Scholarships

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SWE Scholarships support women pursuing bachelor or graduate student programs

SWE Scholarships support women pursuing ABET-accredited bachelor or graduate student programs in preparation for careers in engineering, engineering technology and computer science in the United States. In 2019, SWE disbursed nearly 260 new and renewed scholarships valued at more than $810,000.

Applicants complete one application and are considered for all scholarships for which they are eligible.

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Upperclass application opens for 2020-2021 academic year - December 1, 2019

Freshman application opens for 2020-2021 academic year - March 1, 2020

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Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship (Est. 2004)
$5,2005 years
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper Scholarship (Est. 1992)
$1,700
Alice May Anderson Scholarship Fund
$1,2003 years
Alma Kuppinger Forman, PE Scholarship
$1,625
American Transmission Scholarship
$1,125
Anne Maureen Whitney Barrow Memorial Scholarship (Est. 1991)
$8,0005 years
Anne Shen Smith Endowed Scholarship (Est. 2015)
$1,250
B.J. Harrod Scholarship (Est. 1998)
$1,500
Barbara W. & Thomas W. Benko Scholarship
$1,000
Bayer Scholarship
$1000
Bechtel Corporation Scholarship (Est. 2000)
$1,400
Bertha Lamme Memorial Scholarship
$1,000
Betty Lou Bailey SWE Region F Scholarship (Est. 2010)
$2,000
Betty Ruth Hollander Scholarship
$5,000
BK Krenzer Memorial Re-entry Scholarship
$3,250
BP SWE Scholars Scholarship
$2,000
Brill Family Scholarship (Est. 2008)
$2,000
Carol Stephens SWE Scholarship (Est. 2012)
$1,250
Chevron/SWE Scholarship
$5,000
Cummins Ivy Tech Scholarship
$1,000
Cummins Scholarship
$1,000
Cummins Scholarship for Freshmen
$1,000
Dorothy Lemke Howarth Memorial Scholarship (Est. 1992)
$3,666
Dorothy M. & Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship (Est. 1999)
$3,0003 years
Dorothy P. Morris Scholarship (Est. 2002)
$1,500
Dr. Ivy M. Parker Memorial Scholarship (Est. 1987)
$1,5001 year
Dr. Paula Marie Stenzler Legacy Scholarship for Engineering
$2,0002 years
Dragados USA Scholarship
$1,000
DuPont Scholarship (Est. 2000)
$1,000
Eaton Multicultural Scholarship Program
$2,500
Elizabeth McLean Memorial Scholarship
$1,500
Ellen Hippeli Memorial Scholarship (SWE Central New Mexico Section) (Est. 2015)
$1,000
Ford College Network SWE Scholarship
$10,000
Ford Motor Company Scholarship (Junior)
$1,500
Ford Motor Company Scholarship (Sophomore)
$1,500
GE’s Women’s Network Scholarship
$5,000
Golden West Region Legacy Scholarship
$1,000
Gulf Coast Scholarship
$2,000
Heartland 1 Scholarship
$2,000
Heartland 2 Scholarship
$2,250
Honeywell Scholarship
$5,000
IBM Linda Sanford Women’s Technical Advancement Scholarship
$1,250
Invenergy Women’s Network Scholarship
$3,500
Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., Scholarship (Est. 2004)
$2,000
John Deere SWE Scholarship
$2,000
Judith Resnik Memorial Scholarship (Est. 1990)
$4,000
Judy Simmons Memorial Scholarship
$1,500
Katherine F. Lindquist Memorial Scholarship
$1,250
Liebherr Mining Scholarship
$1,250
Liebherr Mining Scholarship (Freshmen)
$1,250
Lillian Moller Gilbreth Memorial Scholarship (Est. 1958)
$17,0001 year
Lois Aileen Bey Memorial Scholarship
$1,0005 years
Lonnie Lee and Maria Elena Abernethy Endowment for Native Americans in Engineering Scholarship (Est. 2013)
$2,9004 years
Lydia I. Pickup Memorial Scholarship (Est. 2000)
$1,750
Margaret (Pritch) Pritchard Memorial Scholarship
$1,000
Mary Gunther Memorial Scholarship
$3,250
Mary Gunther Memorial Scholarship (Est. 2011)
$3,250
Mary Jones Berry Scholarship (Est. 2014)
$1,2502 years
Mary V. Munger Memorial Scholarship
$3000
MASWE Scholarship (Est. 1971)
$1,600
Meredith Thoms Memorial Scholarship
$3,200
Motorola Solutions Foundation Engineering Scholarship
$5,000
Northrop Grumman SWE Scholarship
$5,000
Northwest Star Legacy Scholarship
$1,2505 years
Olive Lynn Salembier Memorial Reentry Scholarship
$2,000
Past Presidents Scholarship (Est. 1999)
$2,500
Paula Loring Simon Scholarship
$1,250
Roberta Banaszak Gleiter – Engineering Endeavour Scholarship (Est. 2013)
$1,5001 year
Rochelle Nicolette Perry Memorial Scholarship (Est. 2014)
$1000
Rockwell Automation Scholarship
$2,500
Sonora Region B Scholarship
$2,000
Southeast Diamond Scholarship
$1,000
Susan and Marvin Whatley Scholarship
$1,250
Susan E. Stutz McDonald Scholarship
$6,500
Susan Miszkowicz September 11 Memorial Scholarship (Est. 2003)
$1,750
SWE Baltimore-Washington Section Freshman Scholarship (Est. 2013)
$1,250
SWE Baltimore-Washington Section Scholarship (Est. 2005)
$2,250
SWE Boston Section Scholarship (Est. 2009)
$1,250
SWE Central Illinois Section Scholarship (Est. 2011)
$1,500
SWE Central Indiana Section Scholarship (Est. 2015)
$2,000
SWE Central New Mexico – Pioneers Scholarship (Est. 2004)
$1,5003 years
SWE Central New Mexico – Reentry Scholarship (Est. 2005)
$1,5006 years
SWE Exelon Scholarship
$1000
SWE Kansas City Section Scholarship
$2,000
SWE Mid-Hudson Section Scholarship
$1,250
SWE New Jersey Section Scholarship (Est. 2008)
$2,000
SWE Ohio State Section Scholarship
$1,000
SWE Phoenix Section Scholarship (Est. 2011)
$3,000
The Wolfs Family Scholarship
$1,0005 years
Turner Construction Scholarship
$2,500
Wanda Munn Scholarship (SWE Eastern Washington Section)
$1,500
Xilinx Empowering Women in Technology Scholarship
$5,000