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Scholarships and Grants

Participants must submit an electronic or handwritten application to the business office of the Heart of Iowa Communications Cooperative on or before Tuesday, April 1, 2025, by 4:30 pm. The application must state which college or vocational school the applicant plans to attend. He/she must list all extracurricular activities he/she has been involved in during his/her high school years. This list shall include school-sponsored, community, and church activities.

Parents or guardians of the educational grant applicant must have had Heart of Iowa Communications dial tone (voice) or Standalone LightNET service for at least six (6) months before the date of this notification and the applicant must be living with said parent or guardian in one of the Cooperative
districts or Ventures exchanges listed below.
Participants must be going on to either a two or four-year accredited college or an accredited vocational school.
Participants must be a senior in good standing in both the school and community.
Participants must furnish a transcript of their grades along with the application.
If the Educational Grant recipient fails to complete at least one year of school he/she must repay to the Cooperative the $500 Educational
Grant was awarded.
All applicants must submit a head & shoulder ONLY senior photograph with their application. Photographs will not be returned to applicants.

Educational Grant Application

Aureon Charity Grant

Funds for tangible community-based projects

Program
Aureon invites public and private non-profit agencies to submit proposals for consideration in assisting in your charity drives and/or funding of a specific project for your respective communities. Only those communities served by Aureon participating telecommunications companies (such as Heart of Iowa Communications Cooperative) are eligible to submit proposals.

Timeline
Applications may be submitted anytime during the year. The committee will review quarterly the applications received by the end of each quarter. All applicants will be notified of the funding decisions.

Grant Recipients
All monies will be dispersed in a timely manner of the award being made by the Charity Grant Committee.

Grant Awards
Most awards range in amounts from $500 to $5,000.

Click here to apply.

Iowa Communications Alliance Scholarship

Membership Scholarship Application Guidelines

Click here to see the application instructions. Click here for the online scholarship application form. The application deadline is March 3, 2025.

The Iowa Communications Alliance is pleased to announce the availability of two $2500 college scholarships.
Our mission is to assist students from rural areas across Iowa with financial assistance to pursue higher education and to stay in rural Iowa after graduation.

Scholarship recipients will be selected and notified by May 1.

FRS Scholarship

The value of the scholarships ranges from $500-$7,000, based on a variety of criteria. One application qualifies a student for all available FRS scholarships. The foundation annually awards scholarships to an exceptional group of rural students for their first year of college or vocational school. All applicants require sponsorship by an NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association member company to be eligible. FRS has awarded over $1 million in scholarships since its inception; empowering rural students throughout the country to advance their communities with invaluable skill sets and experiences. February 14, 2025: Application Deadline APPLICATIONS (mykaleidoscope.com) For more information please visit the FRS Scholarship site at Scholarships | FRS – Foundation for Rural Service

Aureon ITC Scholarship Program

Click here to see the full Scholarship Overview. Click on the online applications. Scholarship Overview The Aureon Scholarship Program is available to students pursuing a STEM-related course of study after high school graduation and residing in a home with service from an Iowa Independent Telecommunications Company (ITC). The program will award a total of $10,000: 1 award of $3,000 2 awards of $2,000 3 awards of $1,000 The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. on March 1, 2025.

Youth Tour

Send Students on a Once in a Lifetime Experience

Since 1995, FRS has hosted the Youth Tour to thousands of high school students from across rural America. The Youth Tour is a chance for students to visit our nation’s capital and learn about rural broadband, share their community’s story with key legislative, regulatory, and government figures as well as a forum for them to meet and interact with their peers from other rural communities.