Funding Information

  • Amount: $3,000-$10,000.
  • Grant year: July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024

Eligibility Criteria

  • Applicants must be individuals, AAUW branches, AAUW state organizations or local community-based nonprofit organizations (including universities).
  • The proposed activity must have direct impact to encourage girls to select, before entering college, the physical sciences or engineering as a career.
  • Nonprofit organizations and universities must be based in the United States or its territories.
  • Organizations (including universities) must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. AAUW branch and state applicants must have 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status.
  • Proposals from AAUW branches or states must be approved and signed by the branch or state president.
  • Proposals from local community-based nonprofit organizations must be approved and signed by the organization’s executive director.
  • Previous Community Action Grant awardees must wait three application cycles before applying for another grant and may not apply for duplicate funding.
  • Members of the AAUW Board of Directors, committees, panels, task forces and staff, including current interns, are not eligible to apply for AAUW’s fellowships and grants. A person holding a current award is eligible for election or appointment to boards, committees, panels, and task forces.

For more information, visit American Association of University Women (AAUW).