Soroptomist International’s Founder Region Fellowship
Deadline: January 15
Founder Region Fellowship offers grants to women enrolled in graduate schools within the boundary of Founder Region who have advanced to candidacy and are entering into the last year of their doctoral programs. These grants-in-aid are proffered to assist women in the completion of their doctoral degrees.
The Fellowships are announced and formally presented at the annual Founder Region Spring Conference.
The grant requirements are:
Competition is open to any outstanding graduate woman who is working toward a doctoral degree, preferably in the last year of study but permissibly during the last two years provided she has advanced to candidacy. She must be enrolled in a graduate school within Founder Region; including the Northern California counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, the State of Hawaii, and the U. S. territories of Guam and The Marianas.
Candidates must submit to the Fellowship President. a completed application with all supporting materials (as described in the application). Applications must be postmarked no later than January 15. The forms are available on this website and/or may be obtained through the dean of the applicant’s graduate school or by emailing the Fellowship President.
For more information, including an application, visit the website.
(updated 1.12.17)