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ASTA Scholarships

Thank you for your interest in the ASTA Foundation's scholarship program. The ASTA scholarships are managed by Tourism Cares and information on how to apply is located on their website. 

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ASTA Scholarships

Undergraduate Academic Scholarships:

  • ASTA Arizona Undergraduate Scholarship for $2,000
  • ASTA Northern California Chapter Richard Epping Undergraduate Scholarship at $2,000
  • ASTA Tourism Cares – Contiki Vacations Undergraduate Scholarship at $1,500

Undergraduate Academic (For permanent residents of specific U. S. states)

  • ASTA Pacific Northwest Chapter – William Hunt Undergraduate Scholarship (AK, ID, MT, OR, or WA), two at $1,500 each

Graduate Academic Scholarships:

  • ASTA Arnold Rigby Graduate Scholarship, two at $2,500 each
  • ASTA Avis Budget Group Graduate Scholarship for $2,000
  • ASTA Healy Graduate Scholarship for $1,000
  • ASTA Joseph R. Stone Graduate Scholarship, three at $2,500 each

Professional Development Internships (Many have resident requirements)

ASTA Academic Internships in the Washington, DC area

  • ASTA David J. Hallissey Memorial Undergraduate or Graduate Internship for $2,000

ASTA Academic Graduate Research Scholarships:

  • ASTA Holland America Line Graduate Research Scholarship for $4,000

All inquiries and requests should be directed to the Tourism Cares Scholarship Department at scholarships@tourismcares.org.

If you are interested in establishing a scholarship fund, or donating additional funds to an existing fund, please contact Carolyn Viles, Director of Grants and Scholarships at Tourism Cares at 781-821-5990 x 208.

Tourism Cares

Tourism Cares awards up to $100,000 in scholarships each year to travel and tourism or hospitality students attending programs primarily in the U.S. and Canada. The current endowment Tourism Cares administers, which includes both the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) and NTA Scholarship Funds, totals more than $1.7 million. The Tourism Cares scholarship awards help support educating the future workforce of the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry, which is vitally important to maintaining a high level of professionalism in the industry.

Scholarship opportunities include academic, professional development, and service-learning scholarships. Additionally, all academic scholarship recipients are invited to participate in the Tourism Cares Experience the Industry Student Program at the NTA Convention held during the week of November 13, 2010 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. At the event, students shadow mentors, who are travel industry veterans, during business appointments; participate in discussions about career paths; and take advantage of networking and learning opportunities.

The Tourism Cares Scholarships are merit-based. The Tourism Cares Academic Scholarship Selection Committee consists of travel, tourism, and hospitality educators and industry professionals from across the United States. The role of the members is to review the ASTA and NTA Academic Scholarship applications provided by eligible students and to select the recipients. The committee's decisions are reported to the Tourism Cares Board of Directors. Typical items students may be required to submit with their applications include: official transcript, resume, academic and professional letters of recommendation, essay, etc.

Tourism Cares

Tourism Cares is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity with a mission to preserve the travel experience for future generations. It accomplishes this by mobilizing the travel and tourism industry and travelers alike to give back to society through grants to natural, cultural and historic sites worldwide; through academic, professional development, and service-learning scholarships for students of hospitality and tourism; and through the organization of volunteer efforts to clean up and restore tourism-related sites in need of care and rejuvenation. See additional information about Tourism Cares.

 

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