Merit and Need Based Scholarships Are Awarded Each Year

2021-2022 Scholarships Have Been Awarded!

BPW/Triangle is committed to helping women pursue excellence academically and in their career.  Through our annual scholarships, we support women of integrity who will be forward-thinking leaders in their field and will support and advocate for other women.

Our scholarships are:

• $1,500 Dr. Lois E. Frazier Scholarship (merit based; 3.5 GPA or higher)
  
• $1,500 Mary Edith Fox Scholarship (need based; 2.5 GPA or higher)
  

We encourage you to also apply (separately) to the North Carolina BPW Scholarship.  This state-level group offers multiple scholarships.

Other related scholarships: See Soroptimists' Live Your Dream Awards.

All applicants will be notified of the final decisions by April 30, 2022. The scholarship winners will be presented the award at the BPW/Triangle May meeting.

The Scholarship Review Committee will evaluate each application based on the following criteria:

• Completed application and supporting documents (transcript of scholastic record, personal statement, current resume)
• Your leadership and integrity
• Your financial need and/or academic achievement
• Your commitment to give back to the community

Please applicants must reside within the North Carolina counties of Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham or Johnston (but can attend school outside these areas).

PRIVACY POLICY

When you apply, you will be asked to provide:

• Your contact information: name, phone number, email, home & school address. 
• Information about you as a student: your school, year, major, transcript, GPA.
• If you are applying for the Mary Edith Fox need-based scholarship, you'll be asked to provide financial information including: other scholarships/grants, family financial support, and what your total tuition needs are.

This information is used only for evaluation of scholarship applications. We will contact you to let you know whether or not you've been selected.  You will not be added to our email list.  

We retain this information for our records; it will never be shared with other organizations or used to solicit you.  

If you are selected as a recipient:

We hope that you'll attend our annual May scholarship award meeting, where we'll celebrate your accomplishment.  And that you'll stay in touch with us about your career progress.  

The scholarship will be paid directly to the college or university that you will attend at the beginning of the Fall term immediately following the notice of award.  It will not be paid to you directly. If you will not attend the Fall term immediately after the award, the scholarship will be awarded to another applicant.

Questions?
Scholarships Chair: scholarship@bpwraleigh.org.