Great Careers for Students in Ohio’s Natural Energy Industry

As of 2025, Scholarships are $1,500 each!

The Ohio Natural Energy Institute is proud to provide scholarships to students pursuing careers in the natural gas and oil industry.

Each scholarship is worth $1,500 per year with a total of four years of potential eligibility. The minimum scholarship applicant criteria include:

– Must be a U.S. citizen.
– Must have a career goal in the natural gas and oil industry.
– Must be an OHIO resident OR a student attending, or planning to attend, an accredited OHIO college, university, technical or trade school.
– Must have and maintain a grade point average (G.P.A.) of 2.5 or higher.

Applications are accepted January 1 - March 1 of each year.

Ohio's Natural Gas and Oil Producers Congratulate
2026’s Scholarship Recipients!

  • Jack Anderson

    Rylan Canter

    Cameron Ceriani

    Joshua DiSanto

    Gunner Fertig

    Caleb Fuller

    Samuel Gentry

    Hunter Gould

    Maxwell Gustavson

    Maximus Hagstrom

    Evan Heitkamp

    Cody Kochur

    Charles Lara

    Michael McGraw

    Olivia McKeever

    Aspen McMahon

    Jack Mercruio

    Max Morrow

    William Nuzum V

    Luke Preston

    Tyson Schlachter

    Kaden Snider

    Carter Watson

    Eric Wilson

    Grant Wilson

    Gavin Woolston

  • Clayton Breon

    Brandon Calvelage

    Zoey Carder

    Carson Chavez

    Elijah Dimmerling

    Gabriel Dymond

    Charles Estadt

    Grace Flippin

    Lawson Irwin

    Natalie Mallett

    Nathan Muncy

    Benjamin Petrie

    Clint Rader

    Kambel Sall

    Marissa Shook

    Spencer Shook

    Mladen Tague

    Matthew Volz

    Parker Wickham

    Tsambika Williams

Schools Represented by Our 2026 Scholarship Recipients

Since 2007, 782 scholarships totaling $829,000 have been awarded to 474 students from 75 Ohio counties.