Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship

The Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship is available annually from The Dressage Foundation. The criteria for selection are as follows:

1.  The Recipient is to be a citizen of the United States.   Be prepared to prove citizenship. Talented and successful Dressage instructors, especially those in the USDF certified pool, Training through Fourth Level, are eligible to apply.  The Scholarship is to help an instructor improve his/her teaching and training of Dressage by studying abroad, and to give the recipient the opportunity to improve his or her riding skills.

2.  It is suggested that the Recipient consider study at: National Equestrian Centers in Warendorf, Germany; Deurne in Holland; Saumur in France; Flyinge in Sweden; and Aarhus in Denmark. The recipient is not limited to study at these centers, but the recipient will be able to take part or follow the studies of all parts of equestrian subjects, and will receive a more complete picture of the long way from foal to the Grand Prix horse. 

3.  The recipient of the scholarship is required to provide a written training and financial report of his or her experience in studying abroad to The Dressage Foundation. Suggestions for the written report will be furnished to the recipient.  We believe a three-month time frame after you have returned from your European training is sufficient to write and send your report to the Foundation.

4.  The maximum amount of the scholarship is $10,000, and will be awarded to offset expenses to travel and learn abroad. The funds must be used within two years of the date of the award. 75% of scholarship funds will be paid prior to the recipient’s departure for the overseas trip; 25% will be paid after the applicant returns to the USA, and has submitted a training and financial report to The Dressage Foundation.

Application Instructions:

• A complete application package will consist of six sets of: the application Cover Sheet, the list of 8 items you need to address with detailed information, and the required number of reference letters.  Please type your answers.  Hand-written applications are not accepted.
  
  • The Cover Sheet is a fill-in pdf form that can be typed into using Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded from the TDF website (see the home page).  If you are unable to type the cover sheet, please print legibly!
• We strongly advise that professional references be written on the writer's letterhead.
• Use white copy paper (20# weight).  No colored or textured paper.
• Do not put your application materials into binders of any kind.
• We do not accept video material.
• We will not accept your application material by fax or email.
• Staple all page together in a set.  We will need SIX SETS.

Send all material to our NEW ADDRESS:
The Dressage Foundation
1314 O Street, Suite 305
Lincoln, NE  68508

Complete applications MUST be delivered to our office on or before Thursday, September 30, 2010.  We will not accept any material after this deadline.

A committee of Dressage professionals reviews all application information, and recommends the recipient to The Dressage Foundation Board of Directors.

Previous Recipients of the Lindgren Scholarship