Talented and motivated aspiring women wrestlers and women's clubs are encouraged to apply for direct financial support from the Travel and Training Fund, provided by the Women's Sports Foundation.    An individual may request up to $2,000 and a team may request up to $4,000. Established in 1984, the fund provides financial assistance to aspiring athletes with successful competitive records who have the potential to achieve higher performance levels. The goal is to relieve aspiring elite-level female athletes of the financial burden of competing at high levels.    Applications must be received by the Foundation on or before December 31, 2004.    You can print off a copy of the application in a PDF file by visiting the following web address:  Grant application form    An individual or team may be awarded only one grant per calendar year. A maximum of three grants can be awarded to an individual or team in a lifetime. Individual applicants and all members of a team must be American citizens or legal residents and be eligible to compete for a U.S. national team.    Two letters of recommendation are required. One must come from the athlete's national governing body, which for wrestling is USA Wrestling. Any female athlete who is interested in applying for this grant and needs a recommendation letter from USA Wrestling should contact Gary Abbott at the national office by phone at 719-598-8181 or via e-mail at gabbott@usawrestling.org    The second letter must be from somebody familiar with the applicants athletic competition records.     Each applicant must send five packets (one original and four copies) of their application materials, stapled and in the following order:  a. Application Cover Page  b. Answers to 1-VII on the application form  c. two letters of recommendation  d. Optional pages of support material. Complete application packet can not exceed 11 pages.    Women wrestlers have received this grant in the past. USA Wrestling encourages talented and motivated women wrestlers to apply for this support every year, as well as any girls or women's wrestling club programs that have need for financial assistance.