PVT Scholarships

PVT reinvests in its communities by offering scholarships to members in our cooperative service areas that are pursuing secondary education. If you know of a youth that can take advantage of the opportunities that we offer, please share this page with them.

You can support the community by rounding up your bill to help fund scholarships given out by PVT to local youth. These scholarships give a student in need the opportunity to gain more skills and experience to bring back to our community.

With your help, we can provide students in our community with support as they enter college through our scholarships. Just give one of our Customer Experience Representatives a call and we will round your bill up to the nearest dollar and use the funds generated for student scholarships.

PVT Education Scholarship

$6,400 ($800 per semester)

For High School Seniors, Current College Students and Returning Adult Students. Undergraduate degrees only.

Applications are due by March 1, 2025.

Scholarship Application

PVT Directors’ Memorial Scholarship

$500 one time

Available to High School Seniors for freshman year. Undergraduate degrees only.

Applications are due by March 1, 2025.

Scholarship Application

Foundation for Rural Service Scholarship

$2,500 one time

Available to any graduating high school senior who is a subscriber to any PVT services (e.g., internet, cable, etc.).

Applications are due by February 14, 2025.

Scholarship Application

PVT Education Scholarship and Directors’ Memorial Scholarship
Information and Application

These scholarship opportunities are available to applicants who are active members of Peñasco Valley Telephone Cooperative as of January 1 of the current year and have had at least two months of landline phone or internet service in any of PVT’s cooperative service area.

Submission of the PVT application is for consideration of both the Peñasco Valley Telephone Education Scholarship and the PVT Directors’ Memorial Scholarship. Eligible applicants may receive one or both scholarships. Eligibility does not guarantee a scholarship award.

In 2025, PVT will be working with the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico (CFSNM) to assist with the intake of applications, awarding funds and following up with returning students. When applying online, potential PVT scholarship awardees simply need to select yes to the PVT questions and complete the application online in the CFSNM scholarship portal. If you have any questions regarding either of these scholarships, please contact the PVT Scholarship Administrator, 800-505-4844 or 575-748-1241, [email protected] or CFSNM for any online assistance with the application, 575-521-4794 or [email protected].