2026 Union Plus Scholarship

New and returning applicants: Click here to create a new application account or to login.
Note:  this Scholarship website has its own unique login, it's NOT the same as the login for www.unionplus.org.
 

Logged in users:  Click on "Continue with Application" link.
 

Application deadline: CLOSED

Since 1991, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $5.9 million to students of union families. Over 4,200 union families have benefited from our commitment to higher education.

Award amounts: $500 to $4,000. One-time cash awards for study beginning in the Fall of 2026. Students may re-apply each year.
 

Award date:  May 31, 2026. During the first week of June 2026 award recipients will be notified by postal mail, and all applicants will be sent email notification. 
 

Eligibility criteria:

• Current and retired members of unions participating in any Union Plus program, their spouses and their dependent children (as defined by IRS regulations) are eligible. Grandchildren are not eligible unless a legal dependent (as defined by IRS regulations).  At least one year of continuous union membership by the applicant, applicant's spouse or parent (if applicant is a dependent). The one year membership minimum must be satisfied by May 31, 2025.
• Members of participating unions from the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada are eligible.
• The applicant must be accepted into a U.S. accredited college, university, community college, technical or trade school at the time awards are issued. Awards must be used for the 2026 - 2027 school year.
• Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply.

See list of FAQs at the bottom of the Union Plus Scholarship webpage.

This program is offered through the Union Plus Education Foundation, which is sponsored by Union Privilege. The Foundation is funded in part by donations from Capital One N.A. (provider of the Union Plus Credit Card), First National Bank of Omaha (provider of the Union Plus Personal Loan), and Edvance and Western Governors University (providers of the Union Plus College Program). You do NOT need to participate in these programs to apply for this scholarship.

IBEW Founders’ Scholarship

https://ibew.org/FoundersScholarship/

Awarded only to IBEW members

The IBEW Founders’ Scholarship honors the dedicated wiremen and linemen who, on November 28, 1891, organized the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Each year the officers of the IBEW are pleased to offer its working members scholarships on a competitive basis. It is hoped that the awards will not only contribute to the personal development of our members but also steward the electrical industry that our founders envisioned.

The award is for $200 per semester credit hour at any accredited college or university toward an associate’s, bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in an approved field. The maximum distribution is $24,000 per person over a period not to exceed eight years.

https://ibew.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Application-revised-8-2014.pdf

• an immediate family member of a building trades union member who is a full-time college or vocational training student, or
• a building trades union affiliated apprentice, or
• a building trades union member engaged in furthering his/her education or skills to the benefit of his/her craft and Indiana's Building Trades Unions.  

• Student’s name,
• Mailing address,
• E-mail address,
• Name of university, college, or vocational school which he/she is attending or plans to attend; or the name of joint apprenticeship training center in which entrant is currently enrolled; or the name of the building trades local union and continuing education sought or engaged in,
• His/her relationship to a building trades union member, the members name, and the name of the local union of which that person is a member in good standing.
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