Undergraduate Awards

About 5-10 AWIS undergraduate awards in the amount of $500 or $1,000 are awarded each year. The special memorial awards include the Kirsten Lorentzen Award, for an outstanding junior or sophomore undergraduate student in physics or geosciences.  AWIS may also award Citations of Merit ($100 or $300).

Who may apply?
Evaluation Criteria
How may the award be used?
Application Deadline and Forms
Award Announcements

Who May Apply?
In general, female students enrolled in a behavioral, life, physical, or social science or engineering program leading to a baccalaureate degree may apply. A detailed list will be provided in the application instructions to confirm eligibility of your field. Applicants must be in their freshman, sophomore, or junior year (have at least one year remaining in their degree program).  Non-U.S. citizens must be enrolled at a university in the United States. Previous applicants to this program may not reapply. Eligibility criteria are subject to change.

Evaluation Criteria
Reviewers consider academic achievement as well as commitment and accomplishments in non-academic pursuits or success in overcoming significant barriers. The Lorentzen award also seeks an exceptionally well-rounded student who excels in her studies as well as outdoor activities, service, sports, music, or other non-academic pursuits.  The programs are quite competitive, with about 200 undergraduate applicants last year.

How may the award be used?
The award may be used for any aspect of education, including tuition, books, housing, research, travel and meeting registration, or publication costs, for example.

Application Deadline and Forms
The 2010 application materials are available. The deadline to submit ALL materials is January 29, 2010.

Award Announcements
All awardees will be notified by email by the end of July. Others may find the list of awardees posted on the AWIS site.  Awards also are announced in the fall issue of the AWIS Magazine.