Scholarships typically include financial aid for tuition, fees, books or living expenses to support education. Corporate scholarships, however, add internship related to the course of the scholar and even job placement.
For Aboitiz Foundation’s scholarship or Aboitiz Future Leaders Program (AFLP), there are tuition assistance, monthly stipends, gadget support, academic incentives — including recognition for Latin honor graduates — and board examination assistance, plus a wider choice of internship and mentoring as the Aboitiz Group techglomerate has a variety of business units under its fold. These subsidiaries have a role in the AFLP: connecting academic excellence with real-world experience, values formation, and community impact. As implementing partners of the scholarship program, their internships, mentoring, volunteer work, and learning and development sessions help scholars understand how their education translates into real-world challenges and opportunities.
This approach reflects the philosophy of AFLP that leadership is a journey shaped by responsibility and purpose. By creating opportunities for scholars to learn alongside practitioners, the scholarship helps build confidence, resilience, and a deeper commitment to service.
In partnership with AboitizPower, Aboitiz Foundation is currently supporting 36 scholars across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, enrolled in disciplines such as technology, data, communications, environmental studies and agriculture. These scholars are pursuing their studies at University of the Philippines (UP) campuses in Baguio, Cebu and Mindanao.
Aboitiz Foods is another partner that supports 12 AFLP scholars taking up animal science and forestry at Pampanga State Agricultural University. The collaboration aims to help strengthen the future talent pipeline for the food and agriculture sector.
“The strength of the Aboitiz Future Leaders Program lies in collaboration,” said Ginggay Hontiveros-Malvar, president of Aboitiz Foundation. “By working together across the Group, we are able to support scholars not only academically, but also in developing the values, confidence, and practical experience they need to lead and serve.”
The impact of AFLP is seen in the lives of its graduates. Monalizza Ecat, the daughter of a domestic helper who once feared college was an unreachable dream. Through the scholarship, she was able to pursue a degree in chemical engineering at UP Diliman. She graduated summa cum laude in 2025 and recently passed the board exam.
“Being an Aboitiz scholar is an honor that truly changed my life,” Monalizza said. “The scholarship eased my family’s burden and allowed me to focus entirely on my path to becoming an engineer.”
Since 2003, the Aboitiz Foundation has empowered over 1,300 scholars nationwide. The program continues to scale, supporting 199 new scholars for the academic year 2025 to 2026.
As Aboitiz deepens its long-term commitment to nation-building, it remains focused on expanding access to education, nurturing talent wherever it is found, and shaping a new generation of leaders who will make a positive impact on the communities and industries they will one day lead.