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 people who have never had any ICISF training or are trying to take the core courses, but have financial constraints.

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

We have separated the scholarship applications for online courses and ICISF Regional Training’s to make it easier for individuals to apply for scholarships.  

If you would like to be notified by email of our upcoming scholarship opportunities for Online Courses and Regional Training’s, join our mailing list today!

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

Scholarships are awarded 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.

You have to be an active ICISF member for at least 1 month (30 Days) before applying for a scholarship through the scholarship program and/or maintain your active membership during the entire time the scholarships are applicable toward the regional trainings and online courses listed on the application.  If your membership expires, you will be required to renew your membership before being considered for the scholarship quarterly review period.

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!

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.

The Academy of Crisis Intervention Scholarships are selected based on the criteria in the application that includes justification as to why the individual requesting a scholarship needs financial assistance for taking ICISF courses.  We ask that you state your reasons for the request on the application and the committee will consider that along with the other applications received by the deadline.

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.

No.  When you are awarded a scholarship through our Academy of Crisis Scholarship Program, you will be sent a confirmation email with a code to register for the training.  

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

For Online Courses, we award scholarships at least a week prior to the online course start date.  

Thank you for your inquiry regarding specific courses for the regional trainings listed on the scholarship application.  This is a continual schedule challenge as we are still in the process of lining up instructors and courses with the regional trainings for 2019.

Please continue to check our Regional Training page for updates.  As the Regional Training opens registration for each location, we will include them in the scholarship quarterly reviews for 2019.

For applying to the Academy of Crisis Scholarship Fund, we encourage everyone to list 2 regional training locations and 2 specific courses (located at that 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 the 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.

If you would like to attend additional courses at the Regional Training, please contact Beth Kohr, [email protected], to update your registration after you are awarded a scholarship.

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.

Thank you for your inquiry regarding specific courses for the online courses listed on the scholarship application.

We have decided to separate the scholarship applications to make it easier for applying for online courses and regional training’s.  On the application, Just list which online course you are interested in applying for and 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.

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.
• (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.

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

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.  

At this time, the scholarship program doesn’t include 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, which is why 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 per year basis and are only good for the specific course and time frame awarded when the individual applied for a scholarship the scholarship committee sets.

At this time, scholarships are only good for the specific online course or regional training (and course) awarded and after these have passed, the applicant will have to reapply or 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 (410) 750-9600, ext. 107 or [email protected].