Welcoming America is pleased to offer scholarship opportunities to enable a diverse range of individuals to attend the 2027 Welcoming Interactive being held in Denver, CO May 11-13, 2027.
Please review the following guidelines before submitting your application.
Who is Eligible to Apply?
Both Welcoming Network members in good standing and non-member organizations are eligible for a scholarship. For-profit organizations are not eligible for a scholarship.
Preference will be given to those with more substantial travel expenses and/or smaller organizational or department budgets.
Scholarship Rules
Please review the following guidelines before submitting your application.
Who is Eligible to Apply?
Both Welcoming Network members in good standing and non-member organizations are eligible for a scholarship. For-profit organizations are not eligible for a scholarship.
Preference will be given to those with more substantial travel expenses and/or smaller organizational or department budgets.
Scholarship Rules
- Scholarship funds will be awarded in the amount of $500 per individual.
- Scholarship funds will be remitted electronically. Bill.com is Welcoming America’s preferred platform for processing payments. Recipients will be asked to provide an email address below where instructions on setting up a free and secure Bill.com account can be sent.
- Scholarship recipients will be provided with a code to use for event registration. DO NOT REGISTER until you receive this code.
- Scholarship funds should be used only to cover conference expenses such as registration, travel or hotel guest rooms.
- As a condition of being awarded a scholarship, the individual must be registered for the conference by Friday, April 30, 2027. If the individual is not registered by this date, the scholarship is forfeited.
- If you are awarded scholarship funds but are unable to attend the conference, please send an email to events@welcomingamerica.org. You will be required to return the funds so they can be provided to another individual.
- W9 tax forms and scholarship agreements will be provided to recipients and must be signed and returned in order to receive scholarship funds. International scholarship recipients will be provided with a W8 tax form to complete and return.
Scholarship Timeline
- Friday, January 29
- Application period closes
- Wednesday, February 3
- Recipients notified by email
- Friday, February 12
- Recipients must respond to notification email or forfeit scholarship
If you have any questions, please contact us at events@welcomingamerica.org.
