BOSTON, November 1 — Elderhostel, Inc. is pleased to announce that doctoral students researching lifelong and later-life learning may now apply for the 2007 Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant. This $5,000 scholarship honors the work of Dr. K. Patricia Cross, former Elderhostel Board Member and Professor Emerita at the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley.

Elderhostel, founded in 1975 and a leader in the field of lifelong learning, is the world’s largest not-for-profit educational travel organization for older adults. Elderhostel will award this competitive grant to a doctoral candidate in education, psychology, gerontology, social work, neuroscience or a related discipline, whose research will have a significant impact on the field of lifelong or later-life learning. Elderhostel encourages any doctoral student in these fields, whose dissertation research involves lifelong or later-life learning to apply for this unique scholarship.

This is the second year Elderhostel is offering the grant. The 2006 recipient was Molly Harrod, a doctoral candidate in the field of medical anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit.

The 2007 Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant winner will be determined by a selection committee consisting of professors, practitioners and other leaders in the field of lifelong learning.

“Elderhostel was founded on the idea that learning is vital and fulfilling at all stages of life,” says James A. Moses, Elderhostel’s President and CEO. “Thirty-one years after our founding, creating exciting educational programming remains the core of our mission. We are delighted to offer this scholarship to the next generation of leaders in lifelong learning.”

Approximately 160,000 participants enroll in Elderhostel’s nearly 8,000 programs annually. Elderhostel provides exceptional learning adventures throughout the United States and Canada and in more than 90 countries around the world. In 2004, Elderhostel launched Road Scholar to meet the needs of a new generation of independent educational travelers. For more information, please visit www.elderhostel.org or www.roadscholar.org.

Doctoral students may find further information regarding requirements and an online application at http://www.elderhostel.org/grants. Applications are due on or before February 15, 2007, with a grant announcement to occur in June 2007.