STEM scholarships for high school students
Florida’s growing economy continues to need more skilled employees to meet workforce demands. To help, we’re offering scholarships to help students achieve their educational and career goals.
FIRST® Robotics Scholarship
Available to high school students within FPL’s service area who have participated in a FIRST Tech Challenge or FIRST Robotics Competition for two or more years. Learn More.
FIRST® Robotics Scholarship
The NextEra Energy Foundation is proud to provide a scholarship opportunity to reward FIRST® students whose experience has inspired their interest in an engineering or information management career. One $5,000, renewable scholarship will be awarded to a high school senior who has two or more years in an FTC or FRC program in FPL's service area. A weighted cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required to apply and students must maintain a 3.0 GPA to renew each year, up to $20,000.
Before the award is paid out, the winning student must be accepted to an accredited four-year college or university majoring in information science (or related field) or engineering.
NextEra Energy Scholarship for Students in SECME
Available to high school students within FPL’s service area who have at least one year of experience in a SECME program. Learn More.
NextEra Energy Scholarship for Students in SECME
The NextEra Energy Foundation will award up to 10 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who have at least one year of experience in a SECME (Science, Engineering, Communication, Mathematics, and Enrichment) program in one of the following counties: Brevard, Broward, Escambia, Flagler, Hendry, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Seminole and Volusia. The reward will be $5,000 per year, renewable for up to three years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first – up to $20,000. The recipients of this scholarship must plan to enroll in a full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college or university for the entire upcoming academic year.