The Baltimore Branch AAUW offers several scholarships each year. Beginning in 2024, we are working with the CollegeBound Foundation to provide two types of scholarships:
Applicants for the AAUW Baltimore scholarships must apply to the CollegeBound Foundation. The branch does not accept applications directly.
AAUW Baltimore Finishers’ Scholarships—Up to four(4) $2,000 scholarships (may be renewable for one additional year)
AAUW Baltimore is pleased to offer an award to assist current female college students who have lost financial aid (Institutional/State/Federal) and/or have faced family financial hardship. If you have graduated from a Baltimore City Public High School, have 75 credits or more at a 4-year Maryland college, have exhausted all other resources, and are in good academic standing with a cumulative 2.8 GPA or better.
Criteria: You must: have a cumulative 2.8 GPA or better; demonstrate financial need because of lost financial aid or family financial hardship. Please use this link to apply.
Three Baltimore City public school graduates received $2,000 Finisher’s Scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic years at 3 universities.
AAUW Baltimore Interrupted Studies Scholarships—Two(2) $1,000 scholarships (non-renewable)
AAUW Baltimore is pleased to offer 2 awards to assist female college students whose studies have been interrupted due to other responsibilities and will be attending either The Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) or Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). Note: at least one of the scholarships will be awarded to a graduate of a Baltimore City Public High School.
Criteria: You must demonstrate financial need; and submit a Resilience Essay: Everyone faces and overcomes challenges. Describe the challenges you have overcome and how that relates to you wanting to attend to college (300-900 words; 2-4 pages). Please use this link to apply.
Branch Activities in Support of the Scholarships:
1) Scholarship Committee – The scholarship committee provides oversight of the our agreement with the CollegeBound Foundation, advertises the availability of scholarships, and recommends changes to the scholarship program to the Board.
2) Members serve as Scholarship Readers– As part of its larger effort, CollegeBound seeks volunteers to be Scholarship Readers who evaluate scholarship applications submitted for CollegeBound’s over $4 million scholarship portfolio. Each spring, CollegeBound receives hundreds of applications from Baltimore City Schools’ students for scholarships based on criteria including academic merit, community service, and resilience. From this pool students are selected for the AAUW Scholarships.
Volunteers received 1 1/2 hours of training in February and are asked to review a group of applications in mid-March to early-April. This year (2025), 4 branch members each evaluated 25 applications.