Scholarships
Amount: $1,000. About: Costa Rica tourism company Costa Rican Vacations offers an annual scholarship for students who are pursuing majors related to tourism, hospitality, and sustainable development. Two students are awarded of each year. Applicants need to be enrolled as an undergraduate student at a US-based college or university. Minimum of 2.8 GPA is required.…
Amount: $1,000-$4,000. About: The Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association Educational Foundation (IHLAEF) offers a scholarship for Illinois students who are pursuing hospitality management degrees. Applicants must be a permanent resident of Illinois and a U.S. citizen OR a permanent U.S. resident for at least 12 months on the date of application; be a current undergraduate…
Amount: Varies. About: Each year, the Illinois Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (IRAEF) offers scholarships to support those pursuing culinary arts. Applicants must be a permanent resident of Illinois, be accepted or plan to apply to an accredited culinary or hospitality school, college or university; be enrolled as a full-time or substantial part-time student, taking a…
Amount: $4,000 (BA), $2,000 (Associate’s). About: Offered by the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) Foundation, the Incoming Freshman Scholarship was created to encourage enrollment in hospitality-related undergraduate programs and attract more students to the lodging industry. The program is funded by the PepsiCo Foundation Scholarship Fund, proceeds from the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS),…
Amount: $5,000. About: Offered by the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) Foundation, the Banks Brown Graduate Scholarship awards $5,000 to graduate students. Applicants must be enrolled, full-time or part-time, in a U.S. college or university; be pursuing a hospitality-related graduate degree or, if the graduate degree is in anything other than a hospitality-related program,…