Awards and Scholarships
Women's Studies Scholarships
The Women's Studies Program annually administers the following scholarships:
- Women's Studies Scholarship
Amount of Award: $1,000 - AAUW Women's Studies Scholarship: Sponsored by the North Shore-Milwaukee Branch of the American Association of University Women
Amount of Award: $1,000 - Florence L. Healy Scholarship in Women's Studies
Amount of Award: Subject to the availability of funds. Past recipients have received up to $3,000.
Eligibility
- Open to full-time undergraduate students who have achieved sophomore, junior, or senior status, or graduate students whose research interests focus on women's or gender issues.
- Applicants must have demonstrated financial need. As part of the application, applicants must submit either a copy of last year's tax return or send a request to the Department of Financial Aid to release their (i.e., the applicant's) financial information to Women's Studies (a form for this option is included with the application). All information will be kept confidential.
- Applicants must have a minimum 2.5 or higher cumulative GPA. A copy of school transcripts is required. For UWM students, unofficial transcripts are acceptable and available free of charge in Mellencamp Hall, Room 274. Newly admitted students should submit appropriate documentation of prior education.
- List two references, at least one of whom must be a faculty member (unless you have not been enrolled for more than five years). Letters should be sent directly to Women’s Studies at the address listed below.
- Applicants must submit a typed personal statement of no more than 250 words that discusses how a Women's Studies Scholarship would address the financial obligations associated with meeting their educational and career goals.
- Applicants must submit a completed application form. Application forms are available online (pdf, Word) or in the Women’s Studies Office.
Preference will be given to:
- Students who have completed at least one Women’s Studies course.
Submit application to:
- Women's Studies Scholarship Committee
Women's Studies Program
NWQ Building B, Room 7585
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Contact Women's Studies office at (414) 229-5918 for deadline and application information.