College*	Janesville	10	Seven for Electric Power Distribution One for Electro-Mechanical Technology One for Computer Numeric Control Technician One for Welding
Chippewa Valley Technical College*	Eau Claire	1	One for Electric Power Distribution
Madison Area Technical College*	Madison	1	Two for Information Technology, Engineering or Business One for Renewable Energy
Mid-State Technical College*	Wisconsin Rapids	3	Three for Electrical Power Engineering Technician
Moraine Park Technical College*	Fond du Lac	6	Four for Electrical Power Distribution Two for Computer Information Systems
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College*	Green Bay	2	Two for Gas Utility Construction or Electrical Power Distribution
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College*	Fennimore	2	Two for Electrical Power Distribution
UW-Fond du Lac*	Fond du Lac	2	Two for Agriculture, Business, Engineering, Computer Systems, Science or Environmental Science
UW-Madison*	Madison	2	Two for Engineering Both reserved for minorities, including women
UW-Platteville*	Platteville	5	Five for Agriculture, Business Administration, Engineering, Accounting, Communication Technologies, Comprehensive Business or Computer Science
UW-Rock County	Janesville	3	Three for Mechanical Engineering
UW-Sheboygan*	Sheboygan	2	Two for Engineering, Agriculture or Environmental Studies

 * Preference is to be given to minorities or to women in non-traditional areas of study

Innovation Scholarship

Customers or dependents of customers of Alliant Energy	Iowa and Wisconsin	25	Learn more on this page above

 

Employees of Alliant Energy Corporation, Scholarship America, their subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate family (spouses, parents, children or siblings and their spouses) and persons living in the same household of such employees who are employed at the time of application are ineligible to receive a scholarship through any of the above-mentioned programs unless otherwise noted.