AP Participant Grants

College Board awards grants for qualifying teachers new to an AP subject to attend an AP Summer Institute (APSI). The application is open January–May or until all grants have been distributed.

Who Is Eligible

To qualify, you must: 

• Teach an AP course in the upcoming school year 
• Not have attended an APSI or received an APSI scholarship in the past 3 years in the same AP subject 
• Not receive professional learning funding from your state, district, or school 
• Teach at a school in the United States, a DoDEA school, or a school located in the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands

Note: College Board is committed to increasing teachers’ access to professional learning opportunities. We will prioritize applications from new AP teachers in schools with large populations of underrepresented minority students (African American, Hispanic/Latino, and/or American Indian) and students who qualify for free- and reduced-price lunch. In partnership with STARS College Network, College Board will also give $300,000 in grants to teachers in rural areas who meet the eligibility criteria.  

What Participant Grants Cover

AP participant grants cover College Board–endorsed AP Summer Institutes in the United States and internationally. They don’t cover the AP Annual Conference, Pre-AP classes, one-day workshops, or other workshops. 

Participant grants cover the cost of tuition only. All other APSI costs (including but not limited to travel, lodging, and food) are the responsibility of the grant recipient. 

The participant grants are distributed by individual AP Summer Institute host institutions. They are not renewable or transferable and only cover tuition for the APSI you selected in the year they are awarded.