Women in Engineering Grant

The Women in Engineering Grant aims to address gender disparity in the engineering workforce, where only 14% are women. This grant supports innovative programs that encourage middle school girls to pursue engineering careers and improve retention rates for undergraduate women. With grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, the Foundation seeks to fund effective initiatives that enhance educational and career opportunities in STEM fields, fostering a more diverse and skilled engineering community.

NOTE: A separate Enhancing Communication Skills in Engineering grant can be found here.
Women in Engineering Program
The engineering workforce requires highly skilled and trained individuals to meet the needs of the global industrial workforce. For example, over the decade from 2020 - 2029 available jobs within the entire U.S. STEM workforce are predicted to increase by 8.8%. The growth in STEM jobs is predicted to be mostly driven by the increase in computational and mathematical jobs, heavily influenced by Artificial Intelligence (AI). For comparison, the available jobs in the entire U.S. workforce are predicted to increase by 5.2%. A lack of gender diversity among engineers continues to be an issue that needs to be addressed to meet the STEM workforce demand. Within the engineering workforce in the United States, only 14% of engineers are women. (1) While work needs to be done to help more young women to become interested in engineering as a career, work also needs to be done to keep young women in engineering through college and beyond.
It is in this context that the Foundation is interested in funding programs in the following areas:
Programs to Encourage Middle School Girls in Engineering conducted by engineering educators and others that encourage them to prepare for and undertake careers in engineering. The Foundation is particularly interested in new programs or modules, which, if they are found to be effective, will be continued within the applying institution(s). These programs supported by the Foundation are expected to test their effectiveness, to examine program impact on participant educational and career plans and on their SMET participation and achievement. Grants should range between $5,000 and $15,000 per year.
Programs designed to improve the retention rate of undergraduate women in engineering. These may cover such diverse areas as classroom, climate, learning behaviors, classroom pedagogies and academic and social support programs. It is expected that the programs will examine their impact on SMET achievement. Grants are expected to range between $5,000 and $25,000 per year.

Eligibility

Engineering Information Foundation makes grants to qualified not-for-profit organizations, and supports developmental projects, instructional projects, and training programs in engineering education and research.Organizations may submit ONE proposal per program area per cycle for a total of two proposals.

Ineligibility

No overhead is allowed.We say NO! to:requests solely for equipmentgeneral overhead (things like rent, electricity for classroom use etc.)campaignsconferencesscholarships, fellowships, assistantshipssupport for doctoral candidatesloans