Published: March 4, 2024 by Andy Wiegert

Travel Scholarships

https://nagara.org/AC2024/travel-scholarships

NAGARA is pleased to offer Annual Conference Travel Scholarships to first-time conference attendees. Scholarships offered will range from full-conference scholarships (registration + travel/lodging costs), to registration-only scholarships, to supplemental lodging assistance.

To apply for a Travel Scholarship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

Be active members of NAGARA

Must have never attended a previous NAGARA Annual Conference

Be professionals with archival or records management responsibilities, working for a government entity which lacks funding to send employees to conferences.

-Complete an application (linked below), which also includes:

Submitting information about your organization/agency

-Submitting a personal statement

-Submitting a resume, and 

Submitting a letter or statement from the applicant’s current supervisor that includes:

1) Expressions of support and approval for the applicant to attend the 2024 NAGARA Annual Conference if they receive a Travel Scholarship, and 2) Information about why funding is not available for the applicant from the organization/agency.

Those selected to receive a Travel Scholarship must agree to the following:

To attend and be recognized as a Travel Scholarship recipient during the Opening General Session (Wednesday, July 17th) as part of the Annual Conference 

To write an article/conference writeup documenting their reflections on being a first-time conference attendee, and 

To allow their name, image, and conference writeup to be featured and published by NAGARA across various communication mediums