Awards

Applications for the annual WGS Awards are now closed for 2025. Award winners can be found here. Check back in Spring 2026.

 

Please be sure to read the scholarship/award description fully before applying to determine eligibility. If applicable, you may apply for multiple awards (e.g., a parenting award and a travel award). Please be prepared to upload relevant materials (e.g., CV,  brief essay) in addition to filling out the fields of the application on the google form. You will also need to get a recommendation form completed by your advisor (this requirement has been waived for the Parenting Award).

*Applicants who have won the Graduate Leadership award or the Undergraduate Transition award in the past are not eligible to apply again. Recipients of the Graduate Parenting Award may receive the award up to three consecutive award cycles. 

Applications are due by 11:59pm on Friday, May 16th, 2025. After being reviewed by our reviewers, you should hear back about your application no later than June 6th. If you have any questions about your application, please email scholarships.uowgs@gmail.com.

Undergraduate Awards

Undergraduate Transition Award

Full Award Description

In keeping with our mission to promote the advancement of all marginalized genders in science,

the University of Oregon Women in Graduate Sciences is offering an award to aid outstanding

undergraduates in the sciences in advancing to graduate school. Multiple awards are available;

each student is eligible for one award worth $300 to help offset the costs of the transition. In

order to be eligible for this award, you must be a University of Oregon undergraduate student

and have accepted a position at an accredited graduate school. You do not need to be a

member of UOWGS.

Undergraduate Summer Research Award

Full Award Description

In keeping with our mission to promote the advancement of all marginalized genders in science,

the University of Oregon Women in Graduate Sciences is offering an award to aid outstanding

undergraduates in the sciences by supporting a portion of their summer research. Multiple

awards are available; each student is eligible for one award worth $500 to gain research

experience in order to advance their scientific development.

In order to be eligible for this award, you must be a UO undergraduate (or recent graduate)

that is planning on working in a lab for the summer. You do not need to be a member of

UOWGS.

Graduate Awards

Parenting Award

Full Award Description

The University of Oregon Women in Graduate Sciences is devoted to helping our members

achieve career success. To that end, we are awarding a $1,500 scholarship to parents this year

(any given student may receive the award up to three consecutive award cycles) in order to

ease their financial burden and assist them in succeeding in their graduate career. Multiple

awards are available; each student is eligible for one award worth $1,500.

Graduate Leadership Award

Full Award Description

The UOWGS Leadership Award recognizes graduate students at the University of Oregon who

have demonstrated strong dedication to the mission of the professional development of

marginalized genders in all disciplines of science to enable them to become successful

contributors to their fields through exemplary leadership. Multiple awards are available; each

student is eligible for one award worth $1000.

Graduate Conference Award

Full Award Description

The University of Oregon Women in Graduate Sciences is devoted to helping our members

achieve career success. To that end, we are administering awards that will partially fund

travel to one or more scientific conferences where the student is to give a presentation (talk

or poster) about their research. Multiple awards are available; each student is eligible for one

award worth $1000.