Application Deadline is March 31: https://mps.onlineapplications.net/applications/

Dear Friends,

The National MPS Society is pleased to offer scholarships to our 34^th Annual Family Conference, July 16-18, 2020, at Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Scholarships will be awarded to a parent or legal guardian of a child with a diagnosis of MPS or ML or an adult with a diagnosis of MPS or ML. Scholarships will help enable families to attend the conference who are otherwise not financially able to do so. Preference is given to families attending a conference for the first time. The exact number of scholarships offered will be determined by the requests received and the financial needs of the applicant.

Family conference scholarships can be allocated to:

Registration: one adult conference registration (valued at $200)

Travel reimbursement: maximum of $500

Hotel: maximum of 2 nights (valued at $163.48/night)

Criteria for applying:

Member of the National MPS Society, with membership renewed and updated for 2020

Parent or legal guardian of a child with MPS or ML or adult with MPS or ML

Application must be completed electronically using our online application program

The application must be submitted electronically no later than March 31, 2020 at 11:59 pm EDT.

Go to https://mps.onlineapplications.net/applications/. If you are a first-time user, click on "Register Now" to set up your account. Once you are logged in, open the 2020 Family Conference Scholarship Application. If you are returning user, simply log in on the left-hand side and apply. Scholarship awards will be announced in late April.

The application deadline is March 31, 2020. If you are a newly diagnosed family after this date, please contact leslie@mpssociety.org for additional information.

 

Amber Mongan

Chairperson, Family Support Committee