Please note: Completed application with required documents must be received no later than 4 weeks prior to trip departure.
Eligibility
- Jewish resident of metropolitan Detroit (Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties)
- Age Requirements: Applicants must be between the ages of 13 and 26
- First time organized peer trip or educational program
- Program 1 year or less
- Recognized program to Israel or overseas approved by Federation’s Israel & Overseas Department
- Not eligible: JFMD subsidized trips (including Taglit-Birthright Israel, NEXTGen, and Teen Mission), and previous Get There! Recipients
Based on funding availability applications will be reviewed for longer trips, non-first-time trips and for applicants through age 26.
Award Summary (based on length of program and funding availability):
- Up to 42 days $1,250
- 43 days – 1 year $1,750
Application Process
- Complete this Get There! Ben Teitel Incentive Grant application.
- Notification of grant determination will be by email from Federation’s Israel & Overseas Department.
- Grants will be made payable to the program and mailed directly to the institution.
- Applicant/parent gift of a minimum $18 per year to the Jewish Federation is suggested.
- Please submit a trip summary within three weeks of your return.
All application materials will remain confidential.
Applicants are encouraged to explore other funding sources
Get There! Ben Teitel Incentive Grant Application
Please note: Completed application with required documents must be received no later than 4 weeks prior to trip departure.
Eligibility
- Jewish resident of metropolitan Detroit (Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties)
- Age Requirements: Applicants must be between the ages of 13 and 26
- First time organized peer trip or educational program
- Program 1 year or less
- Recognized program to Israel or overseas approved by Federation’s Israel & Overseas Department
- Not eligible: JFMD subsidized trips (including Taglit-Birthright Israel, NEXTGen, and Teen Mission), and previous Get There! Recipients
Based on funding availability applications will be reviewed for longer trips, non-first-time trips and for applicants through age 26.
Award Summary (based on length of program and funding availability):
- Up to 42 days $1,250
- 43 days – 1 year $1,750
Application Process
- Complete this Get There! Ben Teitel Incentive Grant application.
- Notification of grant determination will be by email from Federation’s Israel & Overseas Department.
- Grants will be made payable to the program and mailed directly to the institution.
- Applicant/parent gift of a minimum $18 per year to the Jewish Federation is suggested.
- Please submit a trip summary within three weeks of your return.
All application materials will remain confidential.
Applicants are encouraged to explore other funding sources