WOMEN IN STEM SCHOLARSHIP

WOMEN IN STEM SCHOLARSHIP

The program operates at the Zonta club, district/region and international levels. Each Zonta district/region may submit one applicant for consideration for an international scholarship.  A single candidate from each of Zonta’s 31 districts and one region will receive an award of US$5,000 from Zonta International.

Eligibility

Women of any age and nationality, pursuing a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) degree program at an accredited university/college/institute, who demonstrate outstanding potential in the field and are living or studying in a Zonta district/region, are eligible.

Online students are also eligible to apply if enrolled at an accredited university/college/institute.

Students must be enrolled in at least the second year of an undergraduate program through the final year of a master’s program at the time the application is submitted to the local Zonta club. Applicants must be in school at the time the scholarship funds are disbursed and must not graduate before April 2024.

  • Previous district and international Women in Technology Scholarship recipients may not apply for the Women in STEM Scholarship.
  • Applicants for the 2023 Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship may not also apply for the 2023 Women in STEM Scholarship.
  • Club members and individuals with direct membership with Zonta International and employees of Zonta International and Zonta Foundation for Women, and their family members (ancestors, descendants, adoptees, siblings, nieces or cousins, and those of their spouse or co-habiting partner), are not eligible to apply for the Scholarship.
  • Golden Z club members are eligible to apply.

Applicants from geographic areas within a Zonta district/region where no clubs are located will be considered and are eligible to apply for the international scholarships via a Zonta district/region.


Application process and Deadline

Applications received by Zonta clubs: Contact local club for deadline

  • Club recipient is selected and application is received by D27 STEM committee (stem.district27@zonta-braunschweig.de) until 15 August.
  • Please hand in the complete application in one single PDF file with the application cover sheet (Women in STEM Application Cover Sheet) as first page (filled out and signed by the club president).
  • District/region applicant selected and application received by ZI Headquarters: 15 September 
  • Official announcement of international recipients: November

The application process must start with a Zonta club. All application materials must be received at a Zonta club by the deadline printed on the application. If you downloaded the application from the Zonta International website, you must contact a Zonta club for deadline information. If the Zonta club contact information is not printed on the application, please locate the Zonta club nearest you by using the Club Locator, or email your name and contact information to Zonta International Headquarters at programs@zonta.org.

Applicants from geographic areas within a Zonta district/region where no clubs are located will be considered and are eligible to apply for the international scholarships via a Zonta district/region.  


Funding

Women in STEM Scholarships are made possible by generous contributions to the Rose Fund from Zontians, Zonta clubs and friends of Zonta.

Award news

You can find a list of our international and district/region recipients on our Zonta International website.


WOMEN IN STEM SCHOLARSHIP

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