Scholarship

2024 SWE RICHMOND SECTION SCHOLARSHIP

The Richmond section of the Society of Women Engineers is pleased to announce our 2023 scholarship. The application is available below.

The SWE Richmond scholarship is a $1,000, one-time award open to those identifying as female and entering the field of engineering or computer science. The eligibility requirements for applicants are as follows.

The application is available below. The completed application (in PDF format) must be emailed to swe.richmond@gmail.com no later than April 1, 2024.  Recommendations may be emailed directly by the writer. Interviews of candidates, if necessary, will be held in early May. All scholarship recipients will be notified by May 21, 2024.

We offer one scholarship worth $1,000. Our scholarship was established in 1989 by Dominion Virginia Power and endowed with the SWE Board of Trustees in 2016 with additional corporate and SWE member contributions. The members of SWE are committed to the mission of encouraging engineering as a career choice for young women.