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Global Leadership Adventures Scholarship Application

Types of Scholarships:

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. The pool of awards is on a limited basis for each program.
Grant-Based Scholarship: GLA can offer up to 10% off the tuition for families who don't have financial hardship or prefer not to provide income information. Each program session has a separate pool of scholarship and grant funds available, so amounts will vary depending on available funds when you apply.

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:

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

Contact Information

Student Name

Student Email

Student Phone Number

Parent Name

Parent Email

Parent Phone Number

Scholarship Type

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 tuition (income form required)We have several programs in mind and are looking to make a decision of which program to select based on scholarship award amounts (income form required)I am a student fundraising for the bulk of the tuition myself (income form required)We are not typically eligible for income-based financial aid, but need some support for tuition (no income information required)

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

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:

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!

Contact Information