2025 ISM Fellowship Application

2025 ISM Fellowship Application

The fellowship application is now open for state, county, and municipal government human services agencies to apply for travel assistance to attend the ISM Education Conference & Expo. These fellowships are intended for agencies with very limited travel budgets.

States, counties, and municipal human services agencies that are dues-paying members of APHSA are given priority for the CEO, CIO, CTO, and other programmatic directors to attend the conference.

Fellowship opportunities, choice of one, are as follows:

Registration Only
Hotel Only (up to 3 nights)
Airfare/Train/Mileage Only ($500)
Registration and Hotel (3 nights)
Registration and Airfare/Train/Mileage ($500)

APHSA has the final discretion on the amount awarded for each fellowship.

The deadline for all fellowship applications is July 9, 2025.

First Name*

Last Name*

Agency / Organization*

The organization you work for. Please spell out full agency name.

Title*

Please be specific.

Division / Office Unit*

Address*

City*

State*

Zip Code*

Email*

Phone Number*

Phone

Which best describes your agency/organization?*

Select

Who do you report to?*

Select or enter value

If other, please list the title/office you report to.*

What will be your role at the conference?*

Select

Are you an alumni of the APHSA Emerging Leader Program?:*

Select

Emerging Leader Alumni

Select the year you participated in the Emerging Leaders program. Alumni are not automatically guaranteed a fellowship.

Select or enter value

What level of assistance is being requested?*

Select

Are you requesting travel assistance for airfare, train, or mileage?*

If air/train travel is approved for a fellowship, APHSA will provide a stipend up to $500 for airfare or train travel. Any overage will be the responsibility of the traveler and/or their employer. If mileage, it will be reimbursed at the current IRS mileage rate at the time of travel.

Yes

What travel assistance are you requesting?*

Airfare

Train

Mileage

I understand, if air/train travel is approved for a fellowship, APHSA will provide a stipend up to $500 for airfare or train travel. Any overage will be the responsibility of the traveler and/or their employer.*

Billing Contact

Provide the billing contact information for your agency/organization.

Billing Contact Name*

Billing Contact Address*

Billing Contact Phone*

Phone

Billing Contact Email*

ISM Fellowship Rules and Guidelines

These are the rules and guidelines you agree to when applying for an ISM Fellowship.

I understand a fellowship award is not transferable to another individual in my agency or another agency. Fellowships are only available for state or local government employees. Prior APHSA Emerging Leader cohorts are only eligible for partial fellowships, allowing APHSA to extend fellowships to new cohorts.

I understand fellowships are limited to a choice of registration only, hotel only (3) night stay (room & tax only), airfare/train/mileage ($500), registration, hotel (3) night stay (room & tax only); or registration and airfare/train/mileage ($500). Reservations made outside the conference hotel block or not using the APHSA link will not be honored.

I understand that if an additional night is requested, it is not guaranteed that it will be covered by fellowship funds. I further understand that if an additional night is not approved but is still required, my agency will be responsible for the cost.

If approved for airfare/train/mileage, a stipend of $500 is available to assist with coach airfare, Amtrak, and/or mileage (at current IRS rate) to travel to the conference. If the airfare exceeds $500, I further understand my agency will be invoiced to pay the difference. Any airfare change fee/upgrades are not reimbursed. The lowest fare rule will be applied to all airfares for scholarships. APHSA strongly encourages travelers to consider a flight with at least one stop to secure the lowest fare possible.

I agree to use the appointed ISM Travel Agency (GANT Travel) to book my airfare or train. Using this service, you help APHSA extend our fellowship budget due to lower airfares. We encourage early booking to secure the lowest fare possible, and most likely fares will incur at least one stop to fly to Reno, NV (RNO). APHSA has the right to reject an unreasonable fare over the $500 limit. APHSA will invoice all agencies with a traveler with an airfare exceeding the $500 limit.

As part of receiving an APHSA ISM Fellowship, I understand I am expected to attend the State and Local Forum on Sunday afternoon and participate in the conference through Wednesday's closing. Flights will not be approved if they leave prior to the closing session, which ends at 1:30 PM (PDT).

A fellowship can include a full conference registration, if requested, and is non-transferable.

I understand that the fellowship will not cover miscellaneous travel expenses, including meals during travel or at the conference, baggage fees, parking at and/or mileage to/from domicile airport, and that these expenses are the responsibility of the traveler.

The only meals covered by the fellowship are those that are official conference functions.

I agree to notify the APHSA staff immediately if I cannot attend the conference.

If accepted for Registration, I understand I will be provided with a Registration Code to register myself for the conference. This information will be provided in the confirmation letter. The code is not to be shared with others.

I understand any exceptions to these guidelines must be made in writing to the Fellowship Committee and APHSA ISM Conference Director.

By electronic submission, I attest I have agreed to all the ISM Fellowship Rules and Guidelines.*

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