Talent on Tap Scholarship

Purpose:

The purpose of this scholarship is to fund education for women of color who are interested in making an impact in the beer industry. Recipients will receive an award in an amount up to $2500 to further education or training within the beer industry. All qualified applicants to the program will also receive non-financial support including a dedicated industry jobs mailing list and mentorship opportunities among other things.  

Eligibility: 

• Open to all women-identified people of color interested in obtaining or already pursuing formal education or certification in the beer industry;
• Must be 18 years or older at the time of application;
• Funds must be used for formal beer education. Examples include, but are not limited to: Cicerone certification program, hospitality certification, beer science courses, etc.;
• There is no required level of past experience with beer or the beer industry;
• Current or recent employees of the City Brew Tours group of companies are not eligible to apply.

Selection Criteria:

• Self certification of meeting all eligibility requirements above;
• Expressed interest in receiving education in the beer industry, or desire to expand career in the beer industry;
• Described long-term impact that receiving this scholarship would have on applicant and the industry based on written, oral, or video response to long-format discussion. Prompts can be viewed in the PDF version of the application below.

Application Window and Terms:

Applications will be accepted from October 5, 2020 and the application window will close on Dec 1, 2020. Awards will be made in January 2021.

We are seeking applicants who are committed to continuing their own education and furthering expertise within the beer and brewing industry in line with City Brew Tours’ company values. The selection committee will evaluate all applications on a blinded-basis, without access to any personally identifying information.

Apply for the Talent on Tap Scholarship

An online application is not required, if you require the ability to make your submission by mail for any reason, please print the application PDF and mail the answers to all questions to: City Brew Tours, ATTN: Talent on Tap, 675 VFW PKWY PMB 257, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Once your application is received it will be transcribed by a team member that is not on the selection committee into our blind internal application format on your behalf.