Founder Region Fellowship Award
November 1, 2024 - January 25, 2025
Founder Region Fellowship offers grants to women
- enrolled in graduate schools within the boundaries of Founder Region
- who have advanced to candidacy
- who are entering into the last year of their doctoral programs
Grant requirements
- 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.
- International students are encouraged to apply.
- Applicant 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; the U. S. Territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; the Republic of Palau.
- Candidates must complete the online application and upload all supporting materials.
- Candidates considered for final selection must appear for a personal interview on one of the applicable dates below.
Application Requirements
- Application – completed online
- Estimated Expenses and Income for the Fiscal Year (July 1 – June 30)
- Autobiographical Statement (include family background, extracurricular activities, hobbies, interests, volunteer work, mentoring experience, plans after graduation)
- Non-technical Summary of Dissertation/Project
- Official Statement from University/College of your advancement in the doctoral program
- Transcripts of all graduate work completed
- Proof of current registration
- Two recommendations from a professor or academic advisor
How to apply
- Application process is done completely online through a grant management system as of 2023.
- Students will create an account giving them access to the application & tasks.
- All supporting documents can be uploaded through the student portal.
- References will be automatically emailed to complete their portion online.
- Click on the website link below to apply.
The Fellowship Grant Portal is open from November 1 – January 25 of each year.