Scholarship Applications for 2025 are now OPEN!

This year, the SWE Chicago Regional Section will be awarding two different types of scholarships:

Scholarships awarded to graduating high school seniors who are pursuing a degree in engineering or computer science

Scholarships awarded to current students who are studying engineering or computer science at an accredited college or university

Applications for both must be submitted by April 15, 2025 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 mid-June 2025 in the Chicago-land area. There will be more information shared closer to that time.

Thank you for your interest in our program, and good luck!

Mary Kathryn Holliday
Scholarship Program Chair
E-mail for questions and comments: scholarships-crs@swe.org

Graduating High School Seniors Apply HERE Current Engineering Students Apply HERE

Qualifications:

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 2025 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 15, 2025, 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 April 18, 2025, by 11:59pm (CST).
Letters of recommendation can be submitted by .pdf file to scholarships-crs@swe.org by April 18, 2025, by 11:59pm (CST).
Scholarship winners will be notified via email in early June. 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 2025 tuition bill. The Fall 2025 class schedule must be dated after September 4th (after classes begin) and is due before October 31, 2025.
Scholarship recipients and one guest are expected to attend the Awards Reception, to be held on the evening of mid-June.

Qualifications:

The applicant must identify as female.
Applicant must be a current college student accepted into an engineering or computer science program at an accredited college or university within the Greater Chicago area (includes Purdue University & Northwest Indiana).
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 15, 2025, 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 April 18, 2025, by 11:59pm (CST).
Letters of recommendation can be submitted by .pdf file to scholarships-crs@swe.org by April 18, 2025, by 11:59pm (CST). 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 early June. 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 mid-June.

For national SWE Scholarships, please visit the link here.