
Scholarships
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: $7,000 (BA full-time), $3,750 (BA fall only), $3,000 (Associate’s full-time), $1,500 (Associate’s fall only). About: Offered by the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) Foundation, the Opening Doors to Opportunity Scholarship was created to support undergraduate hospitality students. Applicants must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours for the upcoming fall and spring…
Amount: Up to $3,500. About: The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) offers two merit scholarships for students whose parents or guardians are Foreign Service employees and members of the AFSA: Academic Merit Scholarship and Art Merit Scholarship. Applicants must be high school seniors and the legal dependents of a U.S. government Foreign Service employee. For…
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,…
Amount: $2,000 (BA full-time), $1,000 (BA part-time, Associate’s full-time), $500 (Associate’s part-time). About: Offered by the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) Foundation, the American Express Scholarship was established by American Express in 1994 to support current lodging employees and their dependents. Applicants must be enrolled, full-time or part-time, in a U.S. college or university,…
Amount: $5,000. About: Administered by the American Library Association (ALA), the Christopher J. Hoy/ERT Scholarship is annually awarded to those pursuing a master’s degree in library science. Applicants must be U.S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents, attend an ALA accredited master’s program, and must not have completed more than 12 semester hours or one-third…