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Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania is offering 50 scholarships for Girl Scout Ambassadors (entering grades 11 or 12 this fall) to attend the fifth annual Pennsylvania Governor’s Conference for Women, set for Oct. 2 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Conference for Women is the state’s premier educational and networking event for women.

Source: Girl Scout Mission, Promise and Law

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The Scholarship Game: An examination of how universities divvy up scholarship money and the impact on student athletes.

A full scholarship is more likely in women’s sports than it is in men’s sports, however. The position on a team also has a huge influence on how much scholarship is awarded.

Source: The Dallas Morning News

The Women’s Opportunity Awards program is Soroptimist’s major project. Through the program, clubs in 19 countries and territories assist women who provide the primary source of financial support for their families by giving them the resources they need to improve their education, skills, and employment prospects. Each year, more than $1 million is disbursed through cash awards at various levels of the organization. Recipients, many of whom have overcome enormous obstacles including poverty, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol abuse, may use the awards to offset any costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education, such as books, childcare and transportation.

Since the Women’s Opportunity Awards program began in 1972, about $25 million has been disbursed to help tens of thousands of women achieve their dreams of a better life for themselves and their families.

Source: Soroptimist

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The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Computer Information Sciences (CIS) Program, housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant valued at $552,000 dedicated to recruiting minority women to computer science and information technology disciplines.

The program, entitled African-American Women in Computer Science, (AAWCS), is a four-year program that provides scholarships and other assistance to women who express a financial need and an interest in computer science or information technology.

Source: Florida A&M University

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SECU has established the scholarship program to assist students in each of the fifty-eight community colleges in the North Carolina Community College System. There are 116 two-year scholarships valued at up to $5,000 each. 

Source: The Leland Tribune

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Many women are very optimistic about obtaining a college scholarship, however some have been discouraged when the time came to write the essential scholarship essay.

Having a well written and effective scholarship essay can literally make the difference between qualifying and not qualifying for a scholarship. With this in mind the following special content containing 3 important scholarship essay tips has been provided by EssayEdge.com.

Scholarship Essay Guide

This article contains three parts:

• Step One: Brainstorming

• Step Two: Selecting a Topic

• Step Three: Writing the Essay

Step One: Brainstorming

Scholarship essays vary dramatically in subject. However, most of them require a recounting of personal experience. These tips will be more helpful for writing personal essays, like for the National Merit Scholarship, than for writing academic essays.

The most important aspect of your scholarship essay is the subject matter. You should expect to devote about 1-2 weeks simply to brainstorming ideas.

To begin brainstorming a subject idea consider the following points. From brainstorming, you may find a subject you had not considered at first.

• What are your major accomplishments, and why do you consider them accomplishments? Do not limit yourself to accomplishments you have been formally recognized for since the most interesting essays often are based on accomplishments that may have been trite at the time but become crucial when placed in the context of your life. This is especially true if the scholarship committee receives a list of your credentials anyway.

• Does any attribute, quality, or skill distinguish you from everyone else? How did,you develop this attribute?

• Consider your favorite books, movies, works of art, etc. Have these influenced your life in a meaningful way? Why are they your favorites?

• What was the most difficult time in your life, and why? How did your perspective on life change as a result of the difficulty?

• Have you ever struggled mightily for something and succeeded? What made you successful?

• Have you ever struggled mightily for something and failed? How did you respond?

• Of everything in the world, what would you most like to be doing right now? Where would you most like to be? Who, of everyone living and dead, would you most like to be with? These questions should help you realize what you love most.

• Have you experienced a moment of epiphany, as if your eyes were opened to something you were previously blind to?

• What is your strongest, most unwavering personality trait? Do you maintain strong beliefs or adhere to a philosophy? How would your friends characterize you? What would they write about if they were writing your scholarship essay for you?

• What have you done outside of the classroom that demonstrates qualities sought after by universities? Of these, which means the most to you?

• What are your most important extracurricular or community activities? What made you join these activities? What made you continue to contribute to them?

• What are your dreams of the future? When you look back on your life in thirty years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What people, things, and accomplishments do you need? How does this particular scholarship fit into your plans for the future?

If these questions cannot cure your writer’s block, consider the following exercises:

1. Ask for Help from Parents, Friends, Colleagues, etc. If you cannot characterize yourself and your personality traits do not automatically leap to mind, ask your friends to write a list of your five most salient personality traits.

Ask your friends why they chose the ones they did. If an image of your personality begins to emerge, consider life experiences that could illustrate these particular traits.

2. Consider your Childhood. While scholarship and aid officers are not interested in reading about your childhood and are more interested in the last 2-4 years of your life, you might consider events of your childhood that inspired the interests you have today. Interests that began in childhood may be the most defining parts of your life, even if you recently lost interest.

For instance, if you experienced extreme poverty, the death of a loved one, immigration, etc., you might want to incorporate this into your scholarship essay. Analyze the reasons for your interests and how they were shaped from your upbringing.

3. Consider your Role Models. Many applicants do not have role models and were never greatly influenced by just one or two people.

However, for those of you who have role models and actually aspire to become like certain people, you may want to incorporate a discussion of that person and the traits you admired into your scholarship or financial aid application essay.

4. Read Sample Scholarship Essays and Admissions Essays. Before writing a poem, you would certainly read past poets. Before writing a book of philosophy, you would consider past philosophers. In the same way, we recommend reading sample application essays to understand what topics other applicants chose.

EssayEdge maintains an archive of over 100 free sample application essays. Click here to view sample essays that worked.

5. Goal Determination. Life is short. Why do you want spend 2-6 years of your life at a particular college, graduate school, or professional school? How is the degree necessary to the fulfillment of your goals?

When considering goals, think broadly. Few people would be satisfied with just a career. How else will your education fit your needs and lead you to a fulfilling life?

If after reading this entire page you do not have an idea for your essay, do not be surprised. Coming up with an idea is difficult and requires time.

Actually consider the questions and exercises above. Without a topic you feel passionate about, without one that brings out the defining aspects of you personality, you risk falling into the trap of sounding like the 90 percent of scholarship applicants who will write boring essays.

The only way to write a unique essay is to have experiences that support whatever topic you come up with. Whatever you do, don’t let the essay stress you out. Have fun with the brainstorming process. You might discover something about yourself you never consciously realized.

Step Two - Selecting an Essay Topic

Having completed step one, you should now have a rough idea of the elements you wish to include in your scholarship essay, including your goals, important life experiences, research experience, diversifying features, spectacular nonacademic accomplishments, financial need, etc. You should also now have an idea of what impression you want to make on the scholarship committee.

You must now consider topics that will allow you to synthesize your important personal characteristics and experiences into a coherent whole. While most scholarship essays allow great latitude in topic selection, you must also be sure to answer the questions that were asked of you. Leaving a lasting impression on someone who reads 50 essays a day will not be easy, but we have compiled some guidelines to help you get started.

Consider the following questions before proceeding:

• Have you selected a topic that describes something of personal importance in your life, with which you can use vivid personal experiences as supporting details?

• Is your topic a gimmick? That is, do you plan to write your essay in iambic pentameter or make it funny. You should be very, very careful if you are planning to do this. We recommend strongly that you do not do this. Almost always, this is done poorly and is not appreciated by the scholarship committee unless a creative approach is explicitly recommended. Nothing is worse than not laughing or not being amused at something that was written to be funny or amusing.

• Will your topic only repeat information listed elsewhere on your application? If so, pick a new topic. Do not mention GPAs or standardized test scores in your essay if they are mentioned elsewhere.

• Can you offer vivid supporting paragraphs to your essay topic? If you cannot easily think of supporting paragraphs with concrete examples, you should probably choose a different essay topic.

• Can you fully answer the question asked of you? Can you address and elaborate on all points within the specified word limit? If you plan on writing about something technical, make sure you truly can back up your interest in a topic and are not merely throwing around big scientific words. Unless you convince the reader that you actually have the life experiences to back up your interest in neurobiology, the reader will assume you are trying to impress him/her with shallow tactics. Also, be sure you can write to the scholarship officers and that you are not writing over their heads.

• Can you keep the reader’s interest from the first word. The entire essay must be interesting, considering scholarship officers will probably only spend a few minutes reading each essay.

• Is your topic overdone? To ascertain this, peruse through old essays. EssayEdge’s 100 free application essays can help you do this. However, most topics are overdone, and this is not a bad thing. A unique or convincing answer to a classic topic can pay off big.

• Will your topic turnoff a large number of people? If you write on how everyone should worship your God, how wrong or right abortion is, or how you think the Republican or Democratic Party is evil, you will not win the scholarship or aid award. The only thing worse than not writing a memorable essay is writing an essay that will be remembered negatively. Stay away from specific religions, political doctrines, or controversial opinions. You can still write an essay about Nietzsche’s influence on your life, but express understanding that not all intelligent people will agree with Nietzsche’s claims. Emphasize instead Nietzsche’s influence on your life, and not why you think he was wrong or right in his claims.

• In this vein, if you are presenting a topic that is controversial, you must acknowledge counter arguments without sounding arrogant.

• Will a scholarship officer remember your topic after a day of reading hundreds of essays? What will the officer remember about your topic? What will the officer remember about you? What will your lasting impression be?

After evaluating your essay topics with the above criteria and asking for the free opinions of EssayEdge editors, of your teachers or colleagues, and of your friends, you should have at least 1-2 interesting essay topics. Consider the following guidelines below.

1. If you are planning on writing an essay on how you survived poverty in Russia, your mother’s suicide, your father’s kidnapping, or your immigration to America from Asia, you should be careful that your main goal is to address your own personal qualities. Just because something sad or horrible has happened to you does not mean that you should win a scholarship.

You don’t want to be remembered as the pathetic applicant. You want to be remembered as the applicant who showed impressive qualities under difficult circumstances. It is for this reason that essays relating to this topic are considered among the best. Unless you only use the horrible experience as a lens with which to magnify your own personal characteristics, you will not write a good essay.

2. “Diversity” is one the biggest buzzword since the 1990’s. For this reason, so many applicants are tempted to declare what makes them diverse. However, simply saying you are a black, lesbian female will not impress scholarship officers in the least. While an essay incorporating this information would probably be your best topic idea, you must finesse the issue by addressing your own personal qualities and how you overcame stigma, dealt with social ostracism, etc.

If you are a rich student from Beverly Hills whose father is an engineer and whose mother is a lawyer, but you happen to be a minority, an essay about how you dealt with adversity would be unwise. You must demonstrate vividly your personal qualities, interests, motivations, etc. Address specifically how your diversity will contribute to the realm of campus opinion, the academic environment, and the larger society.

3. Don’t mention weaknesses unless you absolutely need to explain them away. You want to make a positive first impression, and telling a scholarship officer anything about drinking, drugs, partying, etc. undermines your goal. EssayEdge editors have read more essays on ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) than we would ever have imagined. Why admit to weakness when you can instead showcase your strengths?

4. Be honest, but not for honesty’s sake. Unless you are a truly excellent writer, your best, most passionate writing will be about events that actually occurred. While you might be tempted to invent hardship, it is completely unnecessary. Write an essay about your life that demonstrates your personality.

Step Three: Writing the Essay, Tips for Success

Even seemingly boring topics can be made into exceptional scholarship essays with an innovative approach. In writing the essay you must bear in mind your two goals: to persuade the scholarship officer that you are extremely worthy of receiving college assistance and to make the officer aware that you are more than a GPA and a standardized score, that you are a real-life, intriguing personality.

Unfortunately, there is no surefire step-by-step method to writing a good essay. EssayEdge editors will remake your essay into an awesome, memorable masterpiece, but every topic requires a different treatment since no two essays are alike. However, we have compiled the following list of tips that you should find useful while writing your scholarship essay.

1. Answer the Question. You can follow the next 12 steps, but if you miss the question, you will not win the scholarship.
2. Be Original. Even seemingly boring essay topics can sound interesting if creatively approached. If writing about a gymnastics competition you trained for, do not start your essay: “I worked long hours for many weeks to train for XXX competition.” Consider an opening like, “Every morning I awoke at 5:00 to sweat, tears, and blood as I trained on the uneven bars hoping to bring the state gymnastics trophy to my hometown.”
3. Be Yourself. The scholarship committee wants to learn about you and your writing ability. Write about something meaningful and describe your feelings, not necessarily your actions. If you do this, your essay will be unique. Many people travel to foreign countries or win competitions, but your feelings during these events are unique to you. Unless a philosophy or societal problem has interested you intensely for years, stay away from grand themes that you have little personal experience with.
4. Don’t “Thesaurize” your Composition. For some reason, students continue to think big words make good essays. Big words are fine, but only if they are used in the appropriate contexts with complex styles. Think Hemingway.
5. Use Imagery and Clear, Vivid Prose. If you are not adept with imagery, you can write an excellent essay without it, but it’s not easy. The application essay lends itself to imagery since the entire essay requires your experiences as supporting details. Appeal to the five senses of the scholarship officers.
6. Spend the Most Time on your Introduction. Expect scholarship officers to spend 1-2 minutes reading your essay. You must use your introduction to grab their interest from the beginning. You might even consider completely changing your introduction after writing your body paragraphs.

• Don’t Summarize in your Introduction. Ask yourself why a reader would want to read your entire essay after reading your introduction. If you summarize, the scholarship officer need not read the rest of your essay.
• Create Mystery or Intrigue in your Introduction. It is not necessary or recommended that your first sentence give away the subject matter. Raise questions in the minds of the scholarship officers to force them to read on. Appeal to their emotions to make them relate to your subject matter.

7. Body Paragraphs Must Relate to Introduction. Your introduction can be original, but cannot be silly. The paragraphs that follow must relate to your introduction.
8. Use Transition. Applicants continue to ignore transition to their own detriment. You must use transition within paragraphs and especially between paragraphs to preserve the logical flow of your essay. Transition is not limited to phrases like “as a result, in addition, while . . . , since . . . , etc.” but includes repeating key words and progressing the idea. Transition provides the intellectual architecture to argument building.
9. Conclusions are Crucial. The conclusion is your last chance to persuade the reader or impress upon them your qualifications. In the conclusion, avoid summary since the essay is rather short to begin with; the reader should not need to be reminded of what you wrote 300 words before. Also do not use stock phrases like “in conclusion, in summary, to conclude, etc.” You should consider the following conclusions:

• Expand upon the broader implications of your discussion.
• Consider linking your conclusion to your introduction to establish a sense of balance by reiterating introductory phrases.
• Redefine a term used previously in your body paragraphs.
• End with a famous quote that is relevant to your argument. Do not try to do this, as this approach is overdone. This should come naturally.
• Frame your discussion within a larger context or show that your topic has widespread appeal.
• Remember, your essay need not be so tidy that you can answer why your little sister died or why people starve in Africa; you are not writing a “sit-com,” but should forge some attempt at closure.

10. Do Something Else. Spend a week or so away from your draft to decide if you still consider your topic and approach worthwhile.
11. Give your Draft to Others. Ask editors to read with these questions in mind:

• What is the essay about?
• Have I used active voice verbs wherever possible?
• Is my sentence structure varied or do I use all long or all short sentences?
• Do you detect any clichés?
• Do I use transition appropriately?
• Do I use imagery often and does this make the essay clearer and more vivid?
• What’s the best part of the essay?
• What about the essay is memorable?
• What’s the worst part of the essay?
• What parts of the essay need elaboration or are unclear?
• What parts of the essay do not support your main argument or are immaterial to your case?
• Is every single sentence crucial to the essay? This MUST be the case.
• What does the essay reveal about your personality?
• Could anyone else have written this essay?
• How would you fill in the following blank based on the essay: “I want to accept you to this college because our college needs more ________.”

12. Revise, Revise, Revise. You only are allowed so many words; use them wisely. If H.D. Thoreau couldn’t write a good essay without revision, neither will you. Delete anything in the essay that does not relate to your main argument. Do you use transition? Are your introduction and conclusions more than summaries? Did you find every single grammatical error?

• Allow for the evolution of your main topic. Do not assume your subject must remain fixed and that you can only tweak sentences.
• Editing takes time. Consider reordering your supporting details, delete irrelevant sections, and make clear the broader implications of your experiences. Allow your more important arguments to come to the foreground. Take points that might only be implicit and make them explicit.
• Have your Essay Professionally Edited. The application essay is too important not to spend $50 for its improvement. Editing houses like EssayEdge will significantly improve your essay’s style, transition, voice, grammar, and tone; EssayEdge will also make content suggestions to ensure your essay is unique and memorable.
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Now’s the time to follow your passion, find a new career, earn a certificate and pursue the degree you’ve always wanted. And there’s help in the form of scholarships, grants and financial aid.

“There are drawers full of scholarships, but students need to apply and to apply early,” said Cindy Hall, Rio Salado College Scholarship Coordinator. “If you are planning on going to college you need to plan ahead. A lot of students seem to wait until the last minute to apply. Don’t wait until crunch time,” she said.

Source: AZCentral.com

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The Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Scholarship provides two years of funding - including tuition, room, board and other expenses - for women undergraduates in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, meteorology, engineering, computer science and mathematics. In rare cases, full four-year support is provided.

Learn the 6 steps of how to apply for this scholarship for women.

Source: eHow

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Since 1993, over $2.18 million in scholarships have been awarded to 363 high school women. Multiple scholarships ($2,500 and $15,000) are awarded each year and may be applied to tuition and expenses at any accredited 2- or 4-year college or university. Application is open to young women who are in the 11th or 12th grade and who are members of a Girls Incorporated affiliate.

Source: Girls Inc.

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The Ethel Louise Armstrong (ELA) Foundation, Inc. scholarship is for any woman with a physical disability who is enrolled in graduate program- a Masters degree or above- at an accredited college or university in the United States.

Source: ELA Foundation

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The Jeannette Rankin Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for, and awarding scholarships to, low-income women, ages 35 and older. Each scholarship recipient has a vision of how a college education will benefit herself, her family, and her community. Most recipients are in truly meager financial circumstances and may have other hardships or disabilities.

From one $500 scholarship in 1978 to 80 scholarships in 2007, JRF has awarded over $1 million in financial aid to more than 500 US women.

Source: Jeannette Rankin Foundation

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The Association of Women Contractors (AWC) is committed to helping women-owned companies in construction to become an active voice in Minnesota’s business community. The organization began in 1995 to offer education to help improve women’s professional business skills.

AWC provides scholarships to women in higher education or apprenticeships in construction-related programs. The goal is to increase the number of women working in the construction industry.

Source:

Construction Bulletin

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The BPW Foundation established the Career Advancement Scholarship Program in 1969 to provide financial assistance to disadvantaged women seeking to further their education. Scholarships are provided to women who wish to advance in their careers, or are soon to enter or re-enter the workforce. The Foundation has awarded more than $6 million in scholarships, grants, and loans to over 8,000 women seeking to improve their lives. The applicant must be at least 25 years of age or older.

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Business and Professional Women’s Foundation Scholarship

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The Women’s Automotive Association International (WAAI), International Scholarship Committee is proud to announce the launch of the WAAI 2007 International Scholarship Program. This scholarship opportunity is available to all WAAI members and their immediate families, and the employees and immediate families of WAAI Sponsoring Companies, who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program on a full or part-time basis.

All applications must be received by January 31, 2008.

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Women’s Automotive Association International

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The goal of the enhancement programs is to increase the pool of and opportunities for qualified minority and female candidates in intercollegiate athletics through postgraduate scholarships.

The NCAA awards 13 scholarships to ethnic minorities and 13 scholarships to female college graduates who will be entering their initial year of postgraduate studies.

The applicant must be seeking admission or have been accepted into a sports administration or related program that will help the applicant obtain a career in intercollegiate athletics, such as athletics administrator, coach, athletic trainer or other career that provides a direct service to intercollegiate athletics.  All application materials must be received by, not postmarked, by December 6, 2007.

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NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship

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The Associates to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology present Award of Excellence Asthma Scholarships to graduating high school seniors with asthma in the United States and Canada.

Scholarship monies may be used or applied only to pay for tuition, books and fees for a bona fide course of instruction at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university or accredited technical or vocational college or school.

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American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology

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The Horatio Alger Association is now accepting applications from high school seniors of the Class of 2008 for the 2008 Horatio Alger Scholarships.

To apply for the Horatio Alger Scholarship Programs, you must submit an online application by October 30, 2007.

Source:  The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans

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August 2007, Austin, Texas

The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) is now accepting applications for the 2008 class of the Young Masters scholarship program. The scholarships will help promising young school-aged students in Texas to excel in the arts.

The Young Masters Program will provide exemplary arts students in grades 8-12 with the financial help they need to pursue advanced study in the areas of visual arts, literature, music, theatre, dance and media arts.

Only the most talented young artists will receive the title of Young Master and will be granted $2,500 scholarships per year to further their studies in their chosen arts disciplines. All proposed artistic training programs should be completed during the period of May 1, 2008 through August 31, 2008. Students are eligible to receive the scholarship for up to three years, but they must reapply annually. Young Masters scholarships are not available for collegiate study.

Article continues here:  Texas Commission On The Arts

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The AARP Foundation’s Women’s Scholarship Program provides scholarship funds to women 40+ seeking new job skills, training, and educational opportunities to support themselves and their families, and improve their communities. The AARP Foundation Women’s Scholarship Program is available to eligible individuals with moderate and lower incomes and limited financial resources.

Scholarship Applications Accepted Aug. 31-October 31, 2007

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Linda’s 2007 scholarships will be awarded to women who are 25 years or older, non-traditional students who have a difficult time finding scholarships for which they qualify. As in previous years, the scholarship funds may be used not only for tuition and books, but also for childcare, transportation and other expenses not covered by traditional scholarships.

The rules and application for the 2007 scholarship competition are posted here:

Linda Lael Miller Scholarships

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The SWE Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to women admitted to accredited baccalaureate or graduate programs, in preparation for careers in engineering, engineering technology and computer science. In fiscal year 2005, SWE disbursed more than 130 new and renewed scholarships valued at more than $300,000.

All SWE Scholarships are open only to women pursuing baccalaureate or graduate degrees in engineering or computer science, as well as engineering and computer science students enrolled in ABET-accredited engineering programs. This list of SWE-approved colleges and universities is the same list as the ABET-accredited engineering programs.

Application information for the 2008-2009 school year will be available in December.

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Society of Women Engineers

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Talbots Women’s Scholarship Fund, a program of the Talbots Charitable Foundation, will award $100,000 in scholarships to women determined to finally get that college degree.

Five women will each be awarded $10,000 scholarships, and 50 women will each be awarded $1,000 scholarships. All applicants must be seeking an undergraduate degree from an accredited two- or four-year college or university, or vocational-technical school. Only applicants seeking a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university are eligible to receive a $10,000 award. Scholarship awards are based primarily on financial need and previous achievements for women who earned their high school diploma or GED at least 10 years ago.

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The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program goal is to support students who have been traditionally under-represented in study abroad, including but not limited to, students with high financial need, students in under-represented fields such as the sciences, students with diverse ethnic backgrounds, and students with disabilities.

The program seeks to assist students from a diverse range and type of public and private institutions from all 50 states. This year the Gilman International Scholarship Program will provide 850 scholarships of up to $5,000 for U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad for up to one academic year. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being $4,000.

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The Women’s Economic Council Foundation will award six $1,000 scholarships to senior high school girls. Applications for the scholarship must be received by September 22, 2007.

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