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AAUW advances equity for all women and girls through advocacy, education and research
Do you wonder where the money you and your branch have contributed to the Educational Foundation has gone? This year five Florida women have been awarded either a grant or fellowship for 2007-08. These deserving women are: 1) Mara Zapada, one year Community Action Grant – ENIGMA (Esoteric Notions Impacting Girls’ Meaningful Awareness); 2) Kima Kona, Selected Professions Fellowship – JD in Entertainment Law – FAMU, Orlando; 3) Irma Matos-Garcia, Career Development Grant – Urban and Regional Planning - Florida Atlantic University. 4) Collette St. Mary, American Fellowship – Post-doctoral research on Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology – University of Florida; 5) Margaret Jackson, American Fellowship – PhD Ethnomusicology – Florida State University. Invite one of these women who is near your branch to attend a meeting or special event and explain what the support of the Educational Foundation means to her! Click here to email MaryAnn Webel for contact information for these women. AAUW EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BASIC INFORMATION The Educational Foundation, formed in 1958, is the world’s largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women. The Foundation’s endowed funds - the American Fellowships, International Fellowships, Selected Professions Fellowships, Career Development Grants – provide women with financial support for individual research and formal academic pursuits beyond a Bachelor’s degree. American Fellowships are one- year research fellowships in the arts and sciences for dissertations, post-doctoral research and to prepare completed research for publication. International Fellowships are for women graduate students from countries outside the U.S. with emphasis given to studies related to changing the lives of women and girls. Selected professions Fellowships are for one year in the fields of Architecture, Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences and Mathematics. The Foundation’s Eleanor Roosevelt Fund, started in 1988, provides women public school teachers grades K-12 with professional development opportunities and supports projects targeting areas of high need for girls and teachers. Teachers working with underserved girls or communities, technology education, and programs that stimulate interest in math, science, and technology are the primary focus of the fellowships. Until 2004 a five-day teacher institute was held annually for teachers who had been awarded Professional Development Fellowships because no fellowships were funded for the 2004-2005 year, and none will be awarded for 2005-2006.
For applications visit the fellowships, grants and awards section of the AAUW website at
www.aauw.org or write to AAUW Educational Foundation, c/o Customer Service Center, 2201 N. Dodge St, Dept 177, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030.
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