Resilient Student Scholarship Grant

Resilient Student Scholarship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Aiaa Foundation
Amount: US $10,000
Last Updated: December 08, 2025

Summary

The Resilient Student Scholarship, established in 2023 by AIAA and Club for the Future, aims to support high school seniors pursuing STEM degrees at U.S. institutions. This $10,000 scholarship is designed for students facing unique challenges, including disabilities or socioeconomic hardships. Recipients will receive mentorship from AIAA professionals to guide them toward successful careers in aerospace, fostering a new generation of innovators in the field.

Overview

About AIAA Our purpose is to ignite and celebrate aerospace ingenuity and collaboration, and its importance to our way of life. Our promise is to be your vital lifelong link to the aerospace community and a champion for its achievements. One Remarkable Fact Says It All: Since 1963, members from a single professional society have achieved virtually every milestone in modern American flight. That society is the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 95 corporate members, AIAA is the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. Created in 1963 by the merger of the two great aerospace societies of the day, the American Rocket Society (founded in 1930 as the American Interplanetary Society), and the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences (established in 1933 as the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences), AIAA carries forth a proud tradition of more than 80 years of aerospace leadership. AIAA and Club for the Future’s Resilient Student Scholarship AIAA and Club for the Future’s Resilient Student Scholarship was created in 2023 to support students interested in pursuing a degree in aerospace. This scholarship is specifically designed to empower and inspire students who have faced unique challenges, such as disabilities, difficult socioeconomic circumstances, or being the first in their family to attend college. Made possible by a collaboration with Club for the Future whose mission is to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEM and to help invent the future of life in space. One $10,000 scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior who is enrolling in a STEM program at a college, university, or 2-year technical institution. The winner will also receive a mentor from AIAA’s professional members to help guide the student to achieve a career in aerospace.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Currently enrolled high school senior intending to pursue a STEM degree at a college, university, or technical institution. Must be attending a U.S. institution in the fall Should demonstrate financial need