How can you, your daughters, granddaughters and other women you know get help achieving their dreams?
AAUW knows that educational opportunity can provide women with a lifetime of success. That is why AAUW maintains and promotes an Educational Opportunities Fund. What is achieved through the fund?
Fellowships and grants are awarded including for those for specific projects, career development, community action and for selected professions.
The Fellows Alumnae Initiative is a network women can access to connect with other women who have been past or who are present recipients of AAUW grants and fellowships.
Weeklong camps, called AAUW Trek, which provide inspiration for 8th-grade girls in science, technology, engineering. And math career possibilities.
For example, career development grants support women who hold a bachelor’s degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields.
Grants provide support for course work beyond a bachelor’s degree, including a master’s degree, second bachelor’s degree, or specialized training in technical or professional fields. Funds are available for distance learning. Course work must be taken at an accredited two- or four-year college or university in the United States, or at a technical school that is fully licensed or accredited by the U.S. Department of Education. Funds are not available for PhD-level work. For an application go to: http://www.act.org/aauw/cdg/index.html.
The grants described above are by no means all the ways AAUW helps women financially to secure their educational and career aims. To find out about more opportunities go to the national AAUW website.
Myra Saturen
Branch Member