Scholarships

THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (EXCEPT FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM LATIN AMERICA) IS CLOSED.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.

The Drug Policy Alliance is pleased to announce that we have acquired scholarship funds to bring people to New Orleans for the 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference. 

CRITERIA

The criteria for scholarship recipients are based on merit, need, and potential impact. Women, people of color, people with disabilities, GLBTQ individuals, low-income, formerly incarcerated people and other underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. 

Candidates must:

• be in need of some financial support to attend;

• be in a position to clearly benefit from going to the conference, with solid potential to take home new knowledge, skills, and contacts that will benefit their local work. 

 

Candidates will be prioritized as follows:

• individuals who have never attended an International Drug Policy Reform Conference in previous years;

• individuals traveling to the conference on behalf of an organization;

• individuals from the Southeast region (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma).

 

INSTRUCTIONS

Applications should be completed and submitted online at the scholarship application Web site. CLICK HERE to apply now.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

All scholarship applications must be received by MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2007, 5:00 pm EST.

 

Requirements for Scholarship Recipients

 Scholarship recipients are required to:

1)  Register online for the conference no later than November 9, 2007.

2) Contact the Conference Management office immediately if they find they are unable to attend the conference. 

3) Complete a conference evaluation form and submit it at the conclusion of the conference.

4) Complete and return a Follow-Up Report, which will be available for download on the conference website, within one month of attending the conference.  The purpose of this report is to provide feedback about the scholarship recipient’s experience at the conference and its impact on their work.  This information will be shared with the generous individuals and foundation donors who provided scholarship funding.

 

Scholarship Disbursement

REGISTRATION:  No reimbursements will be paid out for registration fees. If an applicant is approved to receive a discounted rate for registration, they will receive a special code from the Conference Office. In the event that an applicant must register before finding out their application status (for example, a confirmed conference speaker), the applicant should select “pay by check” as their payment method.  If/when a registration scholarship is awarded, the recipient can go back into their registration record, enter the discount code and finalize payment.  Notifications will be sent from the conference registration manager to individuals indicating payment by check that they are not officially registered until payment is received.

LODGING:  No reimbursements will paid-out for lodging. For those awarded lodging scholarships, DPA will make the necessary room reservations at our scholarship recipient hotel. Guests will be required to submit a credit cards to the hotel upon check-in for any incidental expenses they may incur (phone, movies, room service) and any room nights not covered by the scholarship.     

TRAVEL: Except in extremely rare cases, all reimbursement checks for travel will be disbursed at the close of the conference on Saturday, December 8th and will be contingent upon the receipt of a conference evaluation form.  Scholarship recipients will be supplied with a travel reimbursement form that they should send to the Conference Office with a copy of their receipt. Individuals submitting their form by November 26, 2007 will receive their checks on-site. Individuals submitting their paperwork after this date or at the conference will receive their check 15 days after the conference. All travel reimbursement requests must be submitted by December 15, 2007.