In the Community - Scholarships
Preparing the Next Generation of Women Professionals
The FWA scholarship programs, funded through the Annual Dinner, benefit young women attending undergraduate and graduate business schools in New York City and support the FWA’s mission to mentor and prepare the next generation of women professionals. The FWA awarded its first scholarships to women enrolled in MBA programs in 1983. Including awards made in 2006, the FWA has awarded a total of $515,000 in scholarships at the graduate and undergraduate levels to 117 outstanding women pursuing careers in business and finance.
At the undergraduate level, students who have completed the FWA High School Mentoring Program at Murry Bergtraum High School with an 80 average are eligible to apply for support to continue their studies at four year accredited colleges and universities.
Graduate scholarships are awarded to second-year students in degree programs in business, who will receive their degrees in the spring or summer of the award year. The scholarship recognizes a combination of academic merit and demonstrated leadership predictive of continued involvement in the FWA. Participating graduate business schools, all located in New York City, select award recipients based on the FWA criterion of academic merit combined with demonstrated leadership. Financial need is also a factor in selection. Currently, we award scholarships to students attending the graduate business schools at Baruch, Columbia, Fordham, NYU, and Pace.
Eric Tripp receives an Honorable MENtion award from FWA President Martha Clark Goss at the 2007 Annual Dinner |
The FWA continues to expand the scholarship program, reflecting the generosity of donors and the evolving professional interests of FWA members. In 2002 we awarded the first MBA scholarship honoring the memory of Clarin S. Schwartz, who was a Senior Vice President at Aon Consulting and an active member of the FWA. Interest in microfinance was added in 2004 as a fourth criterion, for scholarships awarded by Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). An annual scholarship for a graduate student at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, was initiated during the academic year 2005-2006.
Thanks to the extraordinary generority of BMO Capital Markets, which honored the FWA with an "Equity through Education"award in three consecutive years (2005-2007), we also award scholarships to juniors and seniors at Baruch College.
Need more information?
For more information about the FWA scholarship programs, visit the Scholarship - Murry Bergtraum - High School and Scholarship - MBA BMO/Baruch College Committee pages.
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