America Express Travel Scholarships
American Society of Travel Advisors
Award: $1000 – $1000
Deadline: July 31.
To encourage the pursuit of education and the growth and development of tomorrow's travel/tourism work force. Qualifications: Applicants must be travel/tourism students in either a two or four-year college/university or propriety travel school; have at least 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale; have relevant training in basic statistics or other social research method courses; have at least basic computer skills; and, be residents, citizens, or legal aliens of the United States or Canada. Selection criteria: Recipients will be selected based on academic standing. How to apply: Applicants must submit a proof of enrollment/acceptance at a travel school, community/junior college, college or university; an official school-printed description or listing of the curriculum where they enrolled; proof of enrollments in travel and tourism courses, or letter from business colleague that can attest to each of the applicant's desire to pursue a career in the travel and tourism industry; four identical collated copies of applications and required materials (one original and three photocopies); and a 500-word statement detailing the student's plans in travel and tourism as well as the student's view of the travel industry's future. Focus: Travel and tourism.