Launchpad Mentorship

Career goals, technical skills, and a real project to finish.

Ages 14–18 · 6 months · 1:1 pairing · Free

What it is

Launchpad Mentorship pairs girls aged 14–18 with women working in aerospace for a 6-month, 1:1 mentorship. Each pair works toward a real project — a career plan, a technical skill, a piece of research, a presentation. Not theory. Something that gets finished.

Mentors are matched on discipline and ambition, not availability. If we cannot match you well, we hold your place until we can.

What mentees get

Career goals, defined and pursued with someone who's done it
Technical skills — from coding to satellite imagery analysis
A real project to finish and present
A community of peers across 12 countries

Mentor requirements

Every mentor is vetted before they meet a young person.

All mentors undergo background checks and reference verification before pairing with a minor. Mentors commit to a minimum of 2 hours per month for 6 months. Both sides can end a pairing without explanation, and we re-match within a month.

Read our full safeguarding policy →

Outcomes

74%

STEM pursuit rate

340

Women mentored

University partners

Based on follow-up surveys 12–24 months after programme completion. Subject to response bias — see our Impact methodology for limitations.

If you're wondering whether this is for you

You do not need permission to want this job. You need someone to tell you how the promotion cycle actually works, and we have 340 women who will.

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Mentee applications require parental consent. Mentor applications require background check clearance.