Young Women in STEM Scholarship
Stephanie Hagopian
Women in STEM make up 27% of the STEM workforce, despite women workers as a whole making up 48% of the workforce.
Over the past fifty years, efforts have been made to increase female representation in STEM. The efforts have thus far been successful, but now is not the time to let up on this progress. Women are being encouraged to pursue STEM more now than ever before.
The Young Women in STEM Scholarship looks to encourage the future generation of women in STEM fields, especially those coming from low-income backgrounds. Female high school seniors and undergraduate students that are from a low-income household and are pursuing a degree in STEM can apply.
To apply, answer a series of short essay questions about yourself and your goals for the future.
Please answer the following short essay questions (250 words each).
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself and what specifically motivates you. If you could do anything with your life, what do you imagine you’d do?
2. What excites you about STEM? How do you feel you could make a positive impact on the world through a job in information technology?
3. Please describe the greatest challenge you’ve had to overcome and how you managed to get past it.
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The application deadline is Mar 1, 2022. Winners will be announced on Apr 1, 2022.
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The scholarship award is $30,000.
The winner will be publicly announced on Apr 1, 2022. Prior to the announcement date, we may contact finalists with additional questions about their application. We will work with donors to review all applications according to the scholarship criteria. Winners will be chosen based on the merit of their application.
We will send the award check to the financial aid office of the winner’s academic institution or future academic institution in their name, and in the name of their institution (depending on the school’s requirements). If the student's academic institution does not have a financial aid office, the student will receive the funding directly.
Before we award the scholarship, the winner will be required to verify their academic enrollment status by providing a copy of their most recent transcript.
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Yes. The terms and conditions for this scholarship can be found here.