Tuition Assistance

We offer need-based partial scholarships for students who cannot afford classes on a payment plan. Please apply; we love helping people get up in the air! We believe that our community members should have the ability to participate in the empowering and engaging world of aerial arts, regardless of their financial situation. Since opening our doors in January of 2018 until now, we have given over $10,000 in tuition assistance to applicants!

Tuition Assistance Applications is open for the 2025 Summer Semester! If you need tuition assistance, consider also applying for funding through the Artist Opportunity Grant, offered by the Arizona Commission on the Arts. These grants are short, and very easy to get! Check the dates that the applications are open, they reset 2x per year.

Thank you for applying for tuition assistance at Momentum Aerial.  We love sharing the joy of aerial dance with our community, regardless of an individual or family's financial situation. The application period for Summer 2025 is open until May 10th, but we encourage applications at any point in the semester.  Determinations will be emailed out intermittently, and usually within a week of receiving the application. We do not offer refunds if you have already purchased a semester pass. Please note: we can only offer so many volunteer opportunities each semester. We will close this application when all volunteer slots are filled. 

To serve the most students, this program offers partial work trade options and payment plans to students who demonstrate financial need and who are willing to volunteer at Momentum's shows, events or deep cleans of the studio. We do tuition assistance as a work trade at the equivalent of $23 per hour. We can generally offer 3-6 hours of work trade per person (equivalent of $69-$138 in tuition assistance). 

We have around 30-35 hours of volunteer opportunities we need help for each semester! We ask that you help out our community by volunteering your time and/or skills at events like the student showcases, Hungry Hearts, cleaning at the studio, and various other events that Momentum may need help for. In order to help the most people, we cannot accommodate 1:1 work trade tuition assistance. If you'd like a full 1:1 work trade, please apply for Karma Cleaning instead (1 cleaning shift per week in exchange for 1 class per week).

Momentum Aerial's Tuition Assistance is designed to be broad and inclusive. This means that even if you have applied for and received tuition assistance previously, we invite you to apply again. 

Thank you for your application, we will be in touch shortly.