May 3, 2024

AAUW American Fellowships

  • Amount: $8,000-$50,000
  • For women completing full-time post-doctoral research, dissertations, and/or research for a publication project, this fellowship funds only graduate-level degrees.

AAUW Research Publication Grant

  • Amount: $10,000-$35,000
  • This grant is for women doing research who have doctorates in medicine, engineering, or the physical/ biological sciences. Applicants must have an undergraduate GPA of 3.2. 

AWIS Distinguished Doctoral Research Scholarship

  • Amount: $10,000
  • Meant to help fund highly valuable dissertation projects that could significantly impact the recipient’s chosen sector, this program is specifically for those pursuing doctorate degrees. Applicants must be members of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS). 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Diversity Fellowship 

  • Amount: $40,000
  • This scholarship is for women, LGBTQIA+, or BIPOC students pursuing MBAs in business with a priority going to those in investment banking or finance. It is for graduate-level students only. 

BHW Women in STEM Academic Scholarship

  • Amount: $3,000
  • This scholarship is for women seeking undergraduate or master’s degrees in science, engineering, technology, or mathematics. Graduate and undergraduate students may apply.

Chicana Latina Foundation Scholarship Program

  • Amount: $1,500
  • For powerful Latinas in pursuit of various degrees, this scholarship is for students in graduate and professional programs completing a course, thesis, or dissertation or for those who have been accepted into graduate or professional school. Must have a cumulative college GPA of 2.7.

Chronic Boss Scholarship

  • Amount: Up to $1,000.
  • This scholarship is for women who have overcome challenges to earn degrees in higher education. It’s available to undergraduate and graduate students.

Chrysalis Scholarship

  • Amount: $2,000
  • For geoscientist moms whose educational efforts were interrupted due to motherly duties or other personal, related issues, this scholarship is specifically for women pursuing graduate degrees.

Dr. Jade Education Scholarship

  • Amount: $300 and $200
  • For African American women attending graduate school while also working full-time. 

Eitel Scholarship

  • Amount: $500
  • For female students pursuing higher education at a Baptist college, this award is based on need and ambition. Graduate and undergraduate students may apply. 

Erin Aaberg Givans Memorial Scholarship

  • Amount: $5,000
  • This graduate scholarship is for women who are full-time students in pursuit of master’s degrees in public administration, public policy, or public health at a California University. They must have at least a 3.0 GPA in college.

Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Graduate Scholarship

  • Amount: $10,000
  • This scholarship is for female student-athletes with an undergraduate minimum GPA of 3.2. Must be applying for graduate-level programs. 

Congressional Fellowships on Women & Public Policy

  • Amount: $3,500/month
  • This scholarship is for female students of any major who may potentially get involved in advocacy and public policy. Applicants must have completed at least twelve graduate credits. 

Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship

  • Amount: $1,000
  • Women wanting to advance their careers and who are permanent residents or citizens of Canada or the U.S. are eligible for this scholarship. They must be studying graduate-level statistics full-time by July 1st of the year they apply. Those in the early stages of their degrees are especially encouraged to apply. 

Graduate Women in Science National Fellowship Program

  • Amount: Up to $10,000
  • Women graduate students pursuing careers in natural and social sciences are eligible for this fellowship, and they must be in hypothesis-driven careers in America or abroad.

Graduate Women International 

  • Amount: Various 
  • This scholarship is for women all over the world who are seeking funding to pursue higher education. These fellowships are for PhD students only. 

Helga Henry Scholarship

  • Amount: Up to $2,500
  • Master’s-level women pursuing theological- or graduate-level education are eligible for this scholarship. They must be recommended by staff based on their brilliant leadership potential. Only female graduate-level students who attend Trinity International University may apply.

Ida Foreman Fleisher Fund

  • Amount: $2,000-$8,000
  • This scholarship is for women, preferably Jewish, from or who attend school in the Greater Philadelphia area, New Jersey and Delaware included. Must be pursuing graduate degrees. 

INSEAD Women’s Scholarship

  • Amount: About $10,500
  • For women seeking to earn their MBAs in finance, this scholarship is available to international graduate students only. Applicants must enroll at INSEAD business school.

Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship

  • Amount: $5,000
  • This scholarship is to help women succeed in business programs and is for women seeking undergraduate or master’s degrees in business management. 

APA Judith McManus Price Scholarship

  • Amount: $2,000-$4,000
  • Created to support minority women pursuing an urban planning graduate degree and in financial need, this scholarship is for minority women applying to graduate-level urban planning programs.

Laurels Fund

  • Amount: $1,000-$5,000
  • This scholarship is for women pursuing PhDs in accounting. Selection of award recipients is based on academic achievement, research activities, scholarship, service work, and financial need.

Microsoft Research Graduate Women’s Scholarship

  • Amount: $25,000
  • This scholarship is for PhD students enrolled at a university in the U.S. or Canada in their fourth year or beyond. The proposed research must be closely related to a focus area at Microsoft. Applicants must identify as a woman and/or be in another minority group.

National Women’s Studies Association Graduate Scholarship

  • Amount: $1,000
  • This is a scholarship for female graduate students crafting their master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation in women’s studies. Their research must promote the mission of NWSA.

Paybotic Women in Finance and Technology Scholarship

  • Amount: $2,500
  • Undergraduate and graduate women pursuing degrees in STEM-related fields are eligible to apply for this scholarship.

PEO PCE Program for Continuing Education

  • Amount: $3,000
  • This one-time grant is for U.S. or Canadian women pursuing graduate degrees. Applicants must be nominated by a current PEO member.

PEO Scholar Awards

  • Amount: $20,000
  • This scholarship is for women nominated by a local chapter of the Philanthropic Educational Organization. Must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen within two years of completing a doctoral degree.

Society of Women Engineers Scholarship 

  • Amount: Various
  • This scholarship is for women seeking degrees in engineering technology, engineering, or computer science. It is for graduate students only. 

Taylor Coleman’s “More than a Conqueror” Scholarship Award

  • Amount: $500
  • This is for women pursuing health science, science, or creative arts who have been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Undergraduate and graduate students may apply.