Scholarships

NBIA/State Association Joint Scholarship Program

The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) and the U.S. state business incubation associations listed below are pleased to announce the availability of NBIA/State Association Joint Scholarships for the 19th International Conference on Business Incubation in St. Louis, Mo., April 29-May 3. NBIA will partner with state business incubation associations to co-sponsor conference scholarships through the NBIA/State Association Joint Scholarship Program.

NBIA/State Association Joint Scholarships will provide recipients:

• One conference registration at the NBIA member early-bird rate to attend the 20th International Conference on Business Incubation in St. Louis, Mo., April 29-May 3.
• One ticket to attend the Networking Dinner on Sun., April 30.

Scholarship recipients are responsible for all travel, lodging, meals (outside of the Networking Dinner and meals included in the conference registration fee) and other expenses associated with attending the conference. Non-members and NBIA member attendees registering after the March 3 early-bird deadline also may be responsible for additional registration fees.

Application and Selection Process

Participating state associations will select their scholarship recipients. Please contact your state association to verify its participation in this offer, learn its eligibility requirements and obtain an application.

Participating state associations are:

Association	Contact Person	Application Deadline
Louisiana Business Incubation Association	Charlie D'Agostino, (cdag@lsu.edu)	Awarded
Florida Business Incubation Association	Tom O'Neal, (oneal@mail.ucf.edu) Julie Matthews, (jmatthews@floridaec.org)	Awarded
North Carolina Business Incubation Association	Dean Kanipe (deank@mcdowelltech.edu)	Awarded