Charles Rose Scholarship Fund (CRSF)
Scholarship Guidelines
Purpose: The CRSF was created so singers who are qualified to participate in the GLHB, but are constrained from participating for personal financial reasons, can secure financial support to make participation possible.
Method of requesting scholarships: Any participant for an upcoming GLHB weekend may request financial support through the CRSF (See the Application form link at bottom) at any time, but preferably at the time they submit their registration or guest form for consideration. In order to allow adequate time for the applicant to learn the music, we recommend that all requests for scholarships be submitted as soon as possible with registration. No requests for a scholarship will be considered after April 30.
Criteria for awarding scholarships: Based on needs as presented in the applications and available funds, the Membership Committee will award scholarships as they deem appropriate and will advise the applicant in writing after acceptance. The Membership vetting team shall review all applications electronically and vote on the request. All scholarship awards are made contingent on the registration being accepted, using the normal new-singer vetting process. Should the applicant NOT be accepted, the scholarship will be considered void. If the applicant IS accepted, any funds due from the applicant and NOT covered by the scholarship must be paid FIRST. The scholarship funds will always be the LAST funds applied to the applicant's payment of the full registration fee. (Important for applicants to have skin in the game and to make their "skin" the first money paid.)
Amount of scholarships: It is the GLHB policy to limit scholarships to not more than 50% of the registration.
Use of scholarship awards: In no case will any scholarships awarded under this policy be permitted to transfer to any other participant. All awards of scholarships under this program are specifically limited for the sole use of the applicant to which it was awarded. If the scholarship is not used in the year it was awarded it will be void. If an applicant requires scholarship funds in a future year, he is required to submit an application to restart the process again in that future year.
Payment of Scholarship funds: Under no circumstances will awarded scholarships be actually "paid" to recipients; rather, their scholarship will be handled as a credit to their account, but, again, only AFTER they have paid the portion of the registration fee that is not covered by the scholarship.
Updated Dec 2019
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