Youth Scholarship Application

USSCA Youth Scholarship Application

FUNDING REQUEST GUIDELINES & APPLICATION

Purpose:

To advance the sport of ISCA/Sunfish sailboat sailing and racing. To assist sailors in their participation in events that will bring honor and distinction to themselves and USSCA.

Requirements:

Youth must be a USSCA member and have sailing experience on an ISCA. The age requirement is 18 or younger. If the youth turns 19 in the year of the event he/she exceeds the age limit.

Scholarships will only be issued for ISCA world qualifying events including regional regattas, Youth North Americans, Women’s North Americans, North Americans, Midwinters and ISCA World Championship.

An application must be submitted 60 days prior to an event in order to give the committee time to review the application.

The applicant will have competed in a world qualifying event the year prior before a world championship.

Applications to compete in the next year’s world championship cannot be submitted until January 1 of the championship year. The number of world qualifying events sailed in the previous year must be officially recorded in the class race results.

Conduct: A competitor’s actions, both on and off the water will be considered.

Selection Process:

Financial help shall be awarded based on: (1) Funds available, (2) Number of requests received, (3) Financial needs of the applicant. Notification of the status of a scholarship will be made within 30 days upon receipt of the application.

Terms and Obligations:

Recipients shall provide receipts or other written evidence for all reimbursable expenditures.


Applicant's Information
Applicant's Full Name Applicant's Email address Applicant's Primary Phone Applicant's Date of Birth MM/DD/YYYY

Parent Information
Parent's full name Parent's email address Parent's primary phone Parent's Address

Event Applying For
Name of the Event Event Location Event Dates

Sailor Qualifications
Amount of time sailing dinghy boats? (months/years) List of dinghy events you've sailed in? Who can recommend you for this scholarship? (Please provide contact information for this person) What do you hope this experience can do for you?

Pledge
Youth Electronic Signature I acknowledge that I have read and understand the preceding scholarship terms and procedures and agree to follow the Terms above. Failure to do so will result in repayment obligation of all funds awarded by this Scholarship Committee. Parent Electronic Signature I acknowledge that I have read and understand the preceding scholarship terms and procedures and agree to follow the Terms above. Failure to do so will result in repayment obligation of all funds awarded by this Scholarship Committee.