The Standards for Excellence Institute is pleased to award three scholarships covering half of the member or the non-member rate for the Fall 2025 Licensed Consultant Training Program on November 17-19, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland. Awards are non-transferable and cannot be combined with other special offers. Staff members of replication partners are not eligible for this program.

Scholarships are only eligible for applicants accepted to the Fall 2025 Licensed Consultant Training Program. All scholarship applications must be submitted online by July 18, 2025 (by 11:59 PM EST). Scholarship recipients will be informed by phone or email by August 28, 2025.

Applications will be reviewed and selected by a panel of current Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultants and Standards for Excellence Institute staff. All names will be removed from applications during the selection process. (Please be sure not to include references to your name in the application sections beyond the name field). In alignment with our mission’s focus on equity, applicants who identify as African American, Black, and People of Color (Latino, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Indigenous American); serve small, grass-roots organizations; or work with vulnerable populations will receive additional consideration in the awards process.

For more information on the scholarship criteria, please click here.

Please note, this is only the application for the scholarship. In order to be eligible, you must also fill out the application for the training itself which can be found here.

Please contact Carly Chafey, cchafey@standardsforexcellence.org with any questions.

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* 1. Contact Information

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* 2. Please upload your resume, CV (curriculum vitae), or biography. Please make sure your resume, CV, or biography reflects your experience with nonprofits, and omit your name and contact information, if possible.

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* 3. As a part of the Licensed Consultant program, we endeavor to support leaders who reflect the diversity of the communities most impacted by systemic inequities. How might you contribute to this objective?

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* 4. What populations, groups, and individuals do you serve? Please include any work with small or grassroots organizations (with budgets of under $500,000), vulnerable populations, and underrepresented geographic area(s) in the Standards for Excellence Institute?

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* 5. How might you share your unique voice, experience, background, and ideas to create a rich experience with the Licensed Consultant class?

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* 6. How do you plan to use the Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultant training in your work?

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* 7. Please explain how receiving a scholarship will help you.

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* 8. If you are not awarded a scholarship, do you anticipate that you will not be able to participate in the program?

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* 9. Please include any special considerations or additional information you feel relevant to the scholarship committee as they make their decisions. (Optional)

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