Grant Requirements

Grantees will select AEP/SWEPCO Scholars from among their respective pools of scholarship applicants who reside in counties listed above. Students will receive at least $500 in scholarship awards for full-time study. Each student will also receive a certificate recognizing her or him as an AEP/SWEPCO Scholar, signed by an AEP/SWEPCO Corporation official and the President of the Affiliate’s Single Parent Scholarship Fund Board of Directors.

Sub-grants awarded to SPSF affiliates will be considered by ASPSF to be local contributions and will be matched according to ASPSF Matching Grant Guidelines.

Grantees are required to host a ceremony to announce scholarship awards designated as AEP/SWEPCO Scholars. Nearest officials of AEP/SWEPCO will be invited to participate in the ceremony. Affiliates must submit news releases to all local broadcast and print media describing the scholarship award event, the generosity of the American Electric Power Foundation, and the involvement of local AEP/SWEPCO officials in the presentation of the awards. Affiliates shall also take photographs at the events to include with the news release. Copies of photos with appropriate captions must also be submitted to the ASPSF newsletter editor.