CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES
The National Association for Court Management (NACM) is committed to providing quality educational opportunities to court administration professionals. In furtherance of that goal, NACM is pleased to announce the availability of conference scholarship funds provided by support from State Justice Institute (SJI) for the 2025 NACM Midyear and Annual Conferences.
How may the 2025 NACM Conference Scholarship Funds be used?
NACM seeks to award up to five (5) conference scholarships for both conferences, depending on funds from SJI. Scholarships will be awarded to pay for the scholarship recipients’ conference registration fee, airfare/alternative transportation up to $600.00, hotel cost (within NACM room block), per diem for Sunday through the last day of the conference, and a one-year NACM membership (if non-member). If an applicant’s preference is to travel via an alternate method other than commercial air carrier, the applicant must certify that the costs of the alternate method of travel (at the time of booking/arrangements) was less expensive than the lowest commercial economy airfare.
Who is eligible to apply for the NACM Conference Scholarship?
Anyone is eligible to apply for the NACM Conference Scholarship (member or non-member).
Award selection:
All applicants must explain the unavailability of state and local funds to partially or fully fund the costs of attending the 2025 NACM Conference. Priority will be given to candidates who are officers of state court associations (one officer per state association).
Application guidelines:
1. Applicants must submit a letter of support from their court administrator, presiding judge, or other senior executive (see attached form). The letter must be uploaded to the application submission form.
2. Applications will be reviewed by the NACM Membership Committee’s Conference Scholarship Subcommittee, which will then make recommendations to the NACM Board for approval.
3. A scholarship recipient who subsequently leaves a position from their respective court prior to the event, or cancels their attendance for any reason, will forfeit the scholarship and will no longer be eligible to use that scholarship. Any costs incurred by NACM must be reimbursed by the scholarship recipient or sponsoring employer.
4. Applicants must agree to volunteer for a minimum of 3 hours during the NACM Midyear/Annual Conference. Examples of volunteer work include serving as a conference attendee greeter, serving as a host for a NACM educational session, assisting with the Early Career Professionals Fundraiser or general conference assistance.
5. Applicants must certify they plan to attend, in its entirety, the conference for which they received a scholarship.
6. If a NACM member, applicant must provide a brief summary as to the benefits of being a NACM member (at least 5 sentences).
7. A written testimonial summary on conference benefits must be submitted within 30 days of the last day of the conference. I agree to allow NACM to use my testimonial and other material for NACM marketing purposes.
8. Scholarships to attend a NACM conference are not transferable to another person. If a scholarship recipient is unable to attend for any reason, and providing the conference registrar is informed in writing, the scholarship recipient may request that the scholarship be transferred towards a conference the following year.
How do I apply for the NACM Conference Scholarship?
Please complete the NACM Conference Scholarship application below.
Award distribution:
If registration has been booked and paid for, NACM will refund the cost of the awardee’s registration. The award distribution will be made in the form of reimbursement after the conclusion of the conference upon compliance with the NACM Travel Reimbursement Policy – Airfare up to $600 (economy-main class only), GSA per diem rates, hotel room must be booked in the NACM provided hotel/room block.
The request for reimbursement must be made within 30 days of the last day of the conference; requests received after that date will result in forfeiture of any requested reimbursement under the scholarship award. Upon good cause, the NACM Board may approve an extension of this timeframe. Any tax consequences because of the scholarship award shall be the sole responsibility of the scholarship recipient.
Application deadline:
The application will open the same day of the opening of conference registration.
The 2025 NACM Midyear Conference application deadline: December 13, 2024.
The 2025 NACM Annual Conference application deadline: May 9, 2025.
Applications received after that date will not be considered. Applicants will be notified of approval or denial no less than 45 business days from the conference.
Scholarships to attend a NACM conference are not transferable to another person. If a scholarship recipient is unable to attend for any reason, and providing the conference registrar (conferences@ncsc.org) is informed in writing, the scholarship recipient may request that the scholarship be transferred towards a conference the following year.