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Together Outdoors Announces Outdoor Pathway Scholarship Program

Outdoor Pathway Scholarship Program

The Outdoor Diversity Alliance (ODA) and Outdoor Recreation Roundtable’s (ORR) Together Outdoors (TO) initiative are partnering to launch a new program designed to connect students from underrepresented communities to outdoor and environmental professions. The Outdoor Pathway Scholarship Program will provide students with $5000 in scholarship funding over two years, mentorship, and assistance with job placement in the outdoor industry or environmental field. The program is looking to award a minimum of $10,000 in scholarships for 2024.

“Together Outdoors is proud to support this new program for students from underrepresented communities to pursue careers in conservation and the outdoors,” said Ambreen Tariq, senior program director at Outdoor Recreation Roundtable and Together Outdoors Coalition Lead. “Outdoor recreation generates $1.1 trillion in economic output and supports nearly 5 million jobs. Creating more pathways to these meaningful careers for a new, diverse generation of young people will only make our industry more vibrant.”

Applicants must meet the following qualifications to be considered:

  • Student must be pursuing an education in the outdoor industry or environmental fields
  • Student must graduate in 2026. (Current sophomores in a four-year program, students starting a two-year program in the fall, and part-time students graduating in 2026 all qualify.)
  • Student must show a financial need, however detailed financial information is not required
  • School must be located in the United States
  • Student is required to have a 2.0 minimum grade point average
  • School must be located in the United States
  • School can be in-person or online
  • Student can attend full-time or part-time

The application period is currently open, and the deadline is March 28, 2024. Scholarships will be awarded in May of 2024. For more information and to apply for the Outdoor Pathway Scholarship Program, visit the Outdoor Diversity Alliance’s homepage or email outdoordiversityalliance@gmail.com.

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Stephan Edwards is the Associate Editor of Expedition Portal and Overland Journal. He and his wife, Julie, once bought an old Land Rover sight unseen from strangers on the internet in a country they'd never been to and drove it through half of Africa. After living in Botswana for two years, Stephan now makes camp at the foot of a round mountain in Missoula, Montana. He still drives that Land Rover every day. An anthropologist in his former life and a lover of all things automotive, Stephan is a staunch advocate for public lands and his writing and photography have appeared in Road & Track, The Drive, and Adventure Journal. Contact him at edwards@overlandinternational.com and @venturesomeoverland on Instagram.