AAUW Danville-Alamo-Walnut Creek Branch
2025 College/University Scholarships
The AAUW DAW Branch is pleased to offer three categories of local scholarships to students who are enrolled in an accredited college, university, or technical school. Each scholarship will be an award of $2,000 or more. Applications are reviewed with consideration given to financial need, special circumstances, academic record, work and community activities, and educational and career goals. Relatives of current AAUW DAW officers or scholarship committee members are not eligible for these awards.
AAUW DAW Community Local Scholarships – Open to individuals who identify as women who will be juniors, seniors, or graduate students at an accredited 4-year college/university or technical school in the fall of 2025. Applicants must have attended a high school in Danville, Alamo or Walnut Creek, CA, or currently reside or work in these locations.
AAUW DAW Renaissance Scholarships – Open to individuals who identify as women who participate in the California State University East Bay (CSUEB) Renaissance Scholars Program for former foster youth. Students must be sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate students at CSUEB in the fall of 2025, or be a Renaissance Scholar graduating from CSUEB and entering graduate school at CSUEB or another accredited college/university in the fall of 2025.
AAUW DAW Single Parent Scholarship – Open to any student who is a single parent enrolled at Diablo Valley College (DVC) and has completed at least 12 units. The application process and award selection are administered by the Diablo Valley College Foundation with scholarship funds provided by AAUW DAW.
Application Dates for 2025 Scholarships
Community Local Scholarships and Rennaissance Scholarships –
Applications open October 1, 2024, and are due by March 1, 2025.
Single Parent Scholarships –
Applications open October 31, 2024, and are due as specified by Diablo Valley College.
How to Apply for These Scholarships
To apply for an AAUW DAW Community Local Scholarship and to provide supporting information, use the following links. Applications are now open.
To apply for an AAUW DAW Renaissance Scholarship and to provide supporting information, use the following links. Applications are now open.
To apply for AAUW DAW Single Parent Scholarship click here. This scholarship is administered by the Diablo Valley College Scholarship program. Applications are not yet open.
If you have any questions, please contact daw.aauw@gmail.com.
General Scholarship Information
In support of the AAUW mission, Community Local and Renaissance Scholarship awards are granted specifically to individuals who identify as women. All AAUW DAW scholarships are granted without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. All applicants agree to accept the AAUW DAW’s scholarship award decisions as final.
AAUW DAW reserves the right to review the conditions and procedures of its scholarship program and to make changes at any time, including termination of the program.
Honorary Scholarships
Along with Community Local, Renaissance, and Single Parent scholarships, the AAUW DAW branch may provide additional funds to selected scholarship recipients in the following areas. These additional awards depend on the availability of appropriate funds and the suitability of scholarship recipients.
Jane Trittipo Scholarship – This scholarship recipient is selected from applicants in a medically related field of study. Undergraduate and graduate level students may qualify as long as they meet other eligibility criteria for the year in which they are applying.
Creative Endeavors Scholarship – This scholarship recipient is selected from applicants in visual arts fields that create works such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, print making, design, crafts, photography, video, film making, and architecture. Also included are the applied arts such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design, and decorative arts. Applicants must also meet other eligibility criteria for the year in which they are applying.
In addition to donations, funds for the Creative Endeavors Scholarship are raised through ticket sales for a yearly quilt raffle. For 2025, DAW member Mary Mix has created another beautiful quilt for this scholarship with a striking, colorful theme of “Christmas Joy”. The drawing will take place during the 2025 DAW Garden Tour in May.
Donations Make Our Scholarships Possible!
Please consider a donation to support our branch’s Local Scholarships. Donations are welcome from individuals, groups, businesses, and companies and are fully tax deductible.
Click here for instructions about how to donate.
Donations may also be made in honor of a special individual; it’s a meaningful way to remember someone. If you are interested in establishing an honorary scholarship, please contact us at daw.aauw@gmail.com.
Meet our 2024 and prior years Local Scholarship winners by clicking here.