Scholarship Applications for 2023 are now OPEN!
This year, the SWE Chicago Regional Section will be awarding two different types of scholarships:
Applications for both must be submitted by April 24, 2023 by 11:59pm (CST).
Read below to see if you fit the necessary qualifications and apply using the linked form. Also, please note that scholarship recipients and one guest are expected to attend the Awards Reception to be held on the evening of Thursday, June 15, 2023 in the Chicago-land area.
Thank you for your interest in our program, and good luck!
Mary Kathryn Holliday
Scholarship Committee Chair
E-mail for questions and comments: scholarships-crs@swe.org
- Three to five scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors who are pursuing a degree in engineering or computer science
- At least one scholarship will be awarded to a current student studying engineering or computer science at an accredited college or university
Applications for both must be submitted by April 24, 2023 by 11:59pm (CST).
Read below to see if you fit the necessary qualifications and apply using the linked form. Also, please note that scholarship recipients and one guest are expected to attend the Awards Reception to be held on the evening of Thursday, June 15, 2023 in the Chicago-land area.
Thank you for your interest in our program, and good luck!
Mary Kathryn Holliday
Scholarship Committee Chair
E-mail for questions and comments: scholarships-crs@swe.org
Scholarship for Graduating High School Seniors
Qualifications:
General Information:
- The applicant must identify as female.
- The applicant's home must be in a zip code with these three numbers as the first three digits: IL 600 through 608, 610, 611, and 613; IN 463-466.
- For the Fall 2023 semester, the applicant must be a freshman, re-entry or transfer student accepted into an engineering or computer science program at an accredited college or university.
- The applicant's unweighted grade point average must be a 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale. All schools on a 5.0 scale must recalculate the student's GPA on a 4.0 scale. If transcripts with weighted GPAs are submitted, your application will not be scored. Make sure your school submits transcripts with unweighted GPAs.
- School transcripts must be sent by your school. School officials can submit transcripts via e-mail as a .pdf or docufide to: SWE Scholarship Committee at scholarships-crs@swe.org.
General Information:
- Applications must be submitted by April 24, 2023, by 11:59pm (CST).
- Transcripts in .pdf format can be submitted by a school official via email or docufide to scholarships-crs@swe.org by May 1, 2023, by 11:59pm (CST).
- Letters of recommendation can be submitted by .pdf file to scholarships-crs@swe.org by May 1, 2023.
- Scholarship winners will be notified via email in late-May. All other applications will receive an email indicating selection has been completed.
- Winners will be required to provide proof of enrollment into an engineering program at an accredited university.
- Winners will be required to submit their Fall 2023 tuition bill. The Fall 2023 class schedule must be dated after September 4th (after classes begin) and is due before October 31, 2023.
- Scholarship recipients and one guest are expected to attend the Awards Reception, to be held on the evening of June 15, 2023.
Wendy Landwehr Scholarship for Current Engineering Students
Qualifications:
General Information:
- The applicant must identify as female.
- The applicant's home address must be in a zip code with these three numbers as the first three digits: IL 600 through 608, 610, 611, and 613; IN 463-466.
- Applicant must be a current college student accepted into an engineering or computer science program at an accredited college or university.
- The applicant's unweighted grade point average must be a 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale. All schools on a 5.0 scale must recalculate the student's GPA on a 4.0 scale. If transcripts with weighted GPAs are submitted, your application will not be scored. Make sure your school submits transcripts with unweighted GPAs.
- School Transcripts must be sent by your school. School Officials can submit Transcripts via e-mail as a .pdf or docufide to: SWE Scholarship Committee at scholarships-crs@swe.org.
General Information:
- Applications must be submitted by April 24, 2023, by 11:59pm (CST).
- Transcripts in .pdf format can be submitted by a school official via email or docufide to scholarships-crs@swe.org by May 1, 2023, by 11:59pm (CST).
- Letters of recommendation can be submitted by .pdf file to scholarships-crs@swe.org by May 1, 2023. Do not submit more than two (2) letters of recommendation. Only two will be submitted to judges.
- Scholarship winners will be notified via email in late-May. All other applications will receive an email indicating selection has been completed.
- Winners will be required to provide proof of enrollment into an engineering program at an accredited university.
- Winners will be required to submit their most recent tuition bill and class schedule from their most recent semester.
- Scholarship recipient and one guest are expected to attend the Awards Reception, to be held on the evening of June 15, 2023.
For national SWE Scholarships, please visit the link here.
