Scholarships/Discounts

Model United Nations is an experience that is valuable to anyone who participates in it. Northwest Model United Nations is committed to ensuring that anyone can participate in Model United Nations, regardless of socioeconomic status. Whether students or teams are from low-income areas, are not funded by their college or university, or just need a little extra help this year to ensure they can attend, NWMUN is committed to doing what we can to make this opportunity possible for anyone.

In order to receive any of the discounts or scholarships mentioned below, please first fill out the registration request form and pay the initial registration fee. Then submit the applications linked to below (if applicable), and we will respond to confirm the application, and later, to inform applicants of the result of their application.

Discounts

New Northwest Team Discount (for delegations)

Eligibility: If your team is attending NWMUN-Portland for the first time, and is based in the Pacific Northwest, your delegation will receive this discount. You CAN receive this discount even if you've attended NWMUN-Seattle before!

("The Pacific Northwest," for purposes of this discount, means if the campus is located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Western Montana, or British Columbia.)

Discount: New teams are entitled to $5 off of delegate fees for each participant they bring.

(This discount will be applied to the delegate fees invoice.)

How To Get This Discount: Simply let us know in your Delegation Request Form that your team is new to NWMUN-Portland and we'll apply this discount to your delegate fees!

Raising The Bar Discount

Eligibility: If you are bringing more delegates than the biggest delegation we've ever had, you've raised the bar and will receive this discount.

Current Largest Delegation Ever: 25 delegates

Discount: All delegates up to the line (your first 25 delegates) will be discounted by $5 each. All delegates after this point (your 26th delegate and beyond) will be discounted by 50%.

Scholarships

A-10 Individual Scholarship (scholarship for individual delegates only)

Eligibility: Any individual attending NWMUN-Portland, as part of a team or as an individual delegate, may apply for this scholarship. Five awards are given per year.

Scholarship: Award recipients will receive up to $100 towards their costs of attendance.

(This award will be disbursed as follows: First, the delegate fee will be paid. Second, one quarter of the cost of a hotel room-night will be paid for each night the individual is staying at the conference venue, if applicable. Any remaining portion of the award will be given as a check to the recipient for use on travel or other costs.)

How To Apply: Apply Online - Decisions will be made no earlier than February 1

Delegation Scholarship (scholarship for delegations only)

Eligibility: Delegations of 8 or more delegates may apply for this scholarship. Two to three awards are given per year, and delegations may not apply if they received this scholarship the previous time they attended NWMUN-Portland. Preference will be given to delegations based in the Pacific Northwest, but delegations based anywhere may apply.

Scholarship: Award recipients will receive up to $300 towards their costs of attendance.

(This award will be applied as a discount to the delegate fees invoice.)

How To Apply: Apply Online - Decisions will be made no earlier than February 1