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Network for Professional and Executive Women Scholarship Program

Eligibility:

  • Female
  • Permanent resident of Columbus or the Chattahoochee Valley area
  • Junior or senior year of undergrad or graduate program
  • Express professional goals and need to continue education
  • 2.75 GPA and at least 6 hours per semester

Award: $1,000
Deadline: April 15
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Addt'l Info: Visit website for application

PFLAG Atlanta Scholarship Awards Program

Eligibility:

  • Identify openly as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender
  • History of GLBT or other community service or activism
  • Be a Georgia resident or attend a Georgia school
  • B- or higher GPA for the last four semesters

Award: Not stated
Deadline: March 31
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Addt'l Info: Visit website to download application

Fourth Tuesday Pat Hoban Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility:

  • Individual who is active in enhancing the welfare of the lesbian community whole pursuing further education
  • Resident of Georgia enrolled at least half-time
  • GPA of at least 3.0

Award: Three $1,000 scholarships
Deadline: March 1 (see website for next deadline)
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Addt'l Info: Visit website for more info and application

An Uncommon Legacy Lesbian Leadership Scholarship Program

Eligibility:

  • Full-time undergraduate or graduate lesbian student
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Demonstrate a commitment or contribution to the lesbian community
  • Demonstrate financial need

Award: Not listed
Deadline: May 1st annually
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Addt'l Info: Visit website for more info and application

Possible Woman Foundation Scholarship

Eligibility:

  • Resident of the United States
  • Recipients chosen on basis of financial need, career/life goals, essay, leadership, community activities, and honors and awards received
  • Women who are changing careers and/or seeking advancement in their career or work life; stay at home moms looking to enhance their skills; community volunteers supporting society through community organizations; and young women in the early stages of achieving their aspirations

Award: Not stated
Deadline: Mid March (visit website for next deadline)
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Addt'l Info: Visit website or Financial Aid Office for more info and application

Soroptimist International of Atlanta North Women’s Opportunity Award

Eligibility:

  • Female head of household
  • Attending an undergraduate degree program
  • Demonstrated financial need

Award: Awards of $600, $3,000, $5,000, and $10,000
Deadline: Mid-December (see website for next deadline)
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Addt'l Info: Visit website or Financial Aid Office for more info and application

Business & Professional Women’s Foundation Career Advancement Scholarship

Eligibility:

  • Women who wish to advance their career or are soon to enter or re-enter the workforce

Award: From $1,000 to $2,500
Deadline: April 15 (see website for next deadline)
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Addt'l Info: Visit website or Financial Aid Office for more info and application

American Association of University Women, Atlanta Scholarship

Eligibility:

  • At least 30 years of age, legal resident of Georgia
  • Returning to school at an Atlanta area college to complete an undergrad degree
  • A college junior/senior in coming fall (full-time or part-time)

Award: Not listed
Deadline: May 3, 2004 (Visit website for other deadlines)
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Addt'l Info: Application available in Financial Aid Office

American Association of University Women Educational Foundation

Eligibility:

  • Preference is given to women at least 30 years of age who are U.S. citizens and legal residents of Georgia, undergraduate students who will be juniors or seniors

Award: Not listed (to be used for books, child care, transportation, etc.)
Deadline: Early May (see website for next deadline)
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Addt'l Info: Visit website or Financial Aid Office for more info and application

Georgia Executive Women’s Network Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship

Eligibility:

  • Female, non-traditional undergraduate student (at least 24 years old)
  • Attending a metropolitan Atlanta institution
  • Targeted at females entering college for the first time

Award: Up to three $1,500 scholarships
Deadline: Mid March (see website for next deadline)
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Addt'l Info: Visit website for more info and application

Talbots Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Eligibility:

  • Women who are residents in the United States
  • Have earned a high school diploma or their GED at least ten years ago and are now seeking a college degree
  • Have at least two semesters remaining to complete their undergraduate degree

Award: Five $10,000 scholarships and fifty $1,000 scholarships
Deadline: Mid January (see website for next deadline)
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Addt'l Info: Visit website for more info and application

National Physical Science Consortium Fellowships

Eligibility:

  • Must be a U.S. citizen and have the ability to pursue graduate work at an NPSC member institution
  • In your senior year OR first year of a grad program pursuing a Ph.D. OR in a terminal master’s program OR returning from the workforce with no more than a master’s degree
  • Pursuing graduate degree in Astronomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Materials Science, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, and related Engineering fields: Chemical, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, etc.
  • Special consideration given to underrepresented minorities and females

Award: Up to or more than $200,000, depending on the graduate program
Deadline: November 5, annually
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Addt'l Info: Visit Financial Aid Office or website for more info and application

American Association of University Women International Fellowships

Eligibility:

  • For full-time study or research to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents
  • For both graduate and postgraduate studies

Award: From $18,000 to $30,000
Deadline: Mid December (see website for next deadline)
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Addt'l Info: Visit website for more info and application

American Association of University Women Selected Professions Fellowships

Eligibility:

  • Awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study in a master’s degree program in which women’s participation has been low (Architecture, Computer/Information Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics)
  • ALSO awarded to women of color in the fields of Business Administration (M.B.A., E.M.B.A.), Law (J.D.), and Medicine (M.D., D.O.)

Award: From $5,000 to $20,000
Deadline: See website for next deadline
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Addt'l Info: Visit website for more info and application

American Association of University Women Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowships

Eligibility:

  • Provides professional development opportunities for women public school teachers; improve girls’ learning opportunities, and promote equity and long-term charge in classrooms, schools, and school systems

Award: Up to $5,000 or $10,000
Deadline: See website for next deadline
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American Association of University Women Career Development Grants

Eligibility:Women who hold a bachelor’s degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the workforce
-Special consideration is given to AAUW members, women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields

Award: Not listed
Deadline: See website for next deadline
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Addt'l Info: Visit website for more info and application

American Association of University Women University Scholar-In-Residence

Eligibility:

  • Challenges and universities apply for the University Scholar-in-Residence award to support a woman scholar to undertake and disseminate research on gender and equity for women and girls

Award: Up to $50,000
Deadline: See website for details
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NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarships

Eligibility:

  • Graduating college students who will be entering the first year of their initial postgraduate studies
  • Must be seeking admission or have been accepted into a sports-administration or related program that will assist the applicant obtain a career in intercollegiate athletics (athletics administrator, coach, athletic trainer or other career that provides a direct service to intercollegiate athletics)

Award: Sixteen minority and sixteen women’s scholarships (three of each reserved for Division III athletes) worth $6,000
Deadline: December (see website for next deadline)
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