Zone Scholarships

Zone Scholarships & Grants

In addition to the numerous IAFE YP Zone Grants to attend the IAFE Annual Convention & Trade Show, Zones offer scholarships and grants to attend the Zone meetings, the IAFE Annual Convention & Trade Show, or other types of IAFE activities. These will vary each year as do the deadlines. Check back soon – this page is updated as we receive information from the respective Zones.  

Zone 1 to Zone 1 Grant

These grants are designed to enable individuals that have never attended the IAFE Zone 1 conference to attend the 2024 IAFE Zone 1 Conference, held May 16-18, 2024, in Springfield, MA.

Zone 3 First-Time Convention Attendee Grant

These grants are designed to enable individuals that have never attended the IAFE Annual Convention to attend the 2023 IAFE Annual Convention, held November 26-29, 2023, in Salt Lake City, UT.

Zone 2 – Fairs of the Future Grant

This grant is designed to enable an individual, from Zone 2, that has never attended the IAFE Annual Convention to attend the 2023 IAFE Annual Convention, held November 26-29, 2023, in Salt Lake City, UT.

Zone 4 Convention Grants A

These grants are designed to enable two individuals, from Zone 4, who have not attended the IAFE Annual Convention, in the last three years, to attend the 2023 IAFE Annual Convention, held November 26-29, 2023, in Salt Lake City, UT.

Zone 4 Convention Grants B

Sponsored by the Red River Valley Fair, ND, and Sioux Empire Fair, SD, on behalf of the Heartland Association of Fairs, these grants are designed to assist two individuals to attend the 2023 IAFE Annual Convention, held November 26-29, 2023, in Salt Lake City, UT.

Zone 4 to Zone 4 Conference Grant

Sponsored by Scott Wick, Sioux Empire Fair, SD, this grant is designed to enable an individual from Zone 4 to attend the 2024 IAFE Zone 4 Conference.

Zone 5 First Timers Grant

These grants are designed to enable two individuals, from Zone 5, that have never attended the IAFE Annual Convention to attend the 2023 IAFE Annual Convention, held November 26-29, 2023, in Salt Lake City, UT.

Zone 5 to Zone 5 Grant

This grant, supported by Spectrum Insurance, enables an individual that has never attended, or for the past three years attended, the 2024 IAFE Zone 5 conference.

Zone 7 IAFE Convention Day-Pass Gran

These grants are designed to assist four individuals to attend the IAFE Annual Convention, held November 26-29, 2023, in Salt Lake City, UT, for one day.

Zone 7 IAFE Convention Grant

These grants are designed to assist two individuals to attend the IAFE Annual Convention, held November 26-29, 2023, in Salt Lake City, UT.

Zone 8 to IAFE Convention Grant

These grants are designed to assist two individuals to attend the IAFE Annual Convention held November 26-29, 2023 in Salt Lake City, UT.

Zone 8 to IAFE Management Conference

This grant is designed to enable an individual in the fair industry to attend the 2023 IAFE Management Conference in St. Louis, MO, April 19-21, 2023