Hilton Worldwide has long believed in the power of travel to bring people together and foster greater understanding between countries. This year, Hilton HHonors, the loyalty program for Hilton Worldwide’s 10 distinct hotel brands, is celebrating culture by giving once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to teachers through the Teacher Treks Travel Grant Competition.

Teacher Treks will provide 15 teachers with a $6,000 grant to travel internationally during the 2013 summer vacation. Applicants for the program may develop their own itineraries and choose their country/countries of travel. The top thirty finalists will receive a $2,500 donation to their schools. To be eligible for the program, each applicant must be a U.S. citizen with at least 3 years of full time teaching experience as of January 1, 2013. The program is open to teachers of grades K-12 only, and teachers of all subjects are welcome to apply.

Apply online at www.hiltonhhonors.com/teachertreks. For questions, please contact teachertreks@iie.org.