Trailblazers Grant Application

Are you a trailblazer?

A limited number of grants, offering up to 100% ($9,997) of tuition, will be awarded for the Fall 2021 ADAPT Health Coach Training Program.

These grants are motivated by the organization’s commitment to:

Train underrepresented people who are creatively reducing healthcare disparities.
Train students who have a plan to creatively reduce healthcare disparities in underserved communities.

For grant criteria and eligibility details, please review the grant requirements if you have not done so already.

Important dates:

Application opens: August 9, 2021
Application deadline: August 20, 2021
Notification of grant awards and waitlist: September 8, 2021
Deadline to accept a grant: September 13, 2021
Course start: October 16, 2021

Contact Information
Name*
First Last
Email*
Location*
City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Phone
Annual Household Income*
Please enter a dollar amount (ex. $40,000). You can use a converter here.
Number of People in Household*
Grant Qualifications
Please ensure you are eligible to enroll in the program. Once finished, come back to the form and indicate your eligibility.
Do you meet the eligibility criteria?*
- Yes
- No
Have you read the qualifications to apply page?*
- Yes
- No
The qualifications can be found here. Kresser Institute reserves the right to exclude any application from consideration that does not match the grant criteria.
Video and Written Submission
We’re really excited to hear about your Trailblazer vision and how you plan to be a change agent for your community. Please share your detailed plan with us in a video of no more than 5 minutes, and thoroughly and thoughtfully complete the below form. The more details you include, the easier it will be for us to evaluate your plan.
Video URL*

Please record a brief video overview—no more than 5 minutes—of why you’d like to be considered for a Trailblazer grant, who you’d work with, and what your plan is to work with them, with the greatest focus being on your plan.
Note: Use a service like YouTube, Vimeo, Dropbox, or CloudApp or another service to share your video at a publicly accessible URL. Make sure that your video can be accessed by the grant review committee (e.g., in YouTube, you can make it unlisted rather than private).
What audience do you intend to serve?*
What benefits might they receive?*
How do you envision functional health coaching will help you deliver these benefits?*
What people or organizations might you need to connect with to execute this vision?*
What obstacles might inhibit you from successfully completing your plan?*
How far along are you in this plan? In other words, is this something you’ve been working on for some time or something you’re just starting to build?*
How do you embrace the Trailblazer role in your community? Please include whether you are a service provider for an underserved population and/or if you are from an underserved community/population.*
How do you envision yourself as an ambassador of the ADAPT program once you’re in the field?*
Tell us more about your passion for being a change agent and supporting an underserved community.*
What is your understanding of what health coaching is and how the ADAPT program trains students?*
How will you hold yourself accountable to ensure you are on track and fully engaged in the program?*
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Document Upload
Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, txt, Max. file size: 3 MB.
In no more than three pages, please outline your plan for working with an underserved community.
File types allowed: doc, docx, pdf, txt
Briefly describe the community you plan to work with, e.g., who they are, what their needs are, etc.*
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Please write your personal statement here (3,000 character max)*
Terms and Conditions
I acknowledge these Terms and Conditions upon applying for and accepting a scholarship from Kresser Institute:
- I agree to complete all coursework and pass all certification requirements within 18 months of the course start date..
- I agree to be fully on track with coursework in order to retain my grant. I understand recipients will be evaluated every 6 weeks at a check-in with the student advisor.
- I will regularly share feedback about the program with the grant committee.
- If I am behind on coursework, I will be given 30 days to catch up. If I fail to catch up during that time, I will lose access to the course.
- I will submit a revised plan for how I will bring health coaching to an underserved community by the end of the final week of lessons.
- I acknowledge and agree to the above Terms and Conditions

Are you a trailblazer?

Important dates:

Contact Information

Grant Qualifications

Video and Written Submission