Key Scholarship

**The application window for this scholarship is closed.
All scholarship recipients will be notified in May 2023.**

Carolina Trust Federal Credit Union and HTC, Inc. have partnered to offer scholarship awards to two graduating high school seniors within Horry, Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg, or the southern part of Florence County. Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to two rising college freshmen attending either Coastal Carolina University or Francis Marion University for their four-year degree. The scholarships may be renewed for three consecutive years in the amount of $500 per year should the award recipients continue to meet qualifying criteria. The total scholarship amount each student may receive over a four-year period is $2,500.

Application packets will be distributed to high school guidance counselors and will include applicant eligibility requirements, an application form, and two letters of reference forms. Click here to download the 2023 Key Scholarship application. All materials must be postmarked by March 3, 2023 and should be directed to:

ATTN: Key Scholarship Committee
PO Box 8941
Myrtle Beach, SC 29578

The two scholarship recipients for the 2023-2024 academic year will be announced in May 2023.

Click here to read the press release announcing Braydin and Mar’Teona as our 2022 Key Scholarship recipients.