I dragged my feet this past January/February and missed the deadlines of a lot of good scholarships, and I'm regretting it. So I'm making a list of sites here for next year, so I can prepare ahead of time.
1.
NSF STEM scholarship:
Letter of intent due by July 13th, 2011; Application due Aug. 11, 2011.Must contact UC Davis financial aid office to apply.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09567/nsf09567.htm
2.
The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship:
- be a female student entering her senior year of undergraduate study or be enrolled in a graduate program in the 2011-2012 academic year at a university in the United States;
- be enrolled in Computer Science or Computer Engineering program, or a closely related technical field as a full-time student for the 2011-2012 academic year;
- maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale or 4.5 on a 5.0 scale or equivalent in your current program.
Must apply for senior year, application due by start of Feb 2012.
http://www.google.com/anitaborg/us/index.html
3.
AAUW Career Development Grant:
For women changing careers, who already have a first bachelor's degree. Applications become available Aug. 1st 2012 and are due Dec. 15th 2012.
http://www.aauw.org/learn/fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm
4.
AAUW Branch and State Local Scholarships: Application due Feb 15th 2012.
http://www.aauw.org/learn/awards/AAUW-Local-Scholarships-Clearinghouse.cfm
5.
Mayer Foundation: Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/mayer/scholarships.html
6.
The Ada Project (TAP): A clearinghouse for scholarships, projects, and other resources.
http://women.cs.cmu.edu/ada/
7.
The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Educational Committee:
- Enrolled in a degree program in one of the STEM fields
- Either an American citizen or attending a college/university in the United States
- Planning a science-based career including research or teaching
- Applying for an AWIS award for the first time
They offer an Undergraduate Award: "For college students in their second or third year of study with at least one additional year remaining to complete their undergraduate degree. The application process includes a resume, essay, and two letters of reference. (Note: Freshmen and seniors are not eligible.)"
8. The Society of Women Engineers:
- The SWE Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to women admitted to accredited baccalaureate or graduate programs, in preparation for careers in engineering, engineering technology and computer science. In fiscal year 2010, SWE disbursed more than 170 new and renewed scholarships valued at almost $500,000.
- ABET, Inc. has accredited UC-Davis
9. The American Physical Society (APS)/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women:
- Must be female with sophomore or junior standing at a U.S. college or university at the time of application
- Must be majoring in chemistry, physics, materials science or engineering, computer science or engineering, chemical, electrical, mechanical engineering, or biology, if it has an emphasis on one of the other areas listed
- Must have a minimum 3.0 GPA
- No citizenship restriction.
Application Deadline: February 1, 2012
10. The Vanguard Women in Information Technology Scholarship Program:
"The Vanguard Women in Information Technology Scholarship Program provides merit-based scholarships of up to $10,000 to female students entering their junior or senior year of college during the 2010-2011 school year. The program’s goal is to remove financial barriers for female students who demonstrate academic excellence and are pursuing studies in computer science, computer engineering, web design or other IT-related disciplines. Scholarship checks can be used for tuition, fees, books and supplies."
Check back in August 2011.
http://www.sms.scholarshipamerica.org/vanguardwomenintechnology/
11. The Anita Borg Systers Pass-It-On (PIO) Awards:
12. Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund
- Be women currently residing in the United States or Canada;
- Be women who earned a high school diploma or their GED on or before September 2001;
- Be enrolled or planning to enroll in a full- or part-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two-, three- or four-year college or university in the United States or Canada;
- Be attending the full 2011-12 academic year and receiving a degree no earlier than May 2012; and
- Have at least two semesters (24 credit hours or more) remaining to complete an undergraduate* degree as of the beginning of the 2011 fall academic term.
https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/talbotswomen/instructions.php
13. Microsoft Scholarships for Women and Under-Represented Minorities:
?--requires winners spend 12 weeks as an intern at Microsoft? Seems mostly for Computer Science undergrads, though they seem to invite CE undergrads as well.
http://www.microsoft.com/about/diversity/programs/college.mspx#schol
I also have a whole list of scholarships from a seminar I went to last fall. I'll have to dig through that, too. But the above scholarships are a good start to my list.
