Better World Scholarship Fund Grant

Better World Scholarship Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Columbus Foundation
Amount: More than US $1,000
Last Updated: February 03, 2026

Summary

Overview

Better World Scholarship Fund The scholarship encourages women to acquire a degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) field. The donor’s bachelor’s degree is in mathematics, followed 15 years later with a master’s degree in business administration. Her degree in mathematics provided opportunities for jobs in software development and application, medical research, technical documentation, organizational education and training, scientific research, and business. Her career was challenging, dynamic, encouraged creativity, never boring, offered schedule flexibility that allowed her to parent her four children, provided career choice independence, and was lucrative. Go STEM Girls! Award Amount: Minimum $1,000

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Candidates must be a graduating high school senior or past graduate of a high school in Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway, or Union county.Candidates must intend to pursue post-secondary education in a STEM field at a four-year college or university.Candidates must be female.Candidates must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA), and a B average in math classes, and any other classes related to their field of study.Candidates must attend or plan to attend an educational institution in the U.S.