Female- Focused Scholarships
Scholarship
Brief description / requirements
October
Website
Amount
www.ncwit.org
$500 +
laptop+ trip
to Tech
Showcase in
North
Carolina
$1000
National Center for Women
&Information Technology Award
“Aspirations in Computing”
Leadership and IT activities
Female
Grades 9-12
Transportation YOU ScholarshipWomen’s Transportation Seminar
Previous winners: Robotic solutions to
problems
www.wtsinternational.org/
portland/scholarships
Female
GPA 3.0+
Grade 12
Applicant must be a female senior
currently studying math/ science and
interested in transportation issues
:engineering, planning
Deadline
10/31/2013
10/23/2013
5 scholarships
given in
Oregon
November/ December
Love Your Body Poster Contest
NOW= National Association of
Women
Grades 9-12
loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org/poste
rs/contest.html
$150
12/2/2013
$1000
region
awards
12/1/2013
$3500 +
Mentorship
Jan
Challenge media’s use of narrow,
unrealistic, negative images of women
Artists can submit multiple posters
Violet Richardson Award Program
Soroptimists
Grades 9-12
( ages 14-17 )
www.soroptimist.org
Female volunteer leaders in the
community or at school.
Efforts that benefit women or
girls are of particular interest
January
Rose Festival Court Scholarship
Program
rosefestival.org/events/rosecourt/
Apply.shtml
GPA 3.0+
Female
Grades 11- 12
Minimum of 20hours of community
service at time of application
Scholarship List November 13, 2012
College and Career Center
U.S. Grant High School 2245 NE 36th Avenue, Portland, OR 97212 503-916-5160
Association for Women in Math
Essay Contest
500-1000 words
Grades 9-12
awmath/programs/essay-contest/
Interview and write about any woman
currently working in a mathematical
career.
Prize + essay
published
1/31/2014
online at the
AWM web
site.
February
OSAC –Scholarships
Oregon Student Access
Commission
1 application for
400 scholarship opportunities
www.getcollegefunds.org
*Some require essays*
$500 for
Early Bird
registration
2/15/2014
Scholarship
amounts
vary
Grade 12
COSA Scholarships Confederation
of Oregon School Administrators
12 scholarships ( each $1000 ) to
seniors attending 4 year Oregon
schools or community colleges
x2 Females entering education
field
www.cosa.k12.or.us
“Dreams can Come True”
Scholarship- Abby’s Closet
www.abbyscloset.org/gallery/dreams-cancome-true
GPA 2.5+ Grade 12
Attend Abby’s Closet Prom Gown
Giveaway in March- pick out first gown
$1000
Feb
$1000
Feb
Click on member services- scholarships on
drop down menu
Grade 12
March
Zonta Club’s Young Women in
Public Affairs Award
Women aged 16-19
zontaportland.org/?pay_ID=2
Volunteerism, leadership, student
government, advocating to improve the
status of women
Scholarship List November 13, 2012
College and Career Center
U.S. Grant High School 2245 NE 36th Avenue, Portland, OR 97212 503-916-5160
$500 award
Portland
level and
$1000
district level
March
VIP Women in Technology
Scholarship ( WITS )
( VIP is a California IT firm )
GPA 3.0+
Grade 12
EngineerGirl Essay Contest
male and female students welcome
Max 1500 words
Grades 9-12
vipconsulting.com/vip/index.cfm/aboutvip/community-support/
$2500
April
$100-500
March
$1000
March
$1000- 3000
5/15/2014
Female students must be planning a
career in IT or related field.
Academics+ essay+community
service/extracurricular activities
www.engineergirl.org
Essay on engineering and its impact on our
world
2014 prompt:
April
May
Zeta Sigma Omega - AKA
(Roberta Vann ) Scholarship
Essay ( 500 words ): What are some of the
identity issues faced by educated African
American Women?
Female seniors
Application on Naviance
Society of Women Engineers
Scholarships
One application for 200 scholarships
GPA 3.5+ ( unweighted )
Grade 12
SESEY: Summer Experience in
Science and Engineering for
Youth-Oregon State University
Grades 9-11
www.societyofwomenengineers.swe.
org/index.php/scholarships
Must be enrolled in ABET-accredited
engineering of computer science degree
program
5 night summer camp for high school girls
and minorities traditionally
underrepresented in science and
engineering.
Spend one week with a research group in
the College of Engineering at OSU
Scholarship List November 13, 2012
College and Career Center
U.S. Grant High School 2245 NE 36th Avenue, Portland, OR 97212 503-916-5160
Incoming
freshmen
deadline
$200 fee –
May
partial and
full
scholarships
are available
Lake Oswego Crafts and Art
League- Local 14 - Annual
Scholarship
Female seniors who will be
enrolled as art majors in fall
Grade 12
www.local14.org
$9000
Application link on Naviance
divided up
between
winners
Art in one of the following media:
painting, ceramics, wearable art, book
arts, textiles, printmaking, printing,
photography, sculpture, metalwork,
jewelry, leather, basketry, woodwork
,glass ( see web site )
3 pieces of art-need not be all the same
medium
May
Last year 7
winners
received
$8000 total
June
Turner Youth Force 2020
Scholarship/Internship
GPA 2.8+
Grade 12
Application in College and Career Center
$4000
Will select 1 PPS student ( female and
/or student of color ) who are majoring
in one of the following fields:
construction management or
engineering ( career in the building
industry
( 4 x $1000
each year )
Scholarship List November 13, 2012
College and Career Center
U.S. Grant High School 2245 NE 36th Avenue, Portland, OR 97212 503-916-5160
+ internship
June