2024-2025 HTM Opportunities
The Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association Educational Foundation (FRLAEF) offers events, activities, monetary support as well as teacher and student support for your Hospitality & Tourism Management (HTM) program.
The FRLAEF believes participation in these activities can lead to a richer learning environment for you and your students. Events and opportunities are listed throughout the August NewsBites below.
HTM/Foodsafety Curriculum & Fall Survey
The FRLAEF will distribute free HTM and Foodsafety curriculum (i.e. ServSafe and/or SafeStaff) to Florida HTM schools during the 2024-2025 school year. In order to receive free HTM and Foodsafety curriculum, teachers should complete the Fall HTM Survey. Once you have completed the survey, you may request up to $3,000 of free HTM curriculum and $500 free foodsafety materials!
TAKE THE FALL SURVEY NOW!
Deadline to complete survey is September 20, 2024
Mini Grants
The FRLAEF is offering $125,000 in Mini Grant funding to HTM and ProStart schools this year. To assist in your planning, this averages to about $900 per school.
There are two prerequisites for grant funding: 1) you must currently teach the HTM curriculum, and 2) you must complete the HTM Fall Survey.
The FRLAEF Board of Directors prefers to fund items that will make your classroom self-sustaining or equipment that will be used frequently throughout the year. The board WILL NOT APPROVE most electronics to include printers, computers, iPads, and digital cameras. They also do not typically approve field trips, curriculum (to include ServSafe and SafeStaff) and transportation. Please include a good explanation of how the item will be used in the classroom as this is your justification for the purchase. If you are new to Mini Grants, please let us know what questions you have!
The application deadline is Friday, September 20, 2024.
APPLY FOR A MINI GRANT NOW!
GRANT AWARD NOTIFICATION: The FRLAEF Board will meet in October to determine awards.
Florida HTM Competition
The 19th Annual HTM Competition will take place Thursday, February 13 and Friday, February 14, 2025 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando. The FRLAEF will cover some costs of the 
competing teams, including hotel stay and most meals.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, October 4, 2024
APPLICANTS NOTIFIED STATUS: October 11, 2024
APPLY TO COMPETE HERE!
2024 HTM COMPETITION VIDEO
New HTM FaceBook Group
During HTM Summer Training, teachers requested we make a Florida HTM FB page for the group to share resources, ask questions, etc. CLICK HERE and then request to be added.
Hospitality Industry Internships
The Hospitality Industry Internship (HII) provides the opportunity for Florida HTM instructors to work in a 
foodservice/lodging establishment for at least 40 hours. Once the required paperwork has been processed, the participant will receive a personal check for $600.
To qualify for an HII, the instructor must teach the HTM or HTMP curriculum during the 2024-2025 school year. If you are already employed at a restaurant or hotel, you MAY NOT use that site for your internship. The restaurant/hotel must be a new work experience for you, not somewhere you have worked before or used as an HII internship location.
The applicant must secure a position at a foodservice or lodging facility where a minimum of 40 hours of hands-on experience is guaranteed. The host location may pay the recipient but is not required to do so.
The FRLAEF will award 11 HII’s this school year on a first-come, first-served basis. So apply NOW! Work experience may begin once the applicant receives an award notification from the FRLAEF.
APPLY NOW!
Scholarships
The FRLAEF will award at least $65,000 in scholarships during the 2024-2025 school year. Each scholarship awarded will be in the amount of $2,000 and will be a one-time, non-renewable 
scholarship.
To be eligible for this scholarship the applicant must:
- Be enrolled in an HTM program in a Florida secondary school
- Be a graduating senior who will begin post-secondary education in 2025
- Be entering a culinary or hospitality post-secondary program
- Return a copy of their OFFICIAL high school transcript to FRLAEF by application deadline
APPLICATION TIMELINE The FRLAEF Scholarship application will become available in January NewsBites. The application deadline is April 11, 2025
COMPLETE THE FULL APPLICATION! For the last six years, each applicant that has returned a completed application along with their high school transcript has received a scholarship. It only takes a few minutes, so please encourage your students to complete the process.
The 4th annual HTM Summer Training will take place during summer 2025. It is anticipated the training will be held in Orlando but more details will follow as they are finalized. 
PROGRAM COST
The FRLAEF will cover the cost of all Florida HTM instructors who have purchased and are using the Hospitality & Tourism Management curriculum during the 2024-2025 school year. Attendees will be responsible for their travel and some meals.
REGISTRATION
Online registration will begin March NewsBites.