Participants
will be responsible for a tuition of $1,375 each year for a total
of $2,750. The actual cost of the RLND program is approximately $11,000 per
participant. Participant tuition covers only a portion of the actual
program costs. Other funding sources for the RLND program include:
NDSU Extension Service, North
Dakota businesses and organizations, foundations, granting agencies
and interested individuals.
Participant tuition may be sponsored by various means,
including: individuals, organizations, community groups,
etc. In previous years, scholarships have been available from
the Department of Commerce, Rural Economic Area Partnership
(REAP) alliance and individual grantors.