We are pleased to offer scholarships <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IbMoNcA6z31a8hvqjSdfQRIQ92wo-HxXvA5uk0UilnQ/viewform> for the 2016 Galaxy Community Conference <http://gcc2016.iu.edu/>, being held in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, June 25-29. Scholarships are available to students and post-docs in historically under-represented groups, and to those from or based in Low and Lower-Middle Income Economies, as defined by the World Bank <http://bit.ly/1nO82wD>. If this describes you or one of your students then we hope to receive an application. *Scholarships cover registration <http://gcc2016.iu.edu/registration> and lodging <http://gcc2016.iu.edu/location> during the GCC Meeting, and for any Training or Hackathon events the applicant chooses to attend.* Scholarships do not cover travel or other expenses. Applicants are required to 1. Either • Submit a poster and/or demo abstract <http://bit.ly/gcc2016abssub>. Or, • Submit a 200-250 word essay on how attending GCC2016 will benefit your research and career. *Poster/demo abstracts are strongly preferred.* The essay option should only be used by those who are starting their research careers. 2. Have a faculty member / PI send a letter of recommendation to community-fund@lists.galaxyproject.org no later than May 10 or March 27 (depending on your deadline). 3. Submit an application form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IbMoNcA6z31a8hvqjSdfQRIQ92wo-HxXvA5uk0UilnQ/viewform> . 4. Have sufficient funds to cover your own travel and other expenses If you are submitting a poster or demo, please do so *before* submitting an application <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IbMoNcA6z31a8hvqjSdfQRIQ92wo-HxXvA5uk0UilnQ/viewform>. You also need to identify and ask a faculty member to write a letter of recommendation prior to applying. *The application deadline is May 1 for members of historically underrepresented groups and March 20 for those from Low and Lower-Middle Income Economies*. Applicants will be notified of their scholarship status no later than two weeks after the deadline. Dave Clements on behalf of the Galaxy Community Fund Board -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/