1. A seat is paid
By a learner, a company or a donor. Every paid seat counts.
Learn one · Lift one
Your seat opens a second seat
For every paid AI Launchpad seat, FWA funds one for someone who can’t pay. Scholarship learners join the same 10-week program as everyone else: 10 tracks, live sessions, weekly builds, a hackathon and Demo Day.
Jan 4Cohort starts
10Weeks, to Mar 14
$299Per seat
1 for 1Seats matched
Our January cohort goal
500 paid seats. 500 scholarship seats.
Our goal is 1,000 learners. Each $299 seat paid by a learner, a company or a donor releases one FWA-funded scholarship seat. This is a funding goal, not a current count.
2. FWA funds a second seat
One scholarship seat for every paid seat, up to 500.
3. Nominate or apply
Name a person or an organization, or apply for a seat yourself.
4. Seats are awarded
Every nominee and applicant is reviewed against the same criteria.
Four ways to take part
Take a seat, give a seat, or ask for one
Each path opens the Get Involved form with the right questions, and a real person from FWA follows up.
Join
Take your own seat for $299. Your enrollment releases one FWA-funded scholarship seat.
Save my seatSponsor
Buy seats for people who need them. Nominate your learners, or let FWA place your sponsored seats.
Sponsor a seatNominate
Recommend a person or an NGO whose community needs practical AI learning. A nomination isn’t a guarantee.
Nominate a learnerScholarship
Can’t afford a seat? Pick Learner and tick “Scholarship consideration.” The same review criteria apply to everyone.
Request a scholarshipThe full scholarship application and detailed criteria are being finalized. Ask now and we’ll send them the moment they’re ready.
For companies and donors
Sponsor seats
Every sponsored seat counts toward our 500-paid-seat goal. Sponsors buy the seats they purchase, and FWA separately funds the scholarship match. Each tier includes the recognition of the tiers before it.
Pay It Forward
1 seat · $299
Your name on our Supporter Wall and a shareable certificate.
Supporter
5 seats · $1,495
Nominate your learners, plus an impact report at the end of the cohort.
Champion
10 seats · $2,990
Your logo at Demo Day and a spotlight post from FWA.
Track Partner
25 seats · $7,475
“Track powered by” naming. One partner per track.
FWA can place your sponsored seats if you don’t nominate learners.
Fair access. Clear expectations.
Eligibility, awards and privacy
Eligibility and awards
Scholarships are for adults who can’t afford a paid seat. Every candidate completes the same application and accepts the learner commitment and code of conduct. For NGO nominations, FWA contacts the organization and its members apply into the same pool.
A nomination or application doesn’t guarantee a seat. Awards depend on eligibility and available funding. Learners named for sponsor-purchased seats complete the application but skip the scholarship pool, because their seat is already paid.
Privacy and independence
Scholarship learner names aren’t shared publicly or with sponsors. With consent, FWA may share a learner’s role and region. Sponsors receive aggregated impact information, never learner details beyond their own nominees.
Curriculum and judging stay independent of sponsors.
Learn one. Lift one.