Each year since 2007, the Smith Mountain Branch of AAUW has awarded scholarships to assist local women continuing their post-secondary education. Unlike most scholarships awarded to high school graduates beginning their college experience, ours are awarded to women of any age with at least one semester’s studies beyond high school.
This year we are awarding 4 scholarships of $5000 each and a special memorial scholarship of $6000 for STEM majors! These scholarships are for women in college who reside in Bedford, Franklin or Pittsylvania County.
Applications for our 2025 scholarships are now officially closed!
Our scholarship committee is currently evaluating the submissions and will notify the winners in the near future.
If you would like to hear stories from past scholarship applicants, please click here: Previous scholarship recipients – in their own words
If you are interested in our scholarship process for 2026 and beyond, please check back in January of next year. FYI only, the links below will take you to the the detailed requirements and the application form for 2025. We also offered a special award, the Toni Seidelmann Memorial Scholarship, which was focused on STEM majors. A description of this scholarship and Dr. Seidelmann’s biography are included below.
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2025 Toni Seidelmann Memorial Scholarship / Dr. Seidelmann’s biography