Marine Credit Union Member Scholarship 2025

Marine Credit Union believes in and supports higher education by offering nine - $1000 scholarships to our members and/or their children. These scholarships are intended to be representative of our membership and our Credit Union philosophy: “Not for Profit, Not for Charity, But for Service.”

The scholarship award will be paid directly to each recipient’s college or university for tuition, fees, and other educational expenses.

Scholarship applications will be reviewed on each of the eligibility and selection criteria listed below.

An applicant may apply whether selected to receive this scholarship in a previous year or not.

ELIGIBILTY                                                                     

• Recipient or the parents/guardians must be members in good standing of Marine Credit Union.

• Recipient must be enrolled as a full-time collegiate student during the next academic year.

• Applicants cannot also apply for for the MCU Employee Scholarship.

• Grade Level: H.S. Graduating Senior, Undergraduate, Graduate

SELECTION

An independent committee will select recipients based on the following criteria: the applicant’s academic history, transcripts, goals, responses to the short-answer prompts, letter of recommendation, circumstances, and extra-curricular activities. The decision of the independent committee is final and not subject to review.

Recipients will be announced by June 1, 2025.

PAYMENTS

Scholarships will be awarded for the following academic year unless otherwise stated. Payments will be sent to the colleges/universities and disbursed by them in equal installments based on their school terms (e.g., two installments for semesters, three installments for academic years divided into trimesters).

DEADLINE

Submit by 11:59pm on Sunday, February 09, 2025.