Scholarship Information
Deadlines for scholarship applications vary! Check them early and plan ahead!
WGSS is developing a new scholarship through the UW-L Foundation, and the Foundation already has several scholarships attractive to our students. http://www.foundation.uwlax.edu/sch.html
SSP's Locally Grown Scholarships fund some of our SSP graduates. Email Amy Sullivan for more information.
Don't forget to talk to our Financial Aid office: http://www.uwlax.edu/finaid/
Wisconsin Women in Government Scholarships: http://www.wiscwomeningovernment.org/scholarships.cfm
The Point Foundation funds scholarships for LGBT students. This is another national source. http://www.thepointfoundation.org/apply.html
The PFund (Philanthrofund) of Minneapolis also funds LGBT students. Awards range from $2,000 to $5,000 and the application is online at http://www.PFundOnline.org
Here's a great list of LGBT scholarships! www.ysu.edu/stu_org/ysunity/Scholarships.htm
Web-based search engines:
The Metropolitan State College of Denver's Institute for Women's Studies and Services maintains a very good list of national scholarships that you'll find interesting: http://www.mscd.edu/~women/schola-f.htm
http://finaid.org/scholarships/ This site provides some category searches
The College Board (they write the SAT exam) scholarship search engine:
http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp