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MoneySKILL Instructor Scholarship Application for the 2026 Jump$tart National Educator Conference

The AFSA Education Foundation is thrilled to offer a total of three scholarships for MoneySKILL instructors to attend this year’s Jump$tart National Educator Conference (NEC) in Aurora, Colorado, held from November 6 - 8, 2026. The NEC is the premier national conference dedicated exclusively to financial education in PreK-12 classrooms across the county. You can learn more about the NEC and the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy here.

The scholarship covers full conference registration fees, two nights of hotel accommodation, six conference meals, and a travel reimbursement up to $500.

We are awarding one scholarship specifically to an educator in North Carolina and two scholarships to educators from any state. Please complete the brief application below no later than Friday, July 10, 2026 to enter the drawing. No purchase is necessary to enter.

In order to be eligible for a scholarship, you must have an existing MoneySKILL instructor account associated with your email and have enrolled at least five students in a middle or high school level MoneySKILL class in the past 12 months. Please note: As a condition of receiving this scholarship, recipients will be required to provide a brief written or video testimonial to the AFSA Education Foundation about their experience using the MoneySKILL platform.

Eligible recipients will be selected at random, and we will notify all applicants of their status by Friday, July 17, 2026. If you have any questions about your application, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at info@moneyskill.org. Please see the Official Rules here.
1.First Name(Required.)
2.Last Name(Required.)
3.Title(Required.)
4.School or Organization Name(Required.)
5.School or Organization City(Required.)
6.School or Organization State(Required.)
7.Primary Email Address
Please enter the email address associated with your MoneySKILL instructor account. (Required.)
8.Secondary Email Address
If you have another email address that you would like to be copied on future notifications about this scholarship, please enter that here. Please consider access to your school email address in the summer.
9.Phone Number(Required.)
10.What is your primary interest in attending the Jump$tart NEC this year? (200 words or less)(Required.)
11.Are you available to attend the full Jump$tart NEC conference from November 6 – 8, 2026 in Aurora, Colorado?(Required.)