VASTA Member-Sponsored Appreciation Award  

One award distributed annually to cover the registration fee for that year’s VASTA Conference.

Application Requirements:

• Must be nominated by a member - who is not currently serving on the Board or as a member of the Awards & Grants Committee
• Must be an active VASTA member for 3 + years by the time of the conference they wish to attend (the years do not need to be consecutive).
• Active Member is defined as someone who has contributed on an annual basis to VASTA in some way. (i.e. committees, service, past conference workshop/panel presentations)  
• All members are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to those who have not previously received this award and/or to those applications that further VASTA’s vision.
• The nominating member will submit a brief essay (no more than two pages) outlining the nominee’s contributions to VASTA thus far including:
  • How has nominee been actively involved in VASTA?
  • How do you envision this nominee’s future with VASTA to be?
  • How would this benefit the nominee?  
• Deadline for application is March 1st.

For further application details:  https://www.vasta.org/member-sponsored-conference-scholarship