SCHOLARSHIPS
Our scholarship window for 2025 is now OPEN. First round window closes MARCH 10, 2025.
FREEFLOW SCHOLARSHIP ARE OPEN TO ANYONE, FROM ANY BACKGROUND.
The 2025 application window is open mid-January – March 10.
Scholarship recipients will be notified of their awards by March 17, 2025
If you are selected, you’ll need to accept your award and commit to your Freeflow course no later than March 24, 2025.
We are a tiny organization with limited resources. We do have a very limited gear-lending library and a very small fund for travel stipends. Let us know in your application what additional support you may need and we will try our best to help you out – though we cannot promise additonal supports to all scholars.
We will provide you with logistical preparation and support leading up to and after your Freeflow course.
We encourage you to seek financial support beyond what we are able to offer. We add to this list of external funding sources regularly.
We encourage all artists, writers, leaders, educators, students, journalists, communicators, activists, and professionals to participate in Freeflow. Our scholarship programs exist to help you realize your vision.
Each Freeflow scholarship may have different application requirements. Please visit the scholarship page to learn about details specific to the award.
While preference is given to applicants from marginalized, underrepresented, or lower-income communities, everyone is welcome to apply to the Community Scholarship Fund.
2025 Scholarship OPPORTUNITIES
Community Scholarship Fund
Full- and Partial-Tuition Scholarships | Open to everyone | For use on most 2025 Freeflow field courses (Fire Writing excluded)
NRS Open Waters Scholarship
$2000 to be applied to any water-based 2025 Freeflow Course + $500 NRS gear stipend + Mentorship under NRS’s Director of Content & Media | Open to everyone | For use on any water-based 2025 Freeflow course
ABOUT THE FREEFLOW FOUNDATION
Most of our scholarships are awarded by our affiliated non-profit organization, The Freeflow Foundation.
We believe that all people should have an opportunity to build skills, grow connections, and experience creative freedom in wild places. Through The Freeflow Foundation’s scholarship programs we aim to make Freeflow Institute programs available to all, regardless of background or current economic means.
We are committed to fostering a sense of deep belonging in outdoor education, for all people.