Dr. Diane Howard

Women Scholars--AAUW

AAUW Educational Foundation
Fellowships and Grants

As the largest source of funding in the world exclusively for graduate
women, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational
Foundation http://www.aauw.org each year distributes
more than $3.3 million in fellowships, grants, and awards. More than a
century after the first grant was awarded, the Foundation continues a
dynamic and distinguished tradition of advancing educational and career
opportunities for all women.

Applications for funding are available on each of the following program links:

Scholar-in Residence Awards

University Scholar-in-Residence
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/univsir.html , located at a college
or university, will undertake and disseminate research on gender and equity
or  women and girls.

Research Scholar-in-Residence
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/researchsir.html , based at the
Foundation in Washington, DC, will address the higher education experience
of women including topics of institutional culture, transitions to work,
technology/distance learning, mentoring in nontraditional fields,
persistence, and diversity.

American Fellowships http://www.aauw.org
support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations, scholars
seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave or for preparing completed research
for publication. Applicants must be U.S citizens or permanent residents.
One-year postdoctoral research leave fellowships, dissertation
fellowships,  and summer/short-term research publication grants are offered.

Career Development Grants http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/career.html
support women currently holding a bachelor's degree who are preparing to
advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force.

Community Action Grants http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/cag.html
provide seed money to individual women, AAUW branches and AAUW state
organizations, as well as local community-based nonprofit organizations
or  innovative programs or nondegree research projects that promote education
and equity for women and girls.

Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowships
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/ertf.html   are available to women
public school teachers as individuals or as lead members of teams who
develop innovative curriculum projects designed to encourage girls'
interest  and achievement in math, science, and/or technology. Funds also support
the  teacher's professional development.

International Fellowships
http://www.aauw.org
are awarded for full-time graduate or postgraduate study or research to
women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Supplemental
grants  support community-based  projects in the fellow's home country.

Selected Professions Fellowships
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/selectprof.html   are awarded to women
who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who intend to pursue a
full-time course of study during the fellowship year in designated degree
programs where women's participation traditionally has been low.

Serve on an AAUW Educational Foundation Panel
http://www.aauw.org
The Foundation supports scholars pursuing a vast spectrum of academic
research; public school teachers promoting girls' achievement in math,
science, and technology; and community activists helping to improve the
lives of women and girls through education. Funding also assists women at
critical stages of their careers, as well as those preparing for
professions  underrepresented by women and women of color. In addition, special funding
is available for a college/university scholar-in-residence to research
issues of gender and equity.

In all, the Foundation has helped more than 7,500 women in more than 120
nations pursue their personal and professional goals through fellowships,
grants, and awards. In 2000-2001, 268 outstanding women received
foundation  funding. Each year, approximately 25 percent of recipients (not including
International Fellows) are women of color. We strongly encourage women
from  all underrepresented groups to apply.

To qualify for a fellowship or grant, applicants must demonstrate
scholarly  or professional excellence as identified in the program criteria.
reference  is given to women whose civic, community, or professional work shows a
commitment to advancing the lives of women and girls.

NOTE: The above information concerning fellowships and grants awarded by
the AAUW Educational Foundation is correct and up-to-date. The Foundation
cannot  be responsible for any information regarding these grants located on any
other websites. Program eligibility criteria and deadline dates may change
from year to year by program.

The AAUW Educational Foundation provides funds to advance education,
research, and self-development for women, and to foster equity and
positive societal change.

In principle and in practice, the AAUW Educational Foundation values and
seeks diversity. There shall be no barriers to full participation in this
organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation,
national origin, or disability.

Applicants are not required to be members of AAUW or contributors to the
AAUW Educational Foundation.

For additional information, go to

http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra.html

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