The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation, which is the largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women in the world, supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented. The Foundation funds:
- groundbreaking research
- fellowships and grants for outstanding women from around the globe
- special awards
- vital community action projects
- symposia, roundtables and forums
The Foundation's cornerstone has always been the remarkable energy and commitment of AAUW members, other individuals, corporations and foundations that make contributions and help raise money for the Foundation's work.
The Educational Foundation is a 501©(3) organization. Contributions are tax deductible for federal income tax purposes.
- In 1888, the founders of the American Association of University Women established the first fellowship in this country for a graduate woman scholar. Ida Street received $350 to pursue a graduate degree in education at the University of Michigan, at a time when no women served on the school's faculty and the era of women's suffrage was a generation away.
- A century later, the AAUW Educational Foundation awarded $2.8 million in fellowships and grants to 297 exceptional women across the country and around the world.
- In 1885, the Foundation's forebearers sponsored radical research debunking the popular notion that higher education was harmful to women's health. This revelation heralded a new age for women in education and professional careers.
- A century later, the groundbreaking study: The AAUW Report: How Schools Shortchange Girls identifying pervasive gender bias in our nation's schools - was issued in paperback and translated into French, Spanish, and Chinese. In 1998, Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail our Children Updated, the report presented further challenges to popular assumptions about equity and education.
Contributions to the AAUW Educational Foundation are tax-deductible. Please visit the national Educational Foundation at AAUW,org |
Educational Foundation fellowships and grants include:
Educational Foundation was founded in 1958 resulting in over 7500 women receiving financial educational support from the Fund. The AAUW Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) corporation and all gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Selection Profession Fellowships that support women scholars in areas such as architecture, engineering and medicine;
Career Development Grants to help women reenter the work force, change careers or advance in their current careers;
American Fellowships in the US for women doctoral candidates or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research; and International Fellowships to help develop women leaders who will work for change in their societies and heighten awareness of gender equity issues.
Scholar in Residence special awards are also granted.
The Eleanor Roosevelt Fund, created in 1988, provides funds to respond to the problems and opportunities facing girls in school.
Community Action Grants provide seed money to individual women and AAUW branches for programs that promote education and equity for women and girls. |
