Arizona Travel Grant Application

Requirements

Applicants must be owners, managers, or employees of traditional retail florists with a brick-and-mortar storefront in Arizona and MUST be requesting this grant for an event that takes place outside of Arizona. An exception to the out-of-state travel requirement is allowed if a national program (like SAF Convention or AIFD Symposium) is held within Arizona.

The grant will be made as a reimbursement after the event is attended. A recipient can receive the grant once every five years.

Examples of eligible opportunities include:

Floral design schools
SAF Convention
FTD Boot Camp
Floriology Institute
Teleflora Academy Events
SAF Profit Blast
State or Regional Floral Conventions
Cultivate
PFCI classes
AIFD Symposiums
and more!

The intent of this grant is to expand an applicant’s attendance beyond events they regularly attend and potentially share their expanded knowledge with their industry peers in Arizona. In reviewing applications, weight is given to the diversity of program selected. For example, if the last two or three awards have been to attend the same event then an application to attend an alternative event would be given additional weight.

Applications for this travel grant must be for an industry event in the coming year. (For example, apply in 2024 for travel in 2025.)

Applications are due by October 1st each year.

Arizona Travel Grant

Personal Information

Name

First

Last

Title

Employer

Cell Phone

Home Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal

Country

Years in the Industry

Employer Information

Company Name

Phone

Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal

Country

Website

Years in the Industry

Number of Employees

Travel Grant Request

1. What industry event are you attending with the benefit of this educational grant?

Date of Event

mm/dd/yyyy

Event

Location

2. What is the estimated cost of attending the event?

include travel, hotel, registration fees, etc.

3. How will any amount in excess of this educational grant be funded for the event you have selected?

4. Has your employer agreed to allow you time off to attend this event?

5. List your current and past employers for the last five years

6. List any floral industry organizations that you or your current employer belong to:

7. List your past or present leadership roles within the floral Industry or your local community:

8. List any industry awards or recognitions you may have received.

9. What industry events or educational opportunities have you attended in the past 5 years?

include dates and locations

10. List any previous scholarships or grants you have received in the past.

include organization, dates and amount

Secure Document Upload

Please use the embedded form below to upload your documents. Note: You will have to press submit to upload your documents (purple button), then press submit again to submit your complete application.

NOTE:

You will have to press submit twice to submit your entire application – submit documents by pressing the purple submit button, and submit complete application by pressing the blue submit button. If you have any issues, please reach out to cmusgrove@afeendowment.org.