About Scholarships

Thanks to generous contributions from donors to this year's Esprit Scholarship Fund, we are able to provide scholarships on a needs basis to attend Esprit. We strongly recommend that you apply for a scholarship if financing is a challenge.

If you are interested in contributing to this important program, email the Scholarship Coordinator (all contacts may be found here).

Scholarships are intended to encourage first-time transgender individuals and couples who need financial assistance to attend Esprit and benefit from its program. The attendee's scholarship will be awarded based on need and typically in the form of a partial to full waiver of the registration fee. The applicant is responsible for paying any additional registration fee remaining if the scholarship award is not a full tuition scholarship. As a fully registered attendee, scholarship recipients are entitled to all services and activities as listed on the Registration page. Food and drink, hotel, products and services purchased from resource providers, discretionary and entertainment expenses, and transportation are not covered by the standard scholarship award. In general, no money will be given directly to the scholarship recipient.

How to Apply

Complete and submit the online pre-registration form to record your information and generate a printed form to submit with your payment and/or award later. If you do not pre-register first, the online scholarship application form will not accept your application.
Complete the online scholarship application form by March 15, 2010.
If you are granted a scholarship, submit the voucher with the printed pre-registration form and any supplemental payment to complete your registration.

Applications will be evaluated on a first-come, first-served basis. Scholarship awards will be made as quickly as possible (usually within one month) and will typically consist of emailed vouchers. The vouchers can be used to offset some or all of the registration fee and are submitted by you with a normal Esprit registration form as partial or full payment of the registration fee.

Scholarship Guidelines

Please note the following when you prepare your application.

You must have an independent reference who will vouch for your financial status and general situation. Include in your application the name and the email and/or mailing address of an officer at a transgendered organization, a medical professional, a counselor, or other person in an official capacity whom we may contact. If you have questions about who qualifies as a reference, contact the Scholarship Coordinator before you apply, otherwise your application may not be processed.
All required fields on the form must be completed.
When you indicate your financial situation, please be fair to other applicants by providing accurate and true information about your financial status.
Please describe as fully as possible why you want to attend and your financial status.
If you pre-register before the Early Bird deadline and your scholarship application is denied, the registrar will handle your self-paid tuition at the Early Bird rate.

ESPRIT, ESPRIT GALA and ESPRIT 2010 relate only to the yearly transgender conference
held in Port Angeles, WA. The conference and organization is not associated or connected
with the global apparel company Esprit or its marks.

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