Global Leadership Adventures Scholarship Application

SCHOLARSHIP PETITION FOR THE GLOBAL IMPACT VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP

If you are interested in applying for financial aid for the the Fall Session of GLA’s online internship, limited scholarship funds are available.

Please fill out this scholarship form to be evaluated for any financial assistance.

Apply for a Scholarship

If you’re looking to complete a scholarship application for a GLA travel program, please fill out the form below instead.

Global Leadership Adventures Scholarship Application

Types of Scholarships:

Important: These scholarship awards cannot be combined. Please apply to the scholarship type that suits your needs best. There is a limited pool of awards for each program session. Award amounts will vary based on the scholarship type as well as the available funds for the program & session when you apply.

Need-Based Scholarship: GLA can award up to 30% off the tuition for families with financial hardship. In order to be evaluated for this award amount you must submit a copy of your family's most recent tax return.
Merit Scholarship: GLA can award up to 10% off the tuition for students who have at least a 3.0 GPA or roughly a B-grade average across classes.
Grant-Based Scholarship: GLA can offer up to 5% off the tuition for families who don't have financial hardship or prefer not to provide income information.

Full-fee scholarships are not awarded
Scholarships are only applicable towards programs 14 days or longer
Scholarships cannot cover the deposit and application fee, or anything other than tuition
Scholarships cannot cover airfare
If you change program session, country, or duration, your scholarship award will be reevaluated and may change
Each program has its own pool of scholarship funds: depending on popularity, some programs or sessions may have more funds available than others.

Applications will be processed and scholarships award will be emailed within one week of receipt. Upon receiving your offer, you have one week to accept your scholarship award by applying at www.experiencegla.com/enroll and submitting both the $400 deposit towards program tuition and non-refundable application fee ($95 application fee until April 16 when it goes up to $145) . If you are already enrolled, the award will be applied to your tuition.

Any scholarship award will be applied to your program tuition, and the remaining balance will be due as follows:

For all participants who enroll as of November 30, final tuition will be due by Dec. 31
Beginning December 1, final tuition is due 30 days after acceptance into the program
If your program departure date is closer than 60 days away, your tuition is due 1 week from acceptance

Global Leadership Adventures has a limited pool of financial resources for scholarships. Because our resources are limited and we try to support as many students as possible, we have the following limitations on scholarships:

Program Year

For which year would you like a scholarship?

20202021

2020 Scholarships

Unfortunately, our scholarship pool has been depleted for 2020. Please check back next year.

2021 Scholarships

We are not accepting 2021 scholarship applications at this time. We will launch our scholarships for 2021 programs shortly. Please enter your information if you'd like to receive information once scholarship funds are released.

Scholarship Type

Type of scholarship would you like to apply for

Need-Based Scholarship - Limited pool of scholarships for select programs to receive up to 30% off the tuition for families with financial hardship. (income form required)Merit Scholarship - GLA can award up to 10% off the tuition for students who have at least a 3.0 GPA or roughly a B-grade average across classes. (copy of most recent report card required)Grant-Based Scholarship - Limited pool of small grants depending on the program of up to 5% off the tuition (no income information required)

Personal Information

Student Name

Student Email

Student Phone Number

Parent Name

Parent Email

Parent Phone Number

Program(s) of Interest

Destination of Interest 1:

Program & Session 1

Destination of Interest 2:

Program & Session 2

Destination of Interest 3:

Program & Session 3

Destination of Interest 4:

Program & Session 4

Which best describes your family’s situation?

We have specific program(s) in mind and are looking to make it more financially feasible for our family to cover tuitionWe have several programs in mind and are looking to make a decision of which program to select based on scholarship award amounts I am a student fundraising for the bulk of the tuition myself We are not typically eligible for income-based financial aid, but need some support for tuition

I'm interested in alternate dates/programs that may have additional scholarship funds available

Need-Based Scholarship Application

Please upload a copy of your family’s most recent income tax filings

You only need to submit the first page with summary of total income You can black out Social Security Number and Personal Information

Household adjusted gross income, as reported on your most recent tax filings:

Please list any other income factors or financial hardships for your family that should be taken into consideration:

Merit Scholarship Application

Please upload a copy of your most recent grades

You only need to submit the first page with summary of total income You can black out Social Security Number and Personal Information

Feel free to add any additional considerations to keep in mind

Grant-Based Scholarship Application

In order to participate in a program this summer, I need...(check all that apply & give details below):

A program within specific datesA program within a particular country or region (ex. Africa, Central America, Spain)A program with specific activities or volunteer workNone of the above - I'm flexible!

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