Local Scholarships
The ever-increasing student debt burden, rising cost of higher education, and ongoing need for education funding is an alarming reality of our times. We know that women earn less than men, even one-year out of college, and thus may have more difficulty than men in paying off their student debt. AAUW’s educational funding for women remains an important element to closing the funding gap for women in higher education.
AAUW branches and states provide funding for local scholarship programs across the U.S. for qualified women students seeking educational funding. Participating branches and states determine their scholarship amounts and eligibility criteria, and applicants apply directly to the opportunities for which they are qualified.
For more information regarding these local scholarships contact your local AAUW branch. Information is NOT available from the AAUW National Office.
Alaska
Ann Rhian Memorial, Nancy Johnson Memorial
Fairbanks Alaska Branch: Fairbanks, AK
P.O. Box 83406
Fairbanks, AK 99708-3406
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate or Graduate
Amount per award ($): $1,000.00
Application link: http://fairbanks-ak.aauw.net/scholarships/
California
Sacramento Branch Scholarships
Sacramento Branch, Inc.: Sacramento, CA
3736-64th Street
Sacramento, CA 95820
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $2,000.000
Application link: http://sacramento-ca.aauw.net/programs/scholarships/
Colorado
Aurora, Colorado Branch Scholarship
AAUW Aurora Colorado Branch: Aurora, CO
23748 E Clifton Place
Aurora CO 80016
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per reward($): $1,000
Application link: https://aurora-co.aauw.net/scholarship/
Connecticut
Lower Connecticut Valley Branch Scholarship
AAUW Lower Connecticut Valley Branch: Old Saybrook, CT
20 Meetinghouse Lane
Old Lyme, CT 06417
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $2,000.000
Application link: http://lowerctvalley-ct.aauw.net/scholarship/
Florida
Pompano Beach AAUW Scholarship
AAUW Pompano Beach Branch: Deerfield Beach, FL
665 SE 21st Avenue #308
Deerfield, FL 33441
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate scholarship
Amount per award ($): $1,000.00 to $2,000.000
Application link: http://aauw-fl.aauw.net/branches/pompano/
Idaho
Inez Robb Scholarship
Boise Area Branch: Boise, ID
210 W State St.
Boise ID 83702
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $1,000.00
Application link: http://www.idcomfdn.org/Scholarships Application listed as “Boise Branch, American Association of University Women Inez Robb Scholarship Fund”
Illinois
Angeline Gale Scholarship 2018
AAUW Naperville Branch: Naperville, IL
P.O. Box 4662
Naperville, IL 60567
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $5,000
Application link: http://naperville-il.aauw.net/scholarship/
Sydell Hollman Scholarship 2020
AAUW Naperville Branch: Naperville, IL
P.O. Box 4662
Naperville, IL 60567
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $5,000
Application link: http://naperville-il.aauw.net/scholarship/
Returning Scholar Scholarship
AAUW Elmhurst Area Branch: Elmhurst, IL
P.O. Box 243
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate or Graduate
Amount per award ($): Two grants of $2,500.00 each
Residential restrictions: Elmhurst, Addison, Bensenville, Berkeley, Northlake, Oak Brook, or Villa Park
Application link: http://elmhurstarea-il.aauw.net/scholarship/apply/
Return to Learning Scholarship
Lombard Area (IL) AAUW Branch: Carol Stream, IL
1350 Ridgefield Circle
Carol Stream, IL 60188
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate or Graduate
Amount per award ($): $1,300.00
Application link: http://lombard-il.aauw.net/scholarships/
Massachusetts
Mary Anderson Memorial Scholarship
AAUW Taunton Area Branch: Taunton, MA
606 Pleasant Street
Raynham, MA 02767
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $500.00
Application link: https://aauw-ma.aauw.net/branches/taunton/#Scholarships
Michigan
Women in Transition Scholarship
AAUW Midland Branch: Midland, MI
76 Ashman Circle
Midland, MI 48640
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate and Graduate
Amount per award ($): $2,000.00
Application link: http://www.midlandfoundation.org/scholarship-application/
Nevada
AAUW Capital (NV) Branch Scholarship
AAUW Capital (NV) Branch: Carson City, Nevada
Scholarship type: undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $1,000
Application link: http://capital-nv.aauw.net/scholarships/
New Jersey
AAUW Medford, NJ area Branch Scholarship
AAUW Medford area Branch: Medford, NJ
Scholarship type: undergraduate female non-traditional student from Burlington County, NJ
Amount per award ($): $1,000
Application link: http://medford-nj.aauw.net/scholarship/
Lew Williams Scholarship and Leila Sulkes Scholarship
AAUW Freehold Branch: Freehold, NJ
P.O. Box 6052
Freehold, NJ 7728
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate or Graduate
Amount per award ($): $2,000.00
Application link: http://freeholdarea-nj.aauw.net/scholarships/scholarships/
Kathleen Barra Memorial Scholarship
AAUW Northern Ocean County Branch: Ocean County, NJ
P.O. Box 1994
Brick, NJ 08723
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $1,000.00
Application link: http://northernocean-nj.aauw.net/scholarships/
AAUW-NOCB Academic Scholarship
AAUW Northern Ocean County Branch: Ocean County, NJ
P.O. Box 1994
Brick, NJ 08723
E-mail
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $1,000.00
Application link: http://northernocean-nj.aauw.net/scholarships/
New York
Adirondack Branch Memorial Scholarship
AAUW Adirondack Branch: Greater Glens Falls Area, NY
236 Konci Terrace
Lake George, NY 12845
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate or Graduate level
Amount per award ($): $1,000.00
Residential restrictions: Resident of the area served by the Adirondack Branch of AAUW.
Restrictions: Full-time student.
Application link: http://www.adirondack.aauw-nys.org/scholarship.htm
Buffalo Branch Scholarship
AAUW Buffalo Branch: West Seneca, NY
P.O. Box 858
West Seneca, NY 14224
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate scholarship
Amount per award ($): $2,500.00
Restrictions: Only available to high school senior girls attending an Erie or Niagara County high school.
Application link: http://aauw.buffalo.edu/scholarships-loans-and-grants/buffaauw/
Jacquie Walker Scholarship
AAUW Buffalo Branch: Williamsville, NY
315 Sherbrooke
Williamsville, NY 14221
Scholarship type: Undergraduate, merit-based scholarship
Amount per award ($): $5,000.00
Residential restrictions: Resident of Western New York. Counties are Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany.
Restrictions: Available only to female attending college in the junior or senior class of the 2018-2019 school year. The applicant must have graduated from high school in Western New York.
Application link: http://aauw.buffalo.edu/scholarships-loans-and-grants/jacquie-walker/
Olga Lindberg Scholarship
AAUW Buffalo Branch: Cheektowaga, NY
P.O. Box 894
Cheektowaga, NY, 14225‐0894
Scholarship type: Graduate scholarship
Amount per award ($): $5,000.00; $10,000.00
Residential restrictions: Resident of Western New York. Counties are Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany.
Restrictions: Available only to women either living in or going to college in the eight counties of Western New York.
Application link: http://aauw.buffalo.edu/scholarships-loans-and-grants/olga-lindberg/
Catalyst for Change Scholarship
AAUW Buffalo Branch: Cheektowaga, NY
P.O. Box 894
Cheektowaga, NY 14225-0894
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate/graduate scholarship
Amount per award ($): $3,000.00
Residential restrictions: Resident of Western New York. Counties are Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany.
Restrictions: Available only to women either living in or going to college in the eight counties of Western New York.
Application link: http://aauw.buffalo.edu/scholarships-loans-and-grants/catalyst-for-change/
Tompkins Cortland Community College Foundation Inc
AAUW Ithaca Branch: Ithaca,NY
Tompkins Cortland Community Foundation Inc.
PO Box 520
Dryden, NY 13053
United States
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): Fluctuates based on Foundation Board Decision
Residential restrictions: No
Restrictions: Female student matriculated in a degree seeking program. The student must be 25-yr. old or older and have a gap in their educational experience and demonstrated financial need. The award amount will be approved by the TC3 Foundation Board annually. Applicants must complete an application through their mytc3 account and a FAFSA Application.
Application link: https://ithaca-ny.aauw.net/scholarships/
North Carolina
Jill Shelley Memorial Scholarship at Craven Community College
AAUW Twin Rivers Branch: New Bern, NC
Point of Contact: Craven Community College
800 College Ct.
New Bern, NC 28562
252.638.7211
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate award for a female student for any major at Craven Community College (CCC)
Amount per award ($): Varies each year
Application link: http://cravencc.edu/financialaid/scholarships/
Oklahoma
AAUW Graduate Woman Scholarship, AAUW Undergraduate Woman Scholarship
AAUW Tahlequah Branch: Tahlequah, OK
812 N Cedar Ave
Tahlequah, OK 74464
918.444.4200
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate/graduate scholarship
Amount per award ($): $1,000.00 and $500.00
Restrictions: only for students at Northeastern State University
Application link: http://scholarships.nsuok.edu/Miscellaneous.aspx
Pennsylvania
AAUW Carlisle Branch Higher Education Scholarship
AAUW Carlisle Branch: Carlisle, PA
Scholarship
AAUW-Carlisle
PO Box 815
Carlisle, PA 17013
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate, Graduate
Amount per award ($): $1,500.00
Application link: http://carlisle-pa.aauw.net/scholarship/
Alice Lawson Scholarship
West Chester – Chester County PA Branch: Downingtown, PA
26 Blakely Road
Downingtown, PA 19335
E-mail
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $1,500.00
Application link: http://wccc-pa.aauw.net/scholarships/alice-lawson/
Graduate Scholarship
York (PA) Branch: York, PA
1525 Fifth Ave.
York, PA 17403
Email
Scholarship type: Graduate
Amount per award ($): $3,000.00
Application link: http://york-pa.aauw.net/scholarships/graduate/
Undergraduate Scholarship
York (PA) Branch: York, PA
1525 Fifth Ave.
York, PA 17403
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $2,000.00
Application link: http://york-pa.aauw.net/scholarships/undergraduate/
Tennessee
Community Service Scholarship
Tennessee Branch: Antioch, TN
3424 Calais Circle
Antioch, Tennessee, 37013
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $1,000
Texas
Endowed Fellowship for Doctoral Candidates at University of Texas at Austin, AAUW Frances Malmberg Endowed Scholarship in the Austin Community College Foundation
Austin, TX Branch: Austin, TX
P.O. Box 5304
Austin, TX 78763-5304
Email
Scholarship type: Graduate
Amount per award ($): $2,000
Application link: http://austin-tx.aauw.net/special-projects/fellowships/ and
https://austincc.academicworks.com/opportunities/247
Tarrant County Branch Scholarship
AAUW Tarrant County Branch: Tarrant County, TX
1500 Houston St.
Fort Worth, TX 76102
817.515.5277
Email
Scholarship type: One for education and counseling majors, and one for STEM majors.
Amount per award ($): $750/semester
Application link: https://tccd.academicworks.com/opportunities/682
The AAUW Hill Country Scholarship and The Gwynn Groggel Memorial Scholarship
AAUW Hill Country Branch: Kerrville, TX
805 Loop 534, Unit 141
Kerrville, TX 78028
Email
Scholarship type: Graduate scholarship
Amount per award ($): $2,000 per scholarship (2 available)
Application link: http://hillcountry-tx.aauw.net/graduate-study-scholarship/
Utah
AAUW Salt Lake City Branch Scholarship
AAUW Salt Lake City Branch: Salt Lake City, Utah
Scholarship type: Undergraduate
Amount per award ($): $1,000.00
Application link: http://aauw-ut.aauw.net/branches/slc/
AAUW St. George Branch Scholarship
AAUW St. George Branch: St. George, Utah
P.O. Box 790
St. George, UT 84771
Email
Scholarship type: Multiple undergraduate scholarships
Amount per award ($): $1,000.00 to $2,000.00
Application link: http://aauw-stgeorge.org/scholarships/
Virginia
Beverly Anderson Scholarship
AAUW Fairfax City Branch: Fairfax, VA
10847 Split Oak Lane
Burke, VA 22015
Email
Scholarship type: Undergraduate scholarship
Amount per award ($): Up to $2,500.00
Application link: http://fairfaxcity-va.aauw.net/scholarship/
