AAUW Danville-Alamo-Walnut Creek Branch
2024 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 women who will be juniors, seniors, or graduate students for the 2024-2025 school year. Applicants must have attended high school in Danville, Alamo or Walnut Creek, CA, or currently reside in these communities.
AAUW DAW Renaissance Scholarships – Open to women who are participating in the CSUEB Renaissance Scholars Program for former foster youth. Students must also be sophomores, juniors, or seniors at California State University East Bay (CSUEB) in the 2024-2025 school year, or be graduating from CSUEB and entering graduate school in the 2024-2025 school year.
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.
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 due by April 30, 2024.
To apply for an AAUW DAW Renaissance Scholarship and to provide supporting information, use the following links. Applications are due by April 30, 2024.
To apply for AAUW DAW Single Parent Scholarship click here. This scholarship is administered by the Diablo Valley College Scholarship program. The application deadline for this scholarship was February 15, 2024. This scholarship will be awarded to a student who has already applied for a scholarship in the DVC system, and who meets our criteria for the award.
If you have any questions, please contact daw.aauw@gmail.com.
General Scholarship Information
In support of the AAUW mission, Community and Renaissance Scholarship awards are granted specifically to 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 scholarship award committee’s 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, 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. In 2023, DAW member Mary Mix created another beautiful quilt for this scholarship. The drawing took place during our 2023 Garden Tour.
Please consider a donation to support our branch’s scholarships. Contributions are welcome from individuals, businesses and companies, or AAUW Special Interest Groups. They can also be made in honor of a special individual.
Click the green “Donate” button on the right side for instructions.
Meet our 2023, 2022 and 2021 local Scholarship winners by clicking here.