Scholarship Opportunities
General Assembly Planning Committee
Matching Grant Program
Purpose
The General Assembly Planning Committee (GAPC) has established a matching grant scholarship fund to 1) increase economic accessibility for UUs who want to attend General Assembly (GA), and, 2) to encourage congregations to send delegates to this annual meeting of congregations. For individuals, this means that the cost of GA registration and up to $500 for expenses (transportation/etc.) can make attending General Assembly more affordable. For congregations, this means that, in addition to paying the recipient's registration, the Planning Committee will match (up to $250) what a congregation budgets to support sending a member to GA.
Criteria and Considerations
- The applicant must be a minister or member of a Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregation.
- Priority is given to applicants who will represent their congregation at GA as delegates with preference given to those who are leaders in the congregation.
- Special consideration is given to delegates from new congregations or congregations that have not (or not recently) sent representation to GA.
- Applicants should have financial need. Priority will be given to applicants who have not received scholarships to GA in the past, and, except in unusual cases, will not be awarded to the same individual in consecutive years.
- Applications will be viewed with an anti-racist, anti-oppressive lens.
Process
Applications were due in the GA Office no later than March 31. A letter of endorsement and pledge of a specified amount of financial support from the applicant’s congregation must accompany the application.
The Scholarship Committee, made up of three members of the GAPC, will review submitted applications and notify applicants of their acceptance by late April.
Congregations may distribute funds to applicants at any time; GA Planning Committee scholarship checks will be distributed only at GA in Salt Lake City.
The Davidoff Fund Scholarship
The Davidoff Fund Scholarship serves to subsidize the attendance at General Assembly of presidents from congregations who have not been represented by lay leaders at General Assembly in the last ten years (since 1999). Up to twenty awards of 50% of registration costs will be awarded to eligible applicants. Applications (PDF) must be submitted to UUA Stewardship & Development no later than April 30, 2009.
Youth Scholarship
Youth Ministry Office Scholarship Applications will be available from the Youth Ministry Office at (617) 948-4350 or youth @ uua.org.
Last updated on Wednesday, April 1, 2009.
