PG&E’s Worker Resource/Engineering Groups Likewise Deal College Scholarships for Overall of About $ 650,000 This Year
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 22, 2026/ PRNewswire/– The PG&E Corporation Structure (PG&E Structure) is welcoming trainees to request its yearly Better Together STEM Scholarship Program. The scholarships are for trainees who are enthusiastic about forming the future through Science, Innovation, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
The PG&E Structure will award $ 350,000 in scholarships to as much as 60 trainees. Qualified trainees can get awards of $ 10,000, $ 5,000 or $ 2,500 Financing for these charitable contributions originates from PG&E investors, not PG&E clients.
Much Better Together STEM Scholarships champion future California leaders, empowering them to stand out and accomplish their college objectives.
Samiksha Lingan of Hayward is a 2025 scholarship recipient.
” The PG&E Better Together STEM Scholarship represents a devotion to boosting youths. It assists guarantee we can understand our dreams and return to those around us without being hindered by monetary challenges,” stated Lingan, who is an information science significant at University of California, Berkeley
” We are enjoyed help another group of incredible trainees this year. For more than a years, we have actually assisted support our next generation of leaders. We eagerly anticipate these brand-new researchers, engineers and innovators powering California’s tidy energy future. It’s an interesting time. We’re fortunate to be able to assist trainees pursue their scholastic dreams,” stated Carla Peterman, President, PG&E Corporation, and Executive Vice President, Client & & Corporate Affairs.
The Better Together STEM Scholarship Program has actually grown for many years to help more trainees and households.
In 2023, the PG&E Structure included a brand-new $ 5,000 scholarship that broadened the program to consist of extra receivers. In 2022, trainees participating in Historically Black Institution of higher learnings (HBCUs) throughout the United States ended up being qualified in reaction to more trainees using who prepared to go to HBCUs.
Because 2012, the Better Together STEM Scholarship Program has actually granted $ 7.8 million to accomplished trainees. See videos of previous STEM Scholarship receivers.
Due date and requirements
Interested candidates can discover more and use here The due date to use is March 12, 2026 Scholarships will be granted by August.
Scholarships are based upon scholastic accomplishment along with shown involvement and management in school and neighborhood activities. They are likewise based upon individual accomplishment and monetary requirement. Trainees need to pursue certifying degrees in STEM disciplines. These disciplines consist of engineering, computer system science/information systems, cybersecurity, ecological sciences, mathematics and physics.
Applications are open to:
- High school elders or graduates
- Trainees who have actually gotten a GED accreditation
- Present undergraduate trainees
- Non-traditional trainees or military veterans going back to school or pursuing their very first bachelor’s degree
- Those who live in PG&E’s Northern or Central California service location or a reliant of a homeowner in the service location
- Trainees preparing full-time undergraduate registration for 2026-2027
- Those seeking their very first bachelor’s degree at a certified four-year California organization or HBCU
PG&E Worker Resource Group scholarships
In addition to the Better Together STEM Scholarship Program, PG&E’s 11 staff member resource groups (ERGs) and 2 engineering networking groups (ENGs) are granting more than $ 300,000 in scholarships to assist balance out the expense of college. The funds are raised through colleague contributions, colleague fundraising occasions and the business’s colleague offering program. Because 1989, more than $ 6 million in ERG/ENG scholarships have actually been granted to countless trainees. Apply here
About The PG&E Corporation Structure
The PG&E Corporation Structure is an independent 501( c)( 3) not-for-profit company, different from PG&E and sponsored by PG&E Corporation.
SOURCE PG&E Corporation