Roads Scholar Grant Application - Road Runners Club of America

If selected, grantees must agree to:

Mention that you’re an RRCA Roads Scholar recipient in interviews and include this fact on your running resume;
Help promote the program to donors and the running community at-large;
Attend an RRCA-related event during the 24-month period following the award of the Roads Scholar grant (travel and lodging will be paid by the RRCA or participating event).
If you have or acquire an agent, it is your responsibility to inform your agent of this obligation. Events may include: RRCA National Convention or RRCA Championship Event. Attendance and choice of events will be mutually agreed upon by the athlete and the RRCA.
You acknowledge and agree that the RRCA may suspend future payments under the grant in the event that you engage in conduct or behavior deemed by the RRCA to involve fraud, doping offense, or conduct which otherwise has the potential of placing the RRCA or the Roads Scholar program in a negative light.
If income (not including prize money earnings) exceeds $40,000 during the year, you may not be eligible to receive the full grant disbursement.

Programs: Roads Scholars Application

Applicant Information

Name(Required)

First Last

Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Birthday(Required)

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Please verify your residence status(Required)

U.S. Citizen

Academic Information

Name of college from which you graduated:(Required)

Write the full name and not the abbreviation of the school

City(Required)

State(Required)

Year of Graduation(Required)

Current Running Experience(Required)

Athletic Information

Name of current coach:

Current coach's email:

1 Mile PR Time

1,500 M PR Time

5,000 M PR Time

10,000 M PR Time

5K PR Time

10K PR Time

12K PR Time

10 Mile PR Time

Half Marathon PR Time

Marathon PR Time

Please list your top athletic performances to date, with special attention to road races. Include race name, race dates, finish places, times and distances. Please list your most recent performances first.(Required)

What are your road racing and other running related goals for this year and the next several years?(Required)

Please be a specific as possible and outline how you are pursuing running as a professional sport.

What major road races are you planning to compete in during the next year?(Required)

Please be a specific as possible.

Describe your training environment? Include such things as: the number of years with your current coach, whether you train with a group, how often you meet for organized practice, and your favorite type of workout.(Required)

Please be a specific as possible.

Outline how your training volume has increased since graduating from college:(Required)

Please be a specific as possible. This will help the selection committee understand your focus on post collegiate distance running goals.

What role does your competitive running career play in your life? How do you envision pursuing your goal of becoming and elite distance runner?(Required)

Please be a specific as possible.

Income/Financial Assistance Information

If you are planning on extending your education by attending graduate school, please clearly outline how you will balance your graduate school plans with pursuit of an elite athlete career:

This grant is not an academic grant but an athlete grant, please keep that in mind when applying.

What was your total income (adjusted gross income on your tax statement) in 2019?

This information will be kept strictly confidential.

What was your total income (adjusted gross income on your tax statement) in 2020?

This information will be kept strictly confidential.

Do you receive any direct or indirect financial assistance (including assistance in cash or in kind from friends, spouse or family) to help you cover the costs of rent, housing, food, insurance (health and automobile) or travel?

If you answered yes to the question above, please outline in detail your indirect support

Are you receiving any stipends, grants or financial assistance?

If yes, please explain in detail, including information identifying the source of assistance, amount and frequency of payment.

Do you expect your annual income--including full-time job, part-time job, shoe contract, appearance fees, prize money, grants and all other income, athletic and non-athletic--to be less than $40,000?

Please explain how this grant would help you reach your athletic goals and to help you pursue running as a professional sport?(Required)

References

Name

First Last

Title

Phone

Name

First Last

Title

Phone

Letters of Recommendation

Recommendations from coaches should be uploaded here or emailed to Andy Smith at [email protected] Recommendations are strongly encouraged.

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Application Certification

It is important for the continuing success of the Roads Scholar program that grant recipients represent themselves in a positive light to the media and at RRCA events. Funding for the Roads Scholar program comes from RRCA clubs and supporters. By submitting this application, you are agreeing that all of the information provided is true and correct and that you agree to the provisions outlined above.

By typing your full name below you are certifying the statements made in this application are true to the best of your knowledge

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