Ten (10) educational scholarships will be awarded twice per year and may be used toward the course tuition for the AIP Certified Coach Practitioner Training Program in either of the two enrollment periods following the award announcements.

Full and partial scholarships will be granted in the following amounts:

• Two (2) awards for 100% tuition
• Three (3) awards for 50% tuition
• Five (5) awards 25% tuition

Eligible applicants must:

• Provide proof that they are a practitioner with an existing certification or license to work directly with clients or patients and verification that they maintain appropriate liability insurance* for their scope of practice and jurisdiction
• Submit a resume or written statement describing their educational background and professional experience as a health and wellness practitioner
• Submit an audio recorded personal statement of introduction that explains how they are personally impacted by barriers to becoming an AIP Certified Coach and how they will address racial disparities as an AIP Certified Coach or make AIP more accessible in an underserved community

_{*If liability insurance is not required or available in your country, this requirement is waived.}

Applications will be accepted during two open windows each year:

• May 1 - July 31
• November 1 - January 31

After the submission window closes, members of the Scholarship Committee (consisting of AIP Certified Coaches, lead teachers, and prior scholarship awardees to total at least 3 individuals) will independently review and rank the submitted application materials. Rankings will then be averaged to determine awards and award amounts. All applicants will be notified within 30 days of the window closing and awardees will be provided with instructions to formally accept the scholarship and proceed to next steps for enrollment.

You do not need to pick. All of the scholarships awardees will be selected from within a common pool of candidates who have all submitted a resume or written statement describing their background and an audio recorded personal statement explaining how they are personally impacted by barriers to becoming an AIP Certified Coach and how they will address racial disparities in healthcare or make AIP more accessible in an underserved community.

Each committee member will individually review and rank the submitted applications by how the practitioner would advance the mission of making AIP more accessible in underserved communities and by those impacted by racial disparities. Committee members will consider all elements of the application in making their ranking. Individual rankings will then be averaged to determine awards so that the two applicants ranked the highest will be granted a 100% scholarship, the applicants ranked three through five will be granted a 50% scholarship, and the applicants ranked six through ten will be granted a 25% scholarship.

Scholarships will be accepted during two windows each year. For 2024-25, the first window opens on November 1, 2024 and closes January 31, 2025. The second window will open on May 1, 2025 and close on July 31, 2025.

We will review applications after the windows close and will notify all applicants of their status within 30 days of that closing date, which will allow time for the awardee to enroll in the next session.

Out of respect for the time commitment involved in reviewing a significant number of submissions, please keep your audio recording to less than 5 minutes in length. 

YES! The voice memo function on your phone is perfectly fine and no editing is required or expected. If you would rather record a selfie-style video, that would also suffice but keep in mind that our submission form limits the file upload size to 100 MB.

No, the scholarship program is only for practitioners who already have a certification or license to work with clients or patients and who are seeking continuing education and training focused specifically on the autoimmune population.

The AIP Certified Coach Practitioner Training Program is an 8 week program offered twice per year, typically with start dates in March and in September. Once awarded, scholarships must be used for enrollment in one of the following two sessions. 

Tuition may be paid in full ($799) or with a payment plan (3 payments of $299 each). Winners of the 50% and 25% scholarships may select either option.

To get full details about the Training Program, including the dates of our next enrollment period, click here.

Yes! Please add your name to our interest list and we’ll keep you up to date.

If you have a question about the scholarship that hasn't been addressed here, contact our team by email at aipcertified at gmail dot com. You can expect a response within 2 business days.