CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Alliant Energy has awarded 25 local students with a $1,000 Innovation Scholarship. The recipients of the annual scholarship were selected based on the following criteria:  Essay that identified a problem in their community and presented an innovative solution using science, technology, engineering and/or math; leadership role within the community; and grade-point average.

Local students to receive a scholarship were Maddy Huschitt, Browntown, Black Hawk High School; and Mitchell Mussehl, New Glarus, Belleville High School.  

Recipients must be age 24 or younger and enrolling for the first time at an undergraduate school. They must also be a dependent child of a current Alliant Energy customer or a customer themselves.

For more information on the Innovation Scholarships and a full list of scholarships offered by Alliant Energy can be found at 

alliantenergy.com/CommunityAndStewardship/CommunitySupport/Scholarships.