Governor Andy Beshear is encouraging Kentucky students to apply for a state-sponsored engineering or construction-management scholarship.
Up to 25 scholarships will be awarded by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the 2025-2026 academic year in the pathways of civil engineering, engineering technology and construction management. Those scholarships always come with a paid summer job and guaranteed employment with the Transportation Cabinet upon graduation. Current college students as well as upcoming freshmen are eligible.
Scholarship recipients agree to work for KYTC for a year for every year they received the scholarship. Former scholarship recipients have held top management positions at KYTC including multiple deputy secretaries, state highway engineers, chief district engineers and branch managers.
More than 2,000 students have received $20 million from the Civil Engineering Scholarship Program since it began in 1948.
To apply or learn more about the scholarships, visit transportation.ky.gov. Scholarship recipients will be notified in April.