Eligibility Criteria and Application Procedures

The Yale University Women’s Organization offers Scholarship Awards to women employees or wives of Yale employees whose formal education has been interrupted or delayed, and who wish to resume their studies or enhance their careers by pursuing an associate or bachelor degree or a certificate-granting program. Applicants are judged upon merit and need. The award may only be used for course tuition and academic fees.

The number and dollar value of awards vary. Most awards range from $1,000 to $3,000.
Several annual scholarships are awarded in addition to three named scholarships: the Kay Ross Scholarship, honoring the founder of the YUWO Scholarship Program; the Magee Fenn Scholarship, in memory of the first chair of the YUWO Scholarship Committee; and the Gustave and Carol Lynn Sirot Scholarship, which seeks a candidate 35 years or older.

To be eligible for scholarships, applicants must be a woman employee or a wife of a Yale employee. The employee must be on the Yale payroll at the beginning and completion of the course and must have a Yale ID as an employee or the spouse of an employee.  Current members of YUWO and their families are not eligible for scholarships

The applications for the 2013-2014 academic year is available online* at: www.yale.edu/yuwo/scholarships/application.pdf

* Please note that you can complete the application online but you must then print the completed form and mail it by US mail to

Nancy Rosenbaum
221 Thornton St.
Hamden CT 06517

Completed applications must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2013.

Applicants will be informed of the Scholarship Committee’s decisions by April 30, 2013.

If you have any questions, email Felicia Tencza, Scholarship Chair, at Felicia.Tencza@aya.yale.edu

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