Grants and Funding

The National Institute of Justice solicits proposals for research on the sexual assault of females age 12 and older by strangers and nonstrangers. Areas include the effects of criminal justice reforms in the area of sexual assault, perpetrators' selection of victims, and the prevalence and incidence of sexual assault in specific understudied populations. Four grants averaging 
$250,000 will be awarded. 

The Ford Foundation sponsoring approximately 60 predoctoral, 40 dissertation, and 30 postdoctoral fellowships administered by  the National Research Council. Each applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national Native American Indian, Mexican-American, Chicana/Chicano, Alaskan Native (Eskimo or Aleut), Native Pacific Islander (Polynesian or Micronesian), black/African-American, or Puerto Rican planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level.

Fellowship programs are designed to support women of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue independent work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts.  Women holding or seeking funded awards, grants, or fellowships from other sources are invited to apply.

The AWIS National Office has internships year round.  The applicant's educational and work-related needs are tailored to work toward the mission of organization, which is to achieve equity and full participation for women in science.

Colleges and universities may apply for funding for the University Scholar-in-Residence award  to support a woman scholar to undertake and disseminate research on gender and equity for women and girls.  Institutions may use the funds either to bring a qualified scholar to the institution for a fixed period or to designate a scholar  currently at the institution to undertake research activities that would not occur without such support.

Research Scholar-in-Residence, based at the Foundation in Washington, DC, will address the higher education experience of women including topics of institutional culture, transitions to work, technology/distance learning, mentoring in nontraditional fields, persistence, and diversity.

American Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations, scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave or for preparing completed research for publication. Applicants must be U.S citizens or permanent residents. One-year postdoctoral research leave fellowships, dissertation fellowships, and summer/short-term research publication grants are offered.

To download an application form, go to http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/american.html

Career Development Grants support women currently holding a bachelor's degree who are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force.

To download an application form, go to
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/career.html

Community Action Grants provide seed money to individual women, AAUW branches and AAUW state organizations, as well as local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs or nondegree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls.

To download an application form, go to
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/cag.html

Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowships are available to women K-12 public school teachers as individuals or as lead members of teams who develop innovative curriculum projects designed to encourage girls' interest and achievement in math, science, and/or technology. Funds also support the teacher's professional development.

To download an application form, go to
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/ertfapp.html

International Fellowships are awarded for full-time graduate or postgraduate study or research to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Supplemental grants support community-based  projects in the fellow's home country.

To download an application form, go to
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/internatappbd.htm

Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who intend to pursue a full-time course of study during the fellowship year in designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low.

To download an application form, go to
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/selectprofappbd.html