NCIA’s Minority Business Council is now accepting applications for scholarships to attend NCIA’s Cannabis Business Summit!

Supported by contributions from NCIA and its members, with the objective of encouraging an industry more inclusive of people from all backgrounds, the 2016 Cannabis Business Summit has made a number of scholarships available for people from under-represented groups seeking to take advantage of the Summit’s education and networking opportunities.

NCIA – including members, leaders, and staff – believes that diversity and inclusion are essential to the fulfillment of our mission. We value inclusiveness in every facet of the legal cannabis industry, including: access to licensing, business opportunity, education and training, industry climate, staff recruitment, hiring, and retention.

The Summit, the most influential business and policy event in the cannabis industry, takes place this year in Oakland, CA, June 20-22. Attendees will be exposed to the most concentrated learning opportunity this industry offers, with an ideal chance to meet with many of the industry’s leading professionals, from all aspects of the business.

Anyone can apply for the Inclusion Initiative scholarships, but preferential consideration will go to those from groups currently under-represented in the cannabis industry and in need of assistance to enter or grow within the industry. The recipients will be selected by the members of NCIA’s Minority Business Council.

To apply for a scholarship – please fill out the application.

To give to the scholarship fund, please make your generous donation here.

Your support will help us take concrete steps to build the kind of inclusive, level playing field that is essential to the industry’s success. Sharing the wealth of information and opportunities this industry has to offer with those who may not otherwise have this kind of access is one way to strengthen and diversify our community.