2018 Worth the Trust Scholarship Applications Due Oct. 2, 2017!
The annual Worth the Trust Educational Scholarships are now available! These scholarships, one for Adult Amateurs and one for Young Adults, aim to reward up-and-coming amateur eventers by helping to fund training opportunities like clinics, working student positions and private or group instruction.
The $3,000 Amateur Young Adult Scholarship is available for riders between the ages of 16 and 25, while the $2,000 Adult Amateur Scholarship is available for eventers 26 and up. Learning to officiate or working with a course designer, Technical Delegate, judge, veterinarian, etc. are also appropriate uses of the scholarship, with the approval of the scholarship panel.
Applicants must be members of the USEA as well as their local eventing club or association, and contribute at least six hours of volunteer work to a national or local charitable organization, any minority/disadvantaged group, a local eventing association or horse trials, etc.
The deadline for applications for the 2017 USEA Worth the Trust Educational Scholarships for Young Adults and Adult Amateurs is October 2, 2017.
Applications: Young Adult Amateur | Adult Amateur
Contact Nancy Knight for more information at (703) 669-9997 or [email protected].
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