The Bama Scholars has been initiated by The Bama Companies in order to assist employees and their families in their pursuit of education. The Bama Companies offers three scholarship opportunities:

  • Bama College/Vocational Scholarship: Applicants must be legal dependents and natural or adopted children of active, full-time employees of Bama who have been employed by the Company for a minimum of 1 continuous year. Applicants must plan to enroll in no less than 12 credit hours at their post-secondary institution.  Award amounts will vary between $1,000 and $2,000 and will be based on financial need. A focus of the Bama College/Vocational Scholarship Program is to provide an opportunity for team members, their spouses and dependent children to attend an accredited college, university, or vocation technology school to support their educational endeavors. Recipient of the scholarship are required to maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA.
    • APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Please click “Apply Now” (at) to begin the application process. You will immediately need to select “Register” to create a profile to complete the application.  Once logged in with your profile, please click “View All Available Scholarships” and then select “2023 Bama College/Vocational Scholarship Application” to begin your application process. 
      • Additional Application Notes:
        • Applicants should use an email address they will have access to post- graduation.  A personal account as opposed to a school assigned account works best as school accounts are often decommission and the student might need access to their profile in the future.
        • We encourage applicants to visit the “View All Available Scholarships” section over the next few months to learn about other scholarship opportunities offered through Tulsa Community Foundation for which they might be eligible
        • The application will open on Thursday, February 14, 2024 and the deadline to apply is April 15, 2024. 
 

  • Bama Educational Technology & Tutoring Scholarship:  Applicants are Bama Team Members who have been employed with Bama for a minimum of one continuous year or dependent children of Bama team members who have been employed by Bama for a minimum of one continuous year. Dependent children must be enrolled in grades K-12. The one year scholarship will not exceed $1,000 per student per year. Monthly Deadlines: scholarships reviewed the 1st of each month (September – May).
 

  • Bama Grants for Teachers: Bama has created a fund dedicated solely to the awarding of financial grants for creative classroom learning projects for children in grades K-12. Grants will be up to $250 for classroom projects that meet certain objectives. (Please refer to the application for additional information). Any K-12 public or private school teacher in Oklahoma, may apply so long as at least one child of a Bama team member (employee) is in the teacher’s classroom. The application periods will be open from January 1-February 15, 2024  and September 1- October 15, 2024. 

Deadline: Applications must be submitted by the deadlines noted for each program above. In order to meet the timeline for communication of awards, we cannot make any exceptions.

Please contact scholarships@tulsacf.org with questions regarding this application.