AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship Program 2026 ($20,000 stipend) – YOA

Deadline: September 30, 2025

Applications are open for the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Selected Professions Fellowship Program 2026. Selected Professions Fellowships assist ladies who’re pursuing their first full-time grasp’s or skilled diploma in fields with traditionally low feminine participation, notably in STEM (science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic) disciplines, at accredited U.S. establishments.

Selected Professions Fellowships can be found for the grasp’s {and professional} diploma packages within the following self-discipline areas:

• Architecture
• Natural and Physical Science
• Technology
• Engineering
• Mathematics
• Medicine

Benefits

• Selected Professionals Fellowships carry a stipend of $20,000. Stipends are payable to fellows solely and are disbursed in two equal funds in the beginning and the midpoint of the fellowship time period.

Eligibility

• Applicants should establish as a girl. 
• Applicants should be a U.S. citizen or everlasting resident.
• Applicants should be pursuing a full-time program at an establishment:
  • Accredited within the United States, or 
  • An worldwide establishment acknowledged as eligible to take part in U.S. federal pupil assist packages, as listed on the Federal Student Aid Participating Schools checklist. 
• Applicants should have an instructional diploma (earned within the U.S. or overseas) that’s equal to a U.S. bachelor’s diploma. Applicants enrolled in a joint-diploma program might apply for assist in the event that they plan to pursue full-time coursework throughout your complete fellowship 12 months in one of many authorized diploma packages under. Coursework in different fields, even when part of a joint-diploma program, shouldn’t be supported. 
• Applicants should apply for a fellowship in a single particular self-discipline (e.g., Architecture, Natural and Physical Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Medicine). 
• Applicants should not already maintain a grasp’s or skilled diploma. 
• Applicants should start their program on or earlier than September 1, 2026, and full it on or after April 30, 2027.

Selection Criteria

• Academic excellence, as demonstrated by educational data and achievements, recognition from friends, professors, and/or establishments, and different types of distinction
• Well-defined profession targets in a STEM area and demonstrated ardour and dedication to a profession within the chosen occupation
• Demonstrated ardour and dedication to STEM by way of sustained educational focus, lively participation in STEM-associated extracurricular actions, and potential to apply data and expertise to enhance fairness or contribute to societal development in STEM
• Demonstrated dedication to supporting different ladies and ladies by way of service of their communities or professions
• Special consideration can be given to candidates who display their intent to professionally serve below resourced populations and communities or to pursue public curiosity areas
• Applicants who’ve demonstrated resilience in overcoming life challenges past their management, equivalent to socioeconomic standing, discrimination, restricted educational sources or alternatives, or different hostile circumstances (Preferred)
• Applicants who had been the primary of their household to achieve a bachelor’s diploma (Preferred)
• Applicants who hail from single mum or dad households (Preferred)

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Selected Professions Fellowship.