AH&LEF Annual Scholarship

American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation

Accepting Applications

About the Scholarship

Opens: 12/1/2025

Closes: 2/1/2026

AH&LEF Annual Scholarship provides financial assistance to students working on an undergraduate degree in hospitality management at participating schools.

Win up to

$6,000

Essay Required: No
Need-Based: No
Merit-Based: Yes
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Requirements

This program is open to sophomores in baccalaureate programs and freshmen in associate programs at a college or university in the United States that are preapproved and participating in the foundation's scholarship program (for a list of schools, write to the foundation).

Applicants must be majoring in hospitality management (including hotel and restaurant management) as fulltime students and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Individual schools select the final recipients.

U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required.