Grant |
Potential Payoff |
Application Strategy |
Success Story |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALANCE BAR GRANTS www.balance.com/grants |
$500 to $10,000 | Explain how your trip will allow you to surpass your own emotional and physical limits. Serious athletic chops aren't required. Think Rudy. | Anne Krancus, a 24 year-old hiking enthusiast, won $2,500 to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Her longest previous trek? One week. |
| NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORERS www.nationalgeographic. com/council/grants.html |
$2,000 to $10,000 | Present a story idea with strong visual potential, not just a trip idea. The National Geographic Society Expeditions Council likes projects suited to television and magazine coverage. | White-water racers Andrew McEwan and Middy Tilghman, both 22, got $6,000 to kayak the Back, Hayes, and Quoich Rivers through the Barrenlands of northern Canada. |
| POLARTEC CHALLENGE www.polartec.com |
$1,500 to $5,000 | Look for a multicultural or conservation angle, and submit a detailed map displaying your plans-the Polartec reviewers love charts. | Emergency room nurse Rob Walker, 39, and middle school teacher Karen Holm, 40, got $2,000 plus gear for a Chilean sea kayak trip. |
Source: "National Geographic Adventure Magazine", May 2003, p.32
