The Rustic Pathways Service Scholarship is financial aid that you earn. Recipients serve as Rustic Pathways ambassadors: you share content about Rustic Pathways and complete tasks, and the aid you earn goes toward a Rustic Pathways summer program. Scholarship opportunities are limited and scholarships range in amount.
The Service Scholarship and Financial Aid enable high school students to cover part or all of their program tuition. We believe an education abroad through summer programs is essential, so we provide scholarships on a rolling basis to prospective students from diverse backgrounds.
The awards students receive are for summer scholarships. All travel will occur between June and August 2027. Please be sure your program selections have departure dates that work for you. Available dates can be found on each program page.
We recommend you start fundraising now to fund your dream summer program, or if you do receive financial assistance, to cover expenses such as a portion of the program tuition, airfare, and any add-ons like insurance.
We encourage students to seek more information on eligible programs, fundraising and FAQs below.
Please keep in mind, in addition to the financial support from these volunteer scholarships, you will be responsible for a portion of the program tuition, airfare, insurance and any other add on item.
Service Scholarship recipients serve as ambassadors for Rustic Pathways. You earn your financial aid by sharing content about Rustic Pathways, such as posts on your social media, and by completing ambassador tasks. The more you take part, the more aid you can earn. This is a unique opportunity to make a difference and share your passion for travel and service, while working towards your own transformative experience with Rustic Pathways.
Applying takes you to the Rustic Pathways ambassador sign-up, hosted on Zelos.
