Roads Scholars ®

Since 1996, the Road Runners Club of America has awarded over $330,000 in grants through its Roads Scholar program to assist American post-collegiate road runners who show great promise to develop into national and world class road running athletes.

Grants in the amount of $5,000.00 per year have been awarded to four to six athletes annually since the program’s inception. The driving factor in the creation of this program was the goal of improving the state of long distance running in the United States.

The program is directed towards runners who:

• Are US citizens
• Have graduated from college (or whose class has graduated)
• Plan to pursue elite distance running as a career
• Expect to earn less than $30,000 from all sources during the calendar year

The RRCA is now accepting applications for our 2011–2012 Roads Scholar Class. The deadline for applying is April 30, 2011.  RRCA Roads Scholar Application Form

Learn more about previous Roads Scholar grant recipients.

Support the Roads Scholar Program

Give to the Roads Scholar Program and support elite athlete development

Thank you to our 2010 Roads Scholar Fund Donors

Cherry Blossom Inc. **
Annapolis Striders
St John Land Sharks
Jon Hughes
Henley Fant Gabeau Living Trust
East Bay Front Runners & Walkers
Frederick Steeplechasers
River City Runners Club
Fulmont Road Runners Club
Atlanta Track Club **
Lilac Bloomsday Assn *
Syracuse Chargers Track Club
Pensacola Race Management
John G. Tyler and Bee McLeod*
Central Mass Striders
Annapolis Striders
The Boilermaker Road Race, Inc
Carl Sniffen
Club Northwest
Daniel D. Edwards
NAPA Valley Marathon *
Maine Running Co
Montgomery County Road Runners
Big Lake Half Marathon
San Diego Track & Field Assn
Philadelphia Marathon
Leonard M. Goldman
Glenn W. Stewart
New England 65 Plus Runners Club
Pensacola Runners Association
Keith Brantley
Travis Eliot Landreth Memorial Scholarship Fund*
Team Footworks *
Run Like A Cheetah
Brent Ayer (RRCA President)

* $1000 donors
**$5000 and above donors