Women's Scholarships

Some of these scholarships have more requirements than just being female. In your scholarship search, FastWeb and CollegeBoard both offer free scholarship searches and are worth using. The scholarships below, and most of the scholarships on the fastweb and college board websites, are national scholarships. Most towns and cities also have local scholarships available that are worth looking into. Good luck with your scholarship search!

• American Association of University Women Educational Foundation Fellowships and Grants
• WEpan Scholarship Database
  Choose the criteria you want to search under: entering freshman, undergraduates, graduates, post doctoral, faculty, K-12 teachers, or re-entry.
• BPW Loan Fund for Women in Engineering
  The award is $5000, andyou must be an engineering major. For more information contact:
  Director of Scholarships
  Business and Professional Women's Foundation
  2012 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC 20036
• One Hundred Club Scholarhsips
  The award is $700; the deadline is May 15; and you must be a resident of Massachusetts. For more information contact:
  Scholarship Chairman
  One Hundred Club
  34 Chapin Terrace
  Springfield, MA 01101
• College Women's Club of Montclair Scholarship
  The award is $500; the deadline is March 1; and you must be a resident of New Jersey For more information contact:
  Mrs. Roy C. Hopgood
  College Women's Club of Montclair
  372 Ridgewood Avenue
  Glen Ridge, NJ 07028
• Jewish Foundation for Education of Women
  Must be a Jewish resident of New York For more information send a SASE to:
  Jewish Foundation for Education of Women
  330 West 58th Street
  New York, NY 10019
• Anne Maureen Whitney Barrow Memorial Scholarship
  The award is $5000; and you must be an engineering major. For more information contact:
  Anne Maureen Whitney Barrow Memorial Scholarship
  120 Wall Street, 11th Floor
  New York, NY 10005-39902
  hq@swe.org
• Women in Defense (HORIZONS Scholarship Foundation)
  The award is $500 or more; deadlines are November 1 and July 1; and you must be an engineering, computer science, physics or mathematics major For more information contact:
  NDIA
  2110 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400
  Arlington, VA 22201-3061
  dnwlee@moon.jic.com
• Educational Communications Scholarship
  The award is $1000; 20 scholarships are awarded; the award is based upon academic achievement and leadership. A request must be sent by March 15, including your name, address, name of high school, GPA and year in school. The request can be sent to:
  Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation
  PO Box 2015
  Lake Forest, IL 60045
  scholar@ecsf.org
• AWIS Educational Foundation Undergrad Awards
  The award is for high school seniors, with a 3.75 GPA; 1200 on SAT or 24 on ACT or higher; you must be planning to study astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geoscience, mathematics, physics or psychology; you must also be planning a career as a researcher or teacher upon graduation of college.