{"id":1721,"date":"2024-06-17T14:23:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/?post_type=at_biz_dir&#038;p=1721"},"modified":"2024-06-17T14:23:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:23:27","slug":"selected-professions-fellowships-by-aauw","status":"publish","type":"at_biz_dir","link":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/?at_biz_dir=selected-professions-fellowships-by-aauw","title":{"rendered":"Selected Professions Fellowships by AAUW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited U.S. institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women\u2019s participation traditionally has been low. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.<\/p>\n<p>These fellowships were established in 1970 with a $25,000 grant from the Max C. Fleischmann Foundation. Initially, they focused on opening doors for women in the male-dominated fields of law and medicine. However, the focus expanded over time to include science and technology, since the demand for a technologically skilled workforce has grown without proportional representation by women.<\/p>\n<p>Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded for the following master\u2019s programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Architecture.<\/li>\n<li>Computer\/information sciences.<\/li>\n<li>Engineering.<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics\/statistics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fellowships in the following degree programs are restricted to women of color, who have been underrepresented in these fields:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Master\u2019s in business administration.<\/li>\n<li>Law.<\/li>\n<li>Doctorate in medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AAUW encourages applicants interested in funding for bachelor\u2019s degrees, associate degrees, certification programs, technical school, and other master\u2019s degrees to consider eligibility guidelines for<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/resources\/programs\/fellowships-grants\/current-opportunities\/career-development\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"65734c4cc2af09d70dd06d37\">Career Development Grants<\/a>. Applicants can only apply for one AAUW award per year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science and Technology Group Fellowships<\/strong><br \/>\nThe following disciplines and master\u2019s level degrees are eligible for fellowship funding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Architecture (M.Arch.).<\/li>\n<li>Computer\/information science (MS).<\/li>\n<li>Engineering (ME, MS).<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics\/statistics (MS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Focus Professions Group Fellowships<\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"TextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW255716610 BCX8\">Open only to women from ethnic minority groups historically underrepresented in certain fields within the United States: Black<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>or<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\">African American,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\">Hispanic<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>or Latino\/a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\">,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\">American Indian or<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\">Alaska Native<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW255716610 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\">Asian, and Native Hawaiian<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\">or Other<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255716610 BCX8\">Pacific Islander.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The designated fields eligible for fellowship funding are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business administration (MBA).<\/li>\n<li>Law (JD).<\/li>\n<li>Medicine (MD), (DO).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","atbdp_listing_types":[42],"at_biz_dir-category":[86],"at_biz_dir-location":[],"at_biz_dir-tags":[],"class_list":["post-1721","at_biz_dir","type-at_biz_dir","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","atbdp_listing_types-general","at_biz_dir-category-post-graduate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/at_biz_dir\/1721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/at_biz_dir"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/at_biz_dir"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"atbdp_listing_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fatbdp_listing_types&post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"at_biz_dir-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fat_biz_dir-category&post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"at_biz_dir-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fat_biz_dir-location&post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"at_biz_dir-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocoadiaries.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fat_biz_dir-tags&post=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}