GFWG/Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs Scholarships
To access the requirements, application, and Supplemental Questionnaire for each scholarship, click on the Scholarship name in the descriptions below.
The Ethel G. Swanbeck Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior pursuing a course of study in an Allied Health Field and enrolled at an accredited Ohio college or university. The student may use the scholarship for a degree as a nurse, pharmacist, X-ray technician, physical therapist, laboratory technician, pre-medical studies, pre-veterinary studies, etc. Applicants for this scholarship must have a grade point average of 3.0 or better.
The Elaine Weinman Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior pursuing a course of study in the field of Communication Arts at an accredited Ohio college, university or technical school. Communication Arts is defined as including speech, journalism, drama, radio and television. Applicants for this scholarship must have a grade point average of 3.0 or better.
The Annette Phelps Lincoln Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior in the upper one-third of their graduating class. It is limited to the teaching and/or library professions at an accredited Ohio college or university. The GFWC/Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs Art Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior enrolled at an accredited Ohio art school, college or university.
The GFWC/Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs Art Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior enrolled at an accredited Ohio art school, college or university. Applicants for this scholarship must have a grade point average of 2.6 or better.
The GFWC/Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs Clubwoman Scholarship is available ONLY to a member of a per capita club federated in the GFWC/Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs. It is for those who need additional education or training in order to join the work force or to help to provide for themselves and/or their families. Awardees must attend an accredited Ohio college or technical school.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR CLUB - For complete details, click the Scholarship name above
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A club may only sponsor ONE candidate per scholarship per year.
By March 1st, the sponsoring club should collect all required documents as listed in these instructions and mail the completed file in ONE envelope to the Chairman of the GFWC/Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs Scholarship Board of Trustees (see above listing).
Any applications postmarked later than March 1st will be disqualified.
Omission of any required materials will disqualify the applicant.
Please use the proper form for the appropriate scholarship.
The club should make sure that the applicant has signed the application.
Incomplete club information on the application will disqualify the applicant.