Recruiting - Grant & Scholarship Opportunities
About Recruiting Opportunities
We offer two different grants or scholarships to aid with the recruiting of new officials across the United States. The equipment grant and entry scholarship programs are open to individuals. The Junior or Collegiate Player Academy Support Grant is open to local officiating organizations wishing to develop or reinforce a Junior Officials Academy program or host a Collegiate Player Officials Academy program in their area. More information about these three programs are outlined below.
New Officials Equipment Scholarship - Individual Officials Scholarship
This scholarship is open to new officials looking for assistance in purchasing the equipment needed to become a lacrosse official. If you wish to apply for this opportunity, please follow the application link below.
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- Who can apply? Individual Officials
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Junior or Collegiate Officiating Academy Support Grant - Local Officiating Organization Grant
This grant is open to local officiating organizations that want to begin a junior officiating academy program or reinforce an existing one. A junior officials program utilizes high school aged officials to cover youth games throughout the year.
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- Who can apply? Local Officiating Organizations
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About Training Opportunities
We offer two separate grant program opportunities to assist areas in fulfilling the annual learning requirements for their officials to be certified and qualified to work lacrosse games that upcoming year. Both programs are open for Local Officiating Organizations to apply for and more information are outlined below.
Local Officiating Organization Training Support Grant - Local Officiating Organization Grant
This grant is designed to provide financial or logistical support for their annual training and organizations classroom sessions. This grant may be applied to classroom rental fees, purchase of training and curriculum packets, technology rental or other trainer support.
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- Who can apply? Local Officiating Organizations
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Retention - Grant & Scholarship Opportunities
About Retention Opportunities
We offer three separate opportunities for increasing retention rates of officials. Retention of officials focuses on providing professional growth and development opportunites including observations, in-person clinics and other development opportunities either locally or nationally. The Level 2 or 3 Officials Development Clinic and Observation Program Grants are available for Local Officiating Organizations to apply. The Professional Development Scholarships are open for individual officials to apply. More information about these programs are below.
Observation Program Grant - Local Officiating Organization Grant
The goal of this program is to develop officials, not grade them. As such, observers will be trained to identify and communicate key areas for improvement in working officials, and will be tasked with checking to see if these officials have implemented the suggestions into their games. Experienced officials will be trained in observation, evaluation, and communication, and then sent to observe working officials throughout the spring season. Since the goal of the program is to help officials grow, each official will be observed at least twice in order to determine if he/she was able to implement the suggestions for improvement. We will award an LOO in each US Lacrosse Officiating Region one (1) men's and one (1) women's observation grant annually.
- Learn More - Men's Scott Boyle Memorial Observers Program Grant
- Learn More - Women's Susie Ganzenmuller Observers Program Grant
- Who can apply? Local Officiating Organizations
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Professional Growth & Development Scholarship - Individual Officials Scholarship
The cost to register for a professional growth opportunity in a Level 2 or 3 US Lacrosse Officials Development clinic may prohibit some from being able to attend. We are committed to offering assistance to those that demonstrate a need so that an individual can have an opportunity to grow and learn as an official.
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- Who can apply? Individual Officials
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Application closed
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Leadership - Grant & Scholarship Opportunities
About Leadership Opportunities
The grant and scholarship opportunities available below are centered around our leadership certifications and 5 Star program for local officiating organizations. These opportunities assist local organizations in providing leadership and support for the local officials they are responsible for. The leadership certification scholarship is available to individuals and the LOO administration support grant is available to local officiating organizations.
Local Officiating Organization Administrative Support Grant - Local Officiating Organization Grant
This grant is available to local officiating organizations to help offset administrative or other areas of need in the necessary operations of running a local officiating organization. This includes D&O insurance, assigning platform costs, website hosting fees, tax preparation and other such administrative needs.
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- Who can apply? Local Officiating Organizations
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Leadership Certification Scholarship - Individual Officials Scholarship
The cost to register for a leadership certification may prohibit some from being able to enroll in these programs such as assignor, trainer or observer certifications. We are committed to offering assistance to those that demonstrate a need so that an individual can have an opportunity to grow, learn as an official and become a leader in their local area to give back to those following in their footsteps as an official.
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- Who can apply? Individual Officials
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Application closed
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