Purpose:           These scholarships are intended to encourage students to attend PLT’s biennial council and leadership conference by defraying some of the cost of attending.

Eligibility:          To be eligible, an applicant must be a current member of PLT and a full-time student (as defined by the institution) at the time of application, the time of the conference, or during the semester or quarter immediately following the conference, or a non-member who is a full-time student and, in addition, has been named the recipient of an international grant, scholarship, or award conferred by PLT since the most recent biennial council.

Amount:            Each scholarship includes one complimentary registration plus a $150 expense allowance. 

Disbursement:   The expense allowance is disbursed at the conference. Complimentary registration requires no disbursement. 

Application:       There is no application form; however, each person applying for a scholarship must apply in writing, and there must be no more than one name per application. An application must contain 1) the name, phone number(s), e-mail, and mailing address of the  applicant, 2) a statement that the applicant is seeking a scholarship to include registration and a $150 expense allowance to be distributed at the conference, 3) a recitation of the city, state, and dates of the conference, and 4) proof of full-time student status. Applications may be submitted by any medium that supports proof of student status, including e-mail and fax as well as hard-copy. Telephone applications will not be accepted.

Deadline:           Applications will not be accepted before February 1 of the council year, and must be received in the international office before the close of business on May 1 of the council year. If any scholarships remain unawarded as of May 1, subsequent applications will be honored on a first-come-first-served basis. All applicants will be notified by May 15.

Selection:          Priority will be given to applicants in this order: 1) qualified recipients of awards, grants, or scholarships to be conferred at biennial council; 2) qualified recipients of named international awards, grants, or scholarships conferred since the most recent biennial council; 3) qualified recipients of Student Support Scholarships conferred since the most recent biennial council; 4) qualified recipients of research grants conferred since the most recent biennial council; 5) qualified applicants who have made a commitment to present a workshop; 6) qualified applicants who have made a commitment to present an exhibit at the conference poster session; 7) other qualified applicants. If there are not enough scholarships for all applicants in a priority pool, applicants within that pool will be assigned priority in random order. 

Acceptance:    The I.O. will make a reasonable effort to contact each applicant selected to receive a scholarship. A preliminary recipient must accept or decline the scholarship by the sooner of one week after being contacted by the international office or two weeks after the first attempt at contact was made. Both a conference registration and a written acceptance must be submitted to secure a scholarship. If this documentation is not received by the applicable deadline, or if the scholarship is declined, the applicant’s eligibility will be forfeit and the scholarship will be offered to the remaining applicant with the highest preference established by the selection process.