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Craft Brewers Conference Scholarship Sponsored by the Boston Chapter Online

Event Dates: April 28-May 1, 2025

Scholarship Application Window: January 16 - March 15

Event Information:  https://www.craftbrewersconference.com/

Event Location: Indianapolis, IN

Scholarship Value: Registration plus $1,000 travel stipend

Seats available: 2

Join your fellow brewers at the 2025 Craft Brewers Conference in Indianapolis, IN! This scholarship covers the registration costs and includes a travel stipend of $1,000.

Cicerone BeerSavvy® Program

Course Format: Online

Course Dates: Any time, 5 – 8 hours to complete

Course Information:  Cicerone Beer Savvy

Course Location: Your Computer (Anywhere in the world)

Scholarship Value: $199 USD

Seats available: 2

Cicerone Beer Savvy is a comprehensive self-paced online beer training course that can be started whenever and wherever. This scholarship is perfect for any brewery owner, beer bar manager, bartender, server, beer writer, beer educator, beer distributor, brewery sales representative or beer chef. Please see Required Applicant Qualifications below.

This course will enhance your knowledge of brewing techniques, beer styles, understanding flavors and off-flavors, food pairings and the language to clearly discuss beer. It is self-paced and should take 5 – 8 hours to complete with a final exam. This course includes the Level 1 Certified Beer Server exam and start you on your journey to Master Cicerone.  Because this is an online course, it is easily available to PBS members in any nation and we encourage our International members to apply. There are two options for final exams: US-based exam and an International CBS exam for those members outside of the USA. Please visit Cicerone Beer Savvy for additional information. This course, as with all USA courses, will only be offered in English at this time.

*Terms and conditions apply. Please see below.

Road to Cicerone® Courses Educational Series 
(Online Course Suite)

Course Format: Online

Course Dates: Any time

Course Information: Road to Cicerone

Course Location: Your Computer (Anywhere in the world)

Scholarship Value: $295 USD

Seats available: 2

Each online course is mobile-friendly and covers its topic with instructional text, learning activities, references to outside readings, and discussion questions. To complete each book, you can expect to spend about 6-12 hours on reading, study, and activities.

After completing an online course, you should be prepared to pass the included practice exam for that course. Passing the exam earns you an online badge and helps you assess your readiness for the Certified Cicerone® exam.

*Terms and conditions apply. Please see below.

Malteurop's Annual Barley Days Event

Event Format: In person event 

Event Dates: End of July 2025

Event Location: Great Falls, Montana

Seats available: 1

Barley Days includes a combination of education and hands on experience. We offer presentations on Water & Barley, Malting 101, North America Barley Market insights, Growing & Procuring Barley in Montana, Sustainability and more! We also offer an amazing tour of our Great Falls, Montana Malthouse as well as an educational tour of our Irrigated and Dry land farmer partner fields. This is an incredible opportunity to learn how our premium grains reach you, the brewer and distiller, to create an amazing beverage every time!

This Scholarship includes Flight, hotel and transportation. Lunch and Dinner will be provided each day.

Premium Grains from Field to Flavor

Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the beer, whiskey, and food processing industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Malteurop's commitment to excellence is fully ingrained into every batch it produces, ensuring businesses of any size can create the finest beverages and food products on the planet.

Malting is our passion. Quality is our promise.

Trip's Beer Trips:  Bavarian Hop Harvest Experiential Trip 

Event Format: Onsite in Germany

Event Dates: September 2-10, 2025

Event Information:  Bavarian Hop Harvest Tour

Event Location: Bavaria, Germany

Scholarship Value: $4,795 USD + up to $1,500 travel stipend

Seats available: 4

Trip features:

• VIP Tours of the 3 German Bavarian Hop Regions
• Hallertau
• Spalt
• Tettnang
• VIP Tours Munich and Bavarian Breweries
• Experience Bavarian Hop Harvest Like A Local
• Bavarian hop museums
• Hop farms
• Hop’s processing plants, hop grading facilities, Bavarian hop HVG facilities
• Bavarian Hop Research Center: Hüll
• EXTRAS
• Local Bavarian beer, food, and traditions
• Four beers in four countries, all in one day
• Optional Zeppelin ride over Tettnang hop region and Lake Constance
• This trip now includes tour of IREKS Malting Facilities in Kulmbach

• Includes just about everything in Germany: Lodging, Ground transportation, common food and drinks, and any other entrance or other group expenses
• Does NOT include airfare and personal purchases
• Double room occupancy

NOTE: Please be sure you have a valid passport that does NOT expire before 2026.

Terms & Conditions: All PBS scholarships have a “Pay It Forward” (PIF) requirement, where our scholarship recipients are required to pass on the specific knowledge they gained in their scholarship course to other PBS members and to the industry in general within 6 months of completing the program. This is accomplished through many means like publishing an article, publishing a blog on a reputable website, or giving a presentation at a local, regional or national professional seminar or conference.  The details for the proposed PIF project must be submitted for approval to PBS prior to the event as well as a brief summary after to be posted on the Pink Boots Society Online Community Forum. Many recipients choose to PIF at their local chapter meetings.

All courses require successful completion of the course. Recipients will be billed 50% (up to $500) of the course value if they do not successfully complete the course. As a condition of accepting the scholarship, the recipient will be liable for these charges if the course is not completed with passing marks. Any stipend (if applicable) will also be reimbursed once valid receipts of travel expenses are submitted and approved. If the recipient fails to successfully complete the course, stipend (if applicable) will be forfeited and not reimbursed.

By accepting a Pink Boots scholarship, recipients will be ineligible to receive another scholarship for a period of one year from the acceptance date.

Please note that Scholarship Recipients are announced approximately four weeks after the scholarship application window closes.

Scholarship recipients have seven business days from when PBS Nationals sends award notification to respond/accept. If we do not receive a response within the seven business days, the recipient forfeits the scholarship. 

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