Active-Mind Scholarships

Students and young adults aged 18–29 are eligible to apply for a scholarship to attend LevelUp 2025.

Less than 100 scholarships are available—and they’re going fast! Apply now.

Scholarships Cover:

  • Travel expense reimbursement (up to $600 in the U.S., $800 outside the U.S.)
  • Hotel accommodations July 16-20 (check out 7/20; $400 value)
  • Opening and closing banquets & dance ($345 value)

—a dollar-value of up to $1,545!

What Past Scholarship Winners Say

“I just lived one of the best days of my life.” —Matheus
“This conference changed how I think about the world. It will go down as one of my life-changing experiences.” —Lauren
“Every talk was intellectually exhilarating. I met amazing people, made great memories, and am leaving inspired and energized.” —Julian
“I wasn’t a big believer in the power of poetry or movies, but after today’s talk, I was blown away. I realized that consuming art wasn’t a waste of time, but fuel to work more productively.” —Chetan
“The integration of the presentations was fantastic! They all had a common thread. The very actionable lectures on taking ownership of your career and finances were extremely valuable to me.” —Celeste

Applying Is Quick and Easy

Simply answer these questions in English—either in writing or in a video*

    1. How did you hear about LevelUp?
    2. What do you hope to gain from the conference?
    3. What personal or social issues concern you most, and why?
    4. Who is one of your heroes (real-life or fictional), and why?
    5. If you’ve attended LevelUp in the past, how have you applied ideas you learned at the conference? (If you’ve never attended LevelUp, please skip this question.)

Written submissions should be no longer than 800 words; video submissions no longer than four minutes.

To submit your application, please fill out the form below. For a written application, write it as a Google document, and paste its link with the settings set to viewable by all with a link. For a video application, upload your video to Google Drive or YouTube (it can be unlisted) and paste its link.

If your application is selected, then you’ll receive an email about winning a scholarship. If we’re unsure about your application, we’ll reach out to you and set up a video interview.

All scholarship recipients are required to complete an exit interview at the end of the conference and fill out the end-of-conference survey.

If you have questions, email them to [email protected].

*Any applications submitted with the use of ChatGPT or any other form of artificial intelligence or machine learning will be disqualified, and the applicant will be banned from attending LevelUp 2025 and all future OSI conferences.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I register for the conference as a student (i.e., at the student rate)?

If you’re in any kind of formal education program (including Discover Praxis, post-graduate programs, or hands-on training programs), then yes.

Will you be meeting us at the airport or providing airport transfers?

No. Each individual is responsible for getting him- or herself from the airport to the hotel. However, we will send out an email shortly before the conference with information about the public transportation in the area. Further, if you wish to share an Uber/Lyft with another attendee, you can use the Facebook group or WhatsApp group to see who will be arriving around the same time.

When should I arrive?

You should arrive at the hotel between 2–6 pm on July 16 to get checked in with us and settled into your hotel room before the opening banquet (which is at 6:30 pm and is included for scholarship recipients). Hotel check-in begins at 4 pm, but they may have rooms available earlier. They also have luggage storage if you arrive earlier and want to explore the area. If it is absolutely impossible to arrive before 6 pm, or if you were scheduled to but there is a delay, don’t worry; simply drop by our check-in desk the next morning before talks begin to check in and pick up your name tag and swag.

Which airport should I fly to?

The Orlando International Airport (MCO) is by far the closest.

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