AHRC Scholarship Opportunities

Overview

The Acid Horizon Research Commons is committed to making our courses accessible to a wide range of participants. For our four-week classes, we reserve a portion of seats for scholarship recipients, ensuring that financial barriers do not prevent committed learners from joining.

How It Works

- After the first 10 students enroll in a course, one Full-Tuition Scholarship will be awarded.
- For every additional 10 students enrolled, a Community Contributor Scholarship will be offered.
- Full-Tuition Scholarship: Covers 100% of the course cost.
- Community Contributor Scholarship: Covers the full cost of tuition in exchange for a short written or recorded reflection on the course experience, to be shared with the AHRC community.

When scholarship positions become available, we will announce them on our official social media accounts and open a short application window.

Eligibility & Application

We don’t require you to share personal details about your financial situation. We simply trust that if you’re applying, it’s because paying full tuition would be a genuine burden. Once scholarship spots become available, we’ll open a short application window and select recipients through a simple lottery to ensure fairness.

Applications will ask only for:

1. Which course you’re applying for.

2. Your background and interest in the topic.

3. Your commitment to attending all sessions and participating fully.

Hardship Reserve Seats

In addition to our standard scholarship spots, we keep a small number of Hardship Reserve Seats for students experiencing extraordinary circumstances. These are intended for situations where tuition would make participation impossible due to catastrophic events such as war, natural disaster, or sudden displacement.

To request a Hardship Reserve Seat, please complete our short hardship form. We ask three brief questions:

1. Your current situation and how it impacts your ability to pay.

2. How participation in this course would help you at this time.

3. Whether you have stable enough internet access to attend all sessions.

We review these applications privately and with discretion, and we ask that this option be reserved for those whose circumstances are truly urgent and exceptional.

Award Notifications

Applicants will be notified within 7 days after the application window closes.

Supporting Scholarships

If you’d like to help make our courses more accessible by funding a scholarship for another student, we’d love to hear from you. Please reach out to us to discuss how your support can directly benefit someone in our learning community.