Greater Nevada Credit Union Scholarship

• Recipients must attend school as full-time students during the 2024-2025 school year.
• Thirty-two $2,000 scholarships are available to applicants who are a GNCU member or the child, spouse, or parent of a GNCU member and age 24 years or younger at the time of the application deadline.
• Five $2,000 scholarships are available to applicants who are GNCU members with a valid Share Savings account number and age 25 years or older at the time of the application deadline.
• An additional $1,000 will be awarded based on a decision by GNCU’s Scholarship Committee.
• Selection criteria will be based primarily on the financial need of the applicant. Additional criteria will include academic performance, school and community involvement, and written recommendations from school, career, and community leaders.
• Post high school institutions such as technical schools, educational institutions including universities and community/junior colleges, and accredited trade and vocational schools are eligible, provided the recipient is attending classes that fulfill the credits per semester criteria.
• Recipients are not limited to only attending schools located in Nevada.
• Recipients must be seeking an undergraduate degree. Post graduate programs are not eligible, such as masters and doctorate programs.
• Scholarship funds will be paid in two $1,000 installments (Fall and Spring) directly to the school of the recipient’s choice.
• Scholarship monies may be used for tuition, course registration, special classes, laboratory fees, room and board, textbooks, and class materials.
• Recipients will be limited to receiving only one scholarship and will not be eligible for this program in subsequent years.

Completed applications must be mailed, submitted electronically, or hand delivered to a GNCU branchLinks to an external site. by 5:30 PM PT on March 29, 2024. Mailed applications are exempt from the 5:30 PM time requirement but must be postmarked by that date.