Sponsors:  NTCA ( National Telephone Cooperative Association) and Pioneer Communications

Awarding:  $75,000 in the form of thirty $2,500 scholarships available to rural students.

Open to:  High School Seniors living in the Pioneer Communications telephone service area.

Application:  Download the 2008 FRS Scholarship application (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 414KB).   Applications are also available from your local High School Counselor's office, or the nearest Pioneer Communications office.

Application Deadline:  Deadline for submission to Pioneer Communications for application nomination is February 22, 2008.  FRS scholarship application entry deadline is March 1, 2008.  Applications must first be submitted to Pioneer Communications.  Pioneer Communications will then select and present nominees to the FRS Scholarship Committee for for final consideration for the national program deadline on March 1, 2008.

Application Submission:  FRS Scholarship Program
                                         Pioneer Communications
                                         120 West Kansas Avenue
                                         Ulysses, KS  67880

Focus of the scholarship:   FRS was founded in 1994 to help strengthen the ties between rural communities and their families and businesses. Since its establishment by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, FRS has worked hard to promote, educate and advocate rural telecommunications issues to the public in order to sustain and enhance the rural way of life throughout America. Besides being heavily involved in youth education and empowerment, the Foundation for Rural Service leads aggressive public information campaigns and assists rural areas with economic and community development projects.

For more information about FRS and the College Scholarship Program, please visit:  www.frs.org