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AHLA Foundation Self-Nominated Scholarships

These scholarship funds are made available for any hospitality student (your school does not need to be affiliated with the Foundation) and you do not need to wait for a nomination to complete the application form. These scholarships include:

Banks Brown Graduate Scholarship

After receiving many requests for graduate scholarships, the AHLA Foundation began offering a scholarship exclusively for graduate students in 2008. 

Eligibility Criteria

Scholarship Awards

Application Process

Applicants must complete all sections of the AHLA Foundation Scholarship Application and requires a recommendation letter from both an employer and instructor.

American Express Scholarship

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Founded by American Express in 1994, this program is designed specifically for current lodging employees and their dependents.  Endowed with more than $500,000, the fund has awarded $382,610 in scholarships to 328 students and professionals.

Eligibility Criteria

Scholarship Awards

Application Process

To confirm your hotel is an AHLA member, contact AHLA’s membership department at 202-289-3100 or membership@ahla.com . Applicants must complete all sections of the Foundation scholarship application.

Ecolab Scholarship

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This program was established by Ecolab in 1996 as a commitment to the lodging industry and to support the development of its future leaders.  To date, more than $500,000 has been awarded to over 350 hospitality management students.

Eligibility Criteria

Scholarship Awards

Application Process

Applicants must complete all sections of the Foundation scholarship application.

Hyatt Hotels Fund for Minority Lodging Management Students

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In 1988, Hyatt established this fund to provide financial aid to minority students pursuing a degree in hotel management. Since 1988, approximately 372 minority students have received $744,000 through this scholarship.

Eligibility Criteria

Scholarship Award

Application Process

Applicants must complete all sections of the Foundation scholarship application.

Incoming Freshman Scholarship

This scholarship was created exclusively for incoming freshman to encourage enrollment in hospitality-related undergraduate programs and attract more students to the lodging industry. The program is funded from the PepsiCo Foundation Scholarship Fund, proceeds from the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), and scholarship monies set aside from the Foundation’s New Century Fund Campaign.

PepsiCo Foundation
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The PepsiCo Foundation made a $250,000 contribution through the AHLA Foundation’s New Century Fund Campaign in 2001,creating the PepsiCo Foundation Scholarships. The fund has focused on encouraging incoming freshman to study hospitality. To-date, 58 students have received scholarships totaling $131,000.

ALIS
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The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), has allocated a generous portion of its revenues to benefit the educational, research and training missions of the Foundation. Since its inception, ALIS has provided scholarships for 1,378 students in 124 schools across the country, generated more than $2.7 million for cutting-edge research projects, and afforded funding for the START program in more than 450 high schools and work force training centers as well as for the Lodging Management and the new Hospitality & Tourism Management Programs in 656 high schools.

New Century Fund
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The unprecedented success of the New Century Fund Campaign, which closed in November 2011, showed the industry’s strong commitment to meeting its challenges and seizing its opportunities.  The campaign raised more than $9 million for scholarships, school-to-career programs, career outreach and workforce development, support for the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, and technology research.

Eligibility Criteria

Scholarship Awards

Application Process

Preference will be given to high school graduates of the Hospitality & Tourism Management Program (HTMP) or Lodging Management Program (LMP). Applicants must complete all sections of the scholarship application..

Opening Doors to Opportunity Scholarship

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The Opening Doors to Opportunity capital campaign, which concluded in 2017, reinforced the industry’s diligence and unwavering support of our future leaders.  The campaign raised over $8.2 million to fund the Foundation’s academic scholarships, professional development, and industry research programs.  This scholarship program was created to disburse approximately $3.2 million of the campaign proceeds dedicated to academic scholarships.  

Eligibility Criteria

Scholarship Awards