Student Grants 

Educational Opportunity Program

COVID-19 UPDATE

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changes have been made to our Educational Opportunity Program for the health and safety of students. Please review these changes before applying for a grant. 

We understand that the most formative and memorable, hands-on education happens outside of the classroom. Opportunities like these are important for personal, professional, and educational development. Though our grants, we aim to help students across the state of Michigan experience education.

Get Help Paying For Your Next Educational Opportunity!

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The Michigan Youth Education Fund awards grants to individual students. Educational Opportunity grants are for the sole purpose of reducing costs and barriers for students attending educational events and opportunities. 

• Are you a high school student? 
• Do you need assistance paying for an extracurricular activity or conference? 
• Are you involved in Model UN, DECA, HOSA, Debate, or a similar organization? 

If you answered "yes" to these questions, we can help. You can apply for an Educational Opportunity Student Grant to help reduce the cost burden you and your family has to pay. 

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Guidelines and Eligibility 

ELIGIBLE Students 

Students (18 years and younger) from an accredited Michigan High School (public, private, or charter school) that will be attending the educational experience in full as described in the application may apply. 

Deadline 

The application deadline for grants from the Michigan Youth Education Fund shall be no later than five weeks before the scheduled event. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis as per the qualifying criteria. No application will be considered sooner than five weeks before the event. ​

Selection

The grant program is managed and administered solely by the Michigan Youth Education Fund. The Application Review Committee (ARC) will evaluate all applications and award grants in an impartial fashion based on the following criteria:

• Financial need
• Benefits to the students, including overall student learning experience and relevance to the student organization's goal
• Educational event description and purpose
• Proposed use of funds

If selected to receive a grant, the applicant must provide verification, by the school superintendent, principal or immediate supervisor of the proposed trip and other information as requested.

Determination 

Grant determinations shall be distributed approximately 2 weeks after submission. Grant recipients will be notified based upon your preferred delivery method (Email, U.S. Mail, or Fax). The grant acceptance package will be delivered based upon your preferred delivery method. Recipients must follow instructions to verify their application information. Funds will be distributed directly to the High School where the applicant attends. In the event a recipient does not participate, the grant will be forfeited and funds returned to the Michigan Youth Education Fund. Any tax liability is that of the respective school district. 

Terms

​By participating, entrants agree: 

1. To the rules and decisions of the Michigan Youth Education Fund, which shall be final in all respects;
2. Where legal, to the use of their names and/or likeness for advertising, promotional and publicity purposes without written consent or compensation; and
3. To release, discharge and hold harmless the Michigan Youth Education Fund from damages or claims arising out of their participation in the grant program or use of the grant. All rights, title and interest, including copyrights of information submitted as part of the application, belong to MiYEF. MiYEF reserves the right to edit, adjust, modify, abridge, condense, publish, and/or excerpt application information.
4. The Michigan Youth Education Fund is not responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind or failure to receive entry information by the MiYEF.
5. No emailed or hard copy paper applications will be accepted. the Michigan Youth Education Fund is not responsible for late, misdirected or incomplete applications or applications not received by the MiYEF. All applicant submissions become property of the MiYEF and will not be returned. By submitting an application, applicants agree to provide other information and documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Application Review Committee (ARC).
6. Applications will be judged solely by the Michigan Youth Education Fund and the Application Review Committee, whose decisions will be final in all respects.

Restrictions 

No substitutions or transfers permitted. Recipients may receive an Educational Opportunity Student Grant only once in a given school year. Grants are to be used to cover field trip costs and fees. In the event the costs and fees are less than the grant amount, the balance of the grant must be returned. Grants may not be used to supplement expenditures that are the normal responsibility of the school district (e.g. substitute teacher salaries). The Michigan Youth Education Fund reserves the right to interpret these rules and to make decisions concerning the grant, its acceptance and use, in situations not covered by these rules.

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