Cape Cod Bird Club –Teen Birding Camp Scholarships 2024
Mountains to Sea Teen Birding Camp
June 23 – June 28, 2024 (age 14-17)
The deadline to apply has been extended to April 1, 2024!
We are pleased to announce the Cape Cod Bird Club (CCBC) is offering scholarships for two Cape Cod school students to attend a bird-watching and natural history camp in Bremen, Maine. We are asking for your assistance in helping us find worthy candidate(s).
The successful student(s) will receive a full-tuition ($1,690) scholarship to attend the Mountains to Sea Birding for Teens camp June 23 – June 28, 2024 at the Hog Island Audubon Camp in Bremen, Maine, For information about the camp, go to Mountains to Sea Teen Birding Camp.
Scholarship applicants must be a resident of Cape Cod.
Applicants must return a completed CCBC Scholarship application (click on link to download) to:
CCBC Bird Camp Scholarship
P.O. Box 351
Centerville, MA 02632
Application deadline: April 1, 2024
All application materials must be received by the deadline to be considered.
Top applicants might be interviewed by one or more Scholarship Committee members during the selection process. The award decision will be made in February 2024. The scholarship recipient is expected to register directly with the camp, via a link that will be sent by Audubon. The CCBC will arrange payment of the full camp tuition (which covers meals, housing, instruction and all boat trips). Please note that the scholarship recipient is responsible for all other costs, including transportation to and from the Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine.
The scholarship recipient will be expected to write a brief article (approx. 250 words) for the Fall 2024 edition of the CCBC Kingfisher newsletter (article due in mid to late August). The recipient will also be expected to attend the December 2024 meeting of the CCBC at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in the early evening (7:00 – 8:00) to give a brief (10-15 mins) slide presentation about their experience and be available to answer member questions about the camp experience.
Contact info@capecodbirdclub.org for further clarification and information.