AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship, 2017

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is offering scholarships to female US citizens or permanent residents to pursue a full-time course at an accredited U.S. institution.

Eligibility

• The candidates applying for AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship, 2017 should be women who are US citizens and permanent residents.
• The applicants should have high academic excellence.
• The candidates are expected to be full-time students at accredited U.S. institutions.
• The applicants should b pursuing a course in the US over the full academic year.
• The fellowships are open for two categories only the Science and Technology Group and the Focus Professions Group.
• Science and Technology Group Fellowships are open to the Architecture (M.Arch.), Computer/information science (MS), Engineering (ME, MS), Mathematics/statistics (MS).
• Focus Professions Group Fellowships are open to the Business administration (MBA) — candidates should apply for the second year of study only
• Law (JD) — applicants should apply for the third year of study only
• Medicine (MD), (DO) — candidates should apply for a third or fourth year of study only.
• Focus Professions Group Fellowships are open to women from ethnic minority groups.

Selection Criteria

• The candidates applying for AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship, 2017 are assessed based on their personal attributes and academic excellence.
• The applicants will also be evaluated based on their financial need.

Documents required

• The candidates applying for AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship, 2017 should submit a curriculum vitae, academic transcripts, and three recommendations where one recommendation should be from their professor.
• The medical students should submit a recommendation letter from their dean.

Value of the scholarship
The recipients of AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship, 2017 get $5,000–18,000.