Grants
Fund to Encourage Women
(FEW) Grant
The FEW Grant was established to bring to campus internationally
renowned female scholars to lecture and meet with faculty
and students. The FEW recipients not only lecture but
also serve as role models for female students during
the day or two that they are on campus. FEW Grants went
to the Physics, Chemistry, and Math departments several
years in a row. The FEW Grants have been extremely successful
in achieving their ultimate goal of increasing the number
of female faculty members at Penn, particularly in departments
where they are underrepresented. Each year, a Request
for Proposal is mailed to departments by the School
of Arts and Sciences.
Proposals are typically due in April and awards are announced in early summer.
Interested
parties can contact Cara Palladino in the SAS Office of External Affairs at (215)
898-5262 or pcara@sas.upenn.edu.
Summer Research Stipends
The Trustees' Council of Penn Women offers Summer Research
Stipends to female faculty or faculty members whose
research is centrally concerned with the role of women
in society, science, or arts and letters. These awards
are given to assist in the promotion of standing faculty
to the permanent rank of Associate Professor. A public
request for applications is made in the spring each
year. Research proposals will be reviewed and awarded
through a peer review process. Interested parties can
contact the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women
and Gender at 215-898-8740.
Emergency Grant
The Trustees' Council of Penn Women will offer grants to students who have special financial
needs. Special consideration
will be given to women students. Grants will be for
sudden, compelling, and unanticipated need due to changed
financial circumstances. Examples include the death
or unemployment of a parent or illness. These students
would be unable to continue their studies without special
financial assistance. Students should demonstrate resourcefulness
and self-reliance in their quest for a Penn education,
and their qualities should identify them as role models
for other University students. This type of grant can
be requested at any time of the year. Interested parties
can email Terri Welsh, Office of Alumni Relations, or call 215-898-3463.
TCPW Grant
The TCPW Grant is available to individuals who or organization
that promote women's issues, the quality of undergraduate
and graduate life for women, the institutional advancement
of women, or the physical, emotional and psychological
well-being of women. The TCPW Grant Committee is inclined
to give favorable consideration to projects that affect
a broad segment of the University population, move the
University community to a higher awareness of women's
issues, or provide seed money for pilot programs that
show potential for becoming ongoing self-supporting
programs.
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| PENNQuest participants stay in one of the new tents funded through a TCPW Grant |
Awards generally range from $1,000-$5,000
and recipients are selected by the TCPW Grant Committee.
Members of the University community are invited by to
apply to the TCPW Grant Program on an annual basis.
Applications are due mid-February each year and
award notification takes place in May
for funding during the next academic
year.
Funds are distributed in July/August each year.
Interested parties can download
the grant application form — PDF or Word doc —
or email Terri Welsh if you'd like an application sent to you.
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