Advocacy Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted for 11th Annual ADAP Conference

By: Brandon M. Macsata, CEO, ADAP Advocacy Association

This week via Twitter (@adapadvocacy) the ADAP Advocacy Association announced it is accepting advocacy scholarship applications to attend its 11th Annual AIDS Drug Assistance Program ("ADAP") Conference. The 2018 conference is being held on September 20th & 21st under the theme, "Mapping a New Course to Protect the Public Health Safety Net."

The Annual ADAP Conference is the premier, patient-centric advocacy event on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program held in Washington, DC. It assembles advocates, community organizers, health care professionals, government agencies, patients, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, and other stakeholders for two days of advocacy, dialogue, education, and networking.

In 2017, over 50 scholarships were funded for advocates to attend the advocacy and educational events —with recipients representing 20 states (including AL, CA, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, and the District of Columbia). This year, we hope to fund even more.

Advocates interested in submitting an application for a scholarship to attend the conference can do so online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NDXMXQ9. Four different scholarships are offered, and they include:

• SCHOLARSHIP OPTION A

It includes waived conference registration fee and awards dinner registration, only.

• SCHOLARSHIP OPTION B

It includes waived conference registration fee and awards dinner registration; and provides two nights hotel accommodation.

• SCHOLARSHIP OPTION C

It includes waived conference registration fee and awards dinner registration; and provides roundtrip transportation (up to $325.00).

• SCHOLARSHIP OPTION D (Editor's Note: Applicants for this option must be invited to apply using an invitation code)

It includes waived conference registration fee and awards dinner registration; provides two nights hotel accommodations; and provides roundtrip transportation (up to $325.00).

Applicants seeking a full scholarship (option D) to attend the 11th Annual ADAP Conference must be invited to apply using an invitational code. This represents a new policy for the full scholarship option.

The scholarship application process has grown increasingly competitive since it was launched six years ago. As such, we look to offer scholarships to advocates who are looking to do more than simply learn; rather we're seeking to assist advocates who will take what they learn and apply it back home in their communities. Scholarship recipients are required to sign a scholarship contract since more scholarship applications are received than can be approved each year, and therefore it is expected that scholarship recipients attend the conference sessions.

Please help to support these advocates by donating online today.

Additional information about the 11th Annual ADAP Conference is available online. Potential scholarship applicants can also obtain additional information about the conference and scholarship process by sending an email to info@adapadvocacyassociation.org.