Scholarships for Women

Janette Rankin Women’s Scholarship Fund

http://www.rankinfoundation.org/students

Since 1978, Jeannette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund has awarded scholarships to help over 500 women across the United States attend college.

Qualifications: An applicant for a JRF scholarship must be:

• A woman, age 35 or older.
• A U.S. citizen.
• Enrolled in, or accepted to, a regionally or ACICS accredited school.
• Pursuing a technical or vocational education, an associate's degree, or a first bachelor's degree.
• Low-income (see income chart on website)

Deadline for Application: March 1st

 

R.O.S.E. Scholarship Program

http://www.rosefund.org/applications.html

R.O.S.E. Scholarships advance the transformation from victim to survivor by funding a woman’s career training and professional development. Partnering with academic institutions in the northeast, The R.O.S.E. Fund assists with the cost of tuition by providing scholarships of $2000 per semester.

Qualifications: All current recipients must reapply for each semester to be eligible for consideration. Candidate eligibility is determined by and at the sole discretion of The R.O.S.E. Fund and its educational partners.

Deadline for Application: Please visit website for further information

 

Talbot’s Women’s Scholarship Fund

https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/talbotswomen/instructions.php

In keeping with its long-standing tradition of helping women succeed, the Talbots Charitable Foundation is proud to present the 2010 Talbots Scholarship Foundation and the inaugural Nancy Talbot Scholarship Award for perseverance and ingenuity, which is presented in memory of the founder of Talbots. This program empowers women to enrich themselves through learning and achieve a college education later in life.

This scholarship program is administered by Scholarship Management Services®, a division of Scholarship America®. Scholarship Management Services is the nation's largest designer and manager of scholarship and tuition reimbursement programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals. Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability or national origin

Qualifications: Applicants to the Talbots Scholarship Foundation must:

• Be women currently residing in the United States or Canada;
• Be women who earned a high school diploma or their GED on or before September 2000;
• Be enrolled or planning to enroll in a full- or part-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two-, three- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school in the United States or Canada;
• Be attending the full 2010-11 academic year and receiving a degree no earlier than May 2011; and
• Have at least two semesters (24 credit hours or more) remaining to complete an undergraduate* degree as of the beginning of the 2010 fall academic term.

Deadline for Application: January 2nd

 

Buffalo Business and Professional Women of Buffalo Scholarship Program

http://www.buffaloamherstbpw.com/scholarship.asp

NYS Women Inc Buffalo Niagara Chapter is pleased to announce that it will award a $1,000 Scholarship to a qualified applicant on June 2, 2010, available for women residing in either Buffalo or Amherst, who are currently enrolled in a degree program at a college or university in WNY, or related to a NYS Women Inc Buffalo Niagara Chapter member.

Qualifications: Scholarships will be granted based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities, community involvement, and career achievement. A letter from the applicant outlining the applicant's career objectives and two letters of recommendation must be provided. Interested women should complete an application

Deadline for Application: Applications are due by April 30, 2010

Please send submissions to:

Noelle Saladin
2495 Main St Suite 240
Buffalo NY 14214

 

AAUW Catalyst for Change Scholarship

http://www.aauw.buffalo.edu/catalyst.htm

The AAUW Buffalo Branch announces three $3000.00 educational scholarships for Buffalo Niagara Region female students who have demonstrated success in a grass roots effort that has effected positive change for women or girls.

Since 1955, the AAUW Buffalo Branch has been conducting annual book sales to raise funds to support efforts that provide educational opportunity and equity for women and girls. The proceeds of these sales have multiplied 30,000 times and now afford the Branch the opportunity to offer these generous scholarships to assist female students attending a college or university full time. All funds supporting these scholarships were raised at the annual AAUW Buffalo Branch Book Sale.

These scholarships are made possible by the proceeds of the AAUW Buffalo Branch Annual Used Book Sale, which will be held June 2-6. We invite you to support this – the 56th year of the Book Sale.

Qualifications: Any Buffalo Niagara Region female student, admitted to a college or university degree program in the United States

Deadline for Application: March 15th

 

Independent Women’s Forum Essay Contest

http://www.iwf.org/campus/essay/

On today's college campuses, students are indoctrinated with radical feminist ideas that present men as the enemy and women as the victims. These ideas are reinforced by women's studies curricula, radical professors, campus "resource centers" for women, and the prevalence of liberal women's organizations.

As a result, students receive a one-sided, and decidedly liberal, perspective. Many young women leave college with an unhealthy view of marriage and misguided ideas about what it takes to succeed in the workplace.

IWF aims to change that dynamic by fostering intellectual freedom, ideological diversity, and personal responsibility through its campus program.

Qualifications: Applicants must be full-time, female students of any age enrolled as undergraduates in any four-year college or university.

Deadline for Appllication: Typically in early December, please visit website for exact submission date.

 

Soroptinist International of the Americas- Women’s Opportunity Awards

http://www.soroptimist.org/awards/apply.html

The Women’s Opportunity Awards Program, Soroptimist’s major service project, aids women seeking to improve their economic status by gaining additional skills, training and education. The program helps women, who as the primary wage earners for their families must improve their employment status by entering or returning to the work force.

Qualifications: Eligible applicants must be women who provide the primary financial support for their families, and who are enrolled in or have been accepted to a vocational/skills training program or an undergraduate degree program. Applicants must demonstrate financial need, and cannot have already earned an undergraduate degree. Only residents of Soroptimist International of the Americas' 19 member countries and territories are eligible to apply.

Deadline for Application: Applications are accepted each year from July 1st until December 1st. Applications received after December 1st and before July 1st will not be considered

 

Woman’s Club of Orchard Park

The purpose of this scholarship fund is to provide financial assistance to a mature female undergraduate student (defined as over 25 years of age) who is initiating or furthering her education toward a career goal.

Qualifications: The individual should demonstrate financial need, be enrolled in an accredited college, university or vocational training program and be a resident of the Southtowns.

Deadline for Application: April 15, 2010

For an application: Please stop by the Financial Aid Office or send a self- addressed envelope to:

The Woman’s Club of Orchard Park
Scholarship Committee
c/o Judith Horan
70-5 Carriage Drive
Orchard Park, NY 14127