Viristar's Scholarship Program

Eligibility

Viristar is dedicated to providing financial assistance to outdoor and experiential professionals who demonstrate financial need, and to supporting those who are working to make the world a more inclusive and equitable place.

Viristar awards scholarship assistance to our Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course to:

1: Individuals who live and work in low-income, lower-middle-income, or upper-middle-income countries or territories and who also have a financial need.

Applicable low- and middle-income countries/territories generally, with minor exceptions, follow World Bank classifications.

Click here to see a full list of the countries and territories included.

Afghanistan	Dominica	Lesotho	São Tomé and Principe
Albania	Dominican Republic	Liberia	Senegal
Algeria	Ecuador	Libya	Serbia
American Samoa	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Madagascar	Sierra Leone
Angola	El Salvador	Malawi	Solomon Islands
Argentina	Equatorial Guinea	Malaysia	Somalia
Armenia	Eritrea	Maldives	South Africa
Azerbaijan	Eswatini	Mali	South Sudan
Bangladesh	Ethiopia	Marshall Islands	Sri Lanka
Belarus	Fiji	Mauritania	St. Lucia
Belize	Gabon	Mauritius	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Benin	Gambia, The	Mexico	Sudan
Bhutan	Georgia	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Suriname
Bolivia	Ghana	Moldova	Syrian Arab Republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Grenada	Mongolia	Tajikistan
Botswana	Guatemala	Montenegro	Tanzania
Brazil	Guinea	Morocco	Thailand
Bulgaria	Guinea-Bissau	Mozambique	Timor-Leste
Burkina Faso	Guyana	Myanmar	Togo
Burundi	Haiti	Namibia	Tonga
Cabo Verde	Honduras	Nepal	Tunisia
Cambodia	India	Nicaragua	Türkiye
Cameroon	Indonesia	Niger	Turkmenistan
Central African Republic	Iran, Islamic Rep	Nigeria	Tuvalu
Chad	Iraq	North Macedonia	Uganda
Colombia	Jamaica	Pakistan	Ukraine
Comoros	Jordan	Palau	Uzbekistan
Congo, Dem. Rep	Kazakhstan	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu
Congo, Rep.	Kenya	Paraguay	Vietnam
Costa Rica	Kiribati	Peru	West Bank and Gaza
Côte d’Ivoire	Kosovo	Philippines	Yemen, Rep.
Cuba	Kyrgyz Republic	Russian Federation	Zambia
Djibouti	Lao PDR	Rwanda	Zimbabwe
	Lebanon	Samoa

Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course is intended for professionals working in the outdoor/experiential field. Financial need is demonstrated through a statement that the organization with which the applicant is professionally affiliated has very limited financial capacity, such that it would be unable to include the full tuition amount in its budget. Small nonprofit (charitable) organizations generally fit this criteria. Organizations with more than 100 full- or part-time (including seasonal) employees, an annual budget exceeding USD 1 million, or who serve higher-end clientele (e.g. as with private/international schools and high-end travel/tourism operators) generally will not.

2. Individuals who are working for an organization whose primary focus is on improving access to outdoor or experiential programs by members of groups who currently experience or previously experienced systemic barriers to access on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, ability or race, and who also have financial need.

Financial need is demonstrated as described in category one, above.

Eligibility is based on a first-come, first-served basis.

Although we can provide financial support to most applicants, we will advise you if Viristar’s scholarship funds have been fully expended at the time of your application.

Scholarship awards are for 50 percent of the tuition for the Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course.

Before you apply, please select a course cohort which you wish to attend. You must have sufficient time available during the class time period you select to complete all the required learning activities.

If you are awarded a scholarship, you must register for a course within 30 days of award notification.

Individuals are eligible to apply for a Viristar scholarship one time per year.

If you meet the criteria of either eligibility category above and wish to apply for a scholarship, please click here to complete the application form.

Scholarship Application

I certify that the information I am submitting below is truthful and accurate.

I understand and agree

Given Name:

Family Name:

Email Address

Telephone Number (including country code):

I live and work in a low income, lower middle-income, or upper middle-income country or territory:

Yes

Please select the country in which you live and work:

I work for or am otherwise professionally affiliated with an outdoor/experiential program, which has very limited financial capacity, to the extent that it is unable to include the full tuition amount in its budget.

Yes

Note: Small nonprofit (charitable) organizations generally fit this criterion. Organizations with more than 100 full- or part-time (including seasonal) employees, an annual budget exceeding USD 1 million, or who serve higher-end clientele (e.g. as with private/international schools and high-end travel/tourism operators) generally will not.

Provide organizational name and relevant details:

I work for an organization whose primary focus is on improving access to outdoor or experiential programs by members of groups who currently experience or previously experienced systemic barriers to access on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, ability or race.

Yes

Provide organization name and describe its primary audience:

Course cohort in which you wish to enroll:

Month

Year

I understand that if I am awarded a scholarship, I must register for a course within thirty days of receiving the scholarship award notice.

I understand and agree

I understand that I am eligible to apply for a Viristar scholarship no more frequently than one time per year.

I understand and agree

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