Selected Professions Fellowships

Typical application deadline: 
January
Page last updated: 
10/12/2010
Contact Phone: 
(319) 337-1716 ext. 60
Application Deadline: 
January 10, 2011
Contact e-mail: 
aauw@act.org
weblinks: 
Fellowship information
Application overview
Applicant Eligibility: 
Masters
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Applicant must be US citizen or permanent resident, full-time student at an accredited University, may not have previously received an AAUW fellowship.

For MBA, JD, and MD/DO fellowship, applicant must come from an ethnic minority group historically underrepresented in the discipline.

Funding source home page: 
AAUW
Keywords: 
Business/Industry
Computers
Economics
General support
GIS
Law
Minority
Women
Amount: 
$5,000 - $18,000
Funding Abstract: 

Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited U.S. institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low (see list below).

Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded for the following programs:

  • Architecture (M.Arch, M.S.Arch)
  • Computer/Information Sciences (M.S.)
  • Engineering (M.E., M.S.)
  • Mathematics/Statistics (M.S.)

Fellowships in the following degree programs are restricted to women of color, who have been underrepresented in these fields:

  • Business Administration (M.B.A.)
  • Law (J.D.)
  • Medicine (M.D., D.O.)
Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

Fellowship has previously been awarded for landscape architecture.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application is submitted electronically and includes:

  • Proposed fellowship project, including coursework and (if applicable) thesis topic.
  • Academic and professional background.
  • Career plans and professional goals.
  • Narrative autobiography.
  • Budget.
  • Three letters of recommendation. At least one must be from a professor under whom you have studied recently. Two may come from other professors or professional colleagues.
  • $35 filing fee.

Additionally, application checklist and transcripts (one official and two clear copies) must be mailed to AAUW.

For law students only: three copies of a writing sample (15 pages max.)

For architecture students only: a bound set of reproductions of a range of the applicant's design projects, 10-12 that are no larger than 8" by 10".

Fund Usage: 
Tuition, fees, books, supplies, local transportation
Funding Restrictions: 

Fellowship does not fund research equipment or assistants, publication costs, travel to professional meetings or conferences, repayment of loans, institutional costs, or tuition for dependents. Does not fund distance learning or Ph.D coursework or dissertations.

Fields of Study: 
Environmental Informatics
Landscape Architecture