Do the work.
Earn the tuition.
Federal work-study pays students to file paper for a professor. Ours pays students in tuition credit for shipping real work inside real portfolio companies. Every completed task = credit toward next year's tuition. Enough credit = tuition-free education.
Four steps. One credit ledger.
Every task you claim in the Forkaia workspace has a credit value baked in — visible before you start, credited to your ledger the moment a mentor signs off. Reach the tuition threshold and next year is on us.
Claim a task.
Filter the workspace by "grant-eligible." Every eligible task shows its exact credit value before you start.
Ship it.
Complete the task inside the portfolio company. Submit for review with your deliverable + a 3-sentence writeup.
Mentor signs off.
A Practitioner-in-Residence reviews within 72 hours. Approved = credit posts. Feedback = revise & resubmit.
Credit stacks.
Hit $588 in credit before your renewal date and next year's tuition is fully covered. Overflow rolls forward.
Different tasks. Different credit values.
Every task in the workspace is tagged with a difficulty tier by the portfolio company that owns it. Higher difficulty = higher credit value = faster path to tuition-free.
Foundation tasks.
Structured, well-scoped, mentor-graded. Perfect for first-year students building portfolio depth. Average completion: 2–4 hours.
Core sprint tasks.
Real deliverables shipped to a real company. Weekly or bi-weekly cycle. Average completion: 1–2 weeks part-time.
Advanced project tasks.
Full-project ownership inside a Cornerstone Partner. Employer signs off on outcome, not just effort. Average completion: 3–6 weeks.
Capstone research & systems tasks.
Named-project ownership for a Cornerstone Partner. Public research paper or shipped system. Available to Bachelor of Work students only.
Ship remarkably. Go free forever.
Beyond the standard credit ledger, we grant three named scholarships every quarter to students who ship work that outperforms the entire cohort.
Full Bachelor of Work tuition, awarded quarterly.
One winner per quarter. Covers the full $1,999 Bachelor of Work degree in one lump credit. Applies to any student who ships a piece of work that a Cornerstone Partner adopts into production.
Full Annual tuition, one per Studio.
One grant per Studio per quarter — eight total. Rewards students who shipped the most impactful work inside their track. Renewable if you repeat next quarter.
Cornerstone Partner pre-paid tuition.
A Cornerstone Partner pre-pays your tuition in exchange for right-of-first-refusal on hiring you at Bachelor completion. No obligation — just first look.