Academy of Crisis Intervention Scholarship Program

Frequently Asked Question's

The Academy of Crisis Intervention Program awards partial/full scholarships to assist individuals who are unable to attend ICISF training due to financial constraints.  This scholarship program was designed for individuals who have never taken any ICISF training or are trying to take the core courses, but have financial constraints.

The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) awards scholarships on the basis of a comprehensive process.  Areas that are reviewed by our staff include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Applicant must be an active ICISF member in good standing for at least 1 month (30 Days) before applying for a scholarship.  By being a member, you are not only supporting a not for profit organization, but it’s a great way to stay up to date with crisis intervention.  If you are currently not a member, consider joining ICISF Membership.
2. Applicant must be involved in an occupation or industry that utilizes the ICISF model of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) or in a community/provider service in an occupational field that utilizes CISM.  We will ask on the application about your occupation and whether or not you volunteer.
3. Two Professional Recommendation Letters citing relevance of requested ICISF training to the applicant’s employment or volunteer service.  These letters must be on company letterhead. Word documents will not be accepted.
4. Financial need of the applicant.  

The Academy of Crisis Intervention Scholarship Fund awards scholarships each quarter throughout the year.  Announcements will be made on our scholarship pages and also through email blasts.

We have separated the scholarship applications for Online Courses and Regional Trainings to make it easier for individuals to apply for scholarships.  

If you would like to be notified by email of our upcoming scholarship opportunities, join our mailing list today!

The ICISF applies scholarship funds directly to the selected ICISF training program course of the recipient’s preference stated on their scholarship application.

Scholarships are awarded each quarter throughout the year based on the availability of funds and additional qualifying criteria listed on our website.  The scholarship fund may be expanded based upon the financial ability of the scholarship fund.

ICISF Scholarships are awarded without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.

A "Member in Good Standing" means that you are a current, active ICISF member who has paid all dues and has no outstanding conflicts with ICISF.

Individuals applying for a scholarship have to be an active ICISF member for at least 1 month (30 Days) before applying through the scholarship program.  They have to maintain their active membership during the entire time the scholarship is applicable toward the regional training and online course listed on the application.  If your membership expires, you will be required to renew your membership before being considered for a scholarship.

By being a member, you are not only supporting ICISF, but it’s a great way to stay up to date with crisis intervention. To learn more information about becoming a member and the benefits, please visit our membership page and sign up today!

The Academy of Crisis Intervention Scholarships are selected based on all  criteria listed on website for both Online Courses and Regional Trainings. 

One of the criteria listed includes justification as to why the individual requesting a scholarship needs financial assistance for taking ICISF courses.  We ask that you state your personal reasons for the request on the scholarship application.  Each individual provides their own reasoning for financial assistance on the scholarship application.

ICISF Staff will take information provided on the application into consideration when reviewing all applications submitted.

In order to apply for the Academy of Crisis Intervention Scholarship Program, click here to view the criteria for the scholarship program and download the applications for both Regional Trainings and Online Courses.

• If any question does not apply to you in this application please put N/A in the space.

APPLICATION PROCESS  

Scholarship applicants must provide the following information:

• Completed application form (all five pages and the last page must be signed either electronically or physically).
• Two Professional Recommendation Letters citing relevance of requested ICISF training to the applicant’s employment or volunteer service.  These letters must be on company letterhead. Word documents will not be accepted.
• (NEW) Include/attach a photo of applicant in email when submitting application to be used for ICISF website (2019 Scholarship Recipients page) and member-only LifeNet articles.  To opt out of this, please check the box on the scholarship application.

APPLICATION DEADLINES

• Deadlines for the application and all supporting documentation is based on the Online Course & Specific Time Frame in which you are applying for a scholarship. Refer to the quarterly deadline chart below for application submission deadlines.  Applications postmarked or received after the deadline dates indicated will not be considered each quarter.
• Please Note: The scholarships awarded will only cover registration costs and course materials (textbooks) for the one course awarded and does not include any travel or lodging expenses for those traveling to attend the selected training. This scholarship program doesn’t include any Approved Instructor Candidate Program courses.

You will be notified by phone or e-mail in a few weeks after the deadline regarding the status of your application.  For Regional Training scholarship applications, you will be notified prior to the early bird registration deadline.

Applying through the Academy of Crisis Intervention Scholarship Program does not guarantee the individual applying a scholarship through the program.

After each quarterly scholarship application deadline, ICISF staff will review all applications submitted and individuals will be notified via email.

No, please don't register for online courses or Regional Trainings prior to being awarded a scholarship.  If awarded a scholarship through our Academy of Crisis Scholarship Program, individuals will be sent a confirmation email with a code to register for the awarded training.  

For Regional Trainings, we typically award scholarships before the early bird rate close date, so that all individuals can register if not selected for a scholarship.  

For Online Courses, we award scholarships at least one week prior to the online course start date, providing individuals with enough time to register.  

As the Regional Training opens registration for each location, we will include them in the scholarship quarterly reviews for 2020.

This is a continual schedule challenge as we are still in the process of lining up instructors and courses with the regional trainings for 2020.  To stay up-to-date, consider signing up for ICISF emails.

For applying to the Academy of Crisis Scholarship Fund, we encourage everyone to list 2 regional training locations and 2 specific courses (located at each Regional Training) you would be interested in attending for ICISF staff to review each quarter.  

If the individual is awarded a scholarship, it only covers the registration costs and course materials (textbooks) for one course at the Regional Training awarded and does not include any travel or lodging expenses for those traveling to attend the selected training. This scholarship program doesn’t include any Approved Instructor Candidate Program courses.

To view our Regional Training dates and locations, visit our homepage and click on “Upcoming Events” under the “What We Offer” section.  You can also view all course descriptions here.

We have decided to separate the scholarship applications to make it easier for applying for online courses.  On the application, just list which online course you are interested in applying for and make sure to include the dates for that specific course in the space provided on the scholarship application.

To view a list of our upcoming online courses, click here.

We will announce 2020 scholarships for Online Courses via email.  To stay up-to-date, consider signing up for ICISF emails and select "Scholarship Program".

Along with submitting a scholarship application, you also have to submit the following:

• Two Professional Recommendation Letters citing relevance of requested ICISF training to the applicant’s employment or volunteer service.  These letters must be on company letterhead. Word documents will not be accepted.
• Include/attach a photo of applicant in email when submitting application to be used for ICISF website and member-only LifeNet articles.  To opt out of this, please check the box on the scholarship application.

**The application as well as these two items must be submitted before the scholarship quarterly review date in order to be considered.**

At this time, the scholarship program doesn’t include approved instructor courses, but we are likely to include this in future scholarships.

We currently offer the Academy of Crisis Intervention scholarships throughout the year for individuals to apply for Regional Training and Online Course scholarships.

We might consider adding this as a category in the future, but we are currently looking to examine the characteristics and justification of a specific candidate.  On all scholarship applications, we request the individual hoping to be awarded the scholarship fill out the application for ICISF Staff to review.

Thank you for your continued interest in our Scholarship Program.  Scholarships are awarded on a quarterly basis each year.  These scholarships are good for the specific course and time frame awarded when the individual applied for a scholarship.  They are not applicable to future courses for either Regional Trainings or Online Courses.

After the timeframe the course was awarded has passed, the applicant will have to reapply for the next quarterly review of scholarship applications.

The way that we have set up our scholarship applications for Online Courses and Regional Trainings is that each application is specific for those particular locations/course dates associated with each quarterly review.  

ICISF Staff reviewing the applications treat each quarterly review of scholarships as separate application periods.

If you wish to apply for the current quarterly review of scholarships, please fill out the most recent application and provide all of the supporting documentation before the quarterly deadline.

If you have any additional questions about the scholarship program, you can contact Kelly Hall, ICISF Scholarship Coordinator at [email protected].