The IMUA Scholarship Program was established to recognize outstanding young men and women in our member communities and increase awareness of the value municipally owned utility systems bring to their communities.
IMUA has offered nearly 100 scholarships over the last 20 years, totaling more than $50,000 in investment for our member community youth.
Graduating High School Seniors whose families reside in (or take utility service from) an IMUA municipality are eligible to participate in our scholarship essay contest. Each winner receives a $1,000 award from IMUA to be used for college tuition.
Click the map to see if you live in one of our eligible communities
Essay topics are established in the spring and contestants must submit their essays by the deadline date. Essays are judged by an impartial panel.
For more information on this year's essay topics and deadlines, please contact DeeDee Bunch at dbunch@imea.org or 217-789-4632
Ryan Lee – Naperville Chase Heyen – Springfield Hannah Wojcik – St. Charles Sydney Klemish – Breese
IMUA thanks the following Associate Members and Municipalities for their donations to the Scholarship Program:
Associate Members
IMUA Members
A Star Electric Altec Industries Inc. Altorfer Power Systems Baker Tilly US, LLP BHMG Engineers, Inc. Border States CDG Engineers Constellation Cooperative Response Center, Inc. (CRC) Drake-Scruggs Equipment Fletcher-Reinhardt Co. GridLiance Hanson Professional Services JJKANE Auctioneers MasTec Osmose Utility Services Power & Tel Power Line Supply Power System Engineering, Inc. Premier Power Maintenance PRH Group LLC Quad Plus Testing Sunbelt Solomon T & R Electric Supply The Okonite Co. TVPPA Utility Safety & Design, Inc. (USDI) Utilitra Vermeer Midwest
Altamont Batavia Bethany Breese Bushnell Carlyle Casey Chatham Geneseo Highland Princeton Rantoul Rock Falls Springfield (CWLP) St. Charles Waterloo
IMUA also thanks our Scholarship Committee for their hard work and contribution to the program. Members of the Scholarship Committee are:
Amber Sabin - City of Springfield, Chair Dan Cook - City of Highland Josh Eckart - City of Red Bud Eric Rowold - City of Geneseo Shannon Risley - City of Bethany
