NNPCW offers two types of scholarships
Event Scholarships
Scholarships are available to young women ages 18-25 to attend conferences and workshops as a representative of NNPCW. Events should be geared toward young adults or women.
By attending conferences, you can connect with other church leaders, deepen your understanding of PC(USA) and specific ministries and engage in fellowship.
The scholarships provide financial assistance to defray the cost for registration fees and travel expenses.
Recipients of the scholarships are expected to attend events as NNPCW representatives and to complete a brief report to help other young, college-age women learn from their experiences.
The deadline is rolling, but scholarships are limited, so submit your completed application as soon as possible.
Email applications to Jewel McRae, Associate for Women's Ministries & Young Women’s Leadership Development, (502) 569-5848.
Scholarship event report
After attending the event, complete your event report and submit it to NNPCW within 30 days after the end of the event.
Please send your report via email or in a Word attachment to Jewel McRae. If you have questions, call Jewel at (800) 728-7228, x5848.
Reports should be modeled on the following format:
Name of the Event
Time of the Event
Date of the Event
Location of the Event
Your Name
Relationship to Organization
- Give a brief overview of the event.
- Describe your role at the event.
- Provide any highlights and general notes.
- Describe how the event affected you personally and vocationally in the life of church.
- Describe how this event is beneficial for other racial ethnic young women.
- Suggestions for NNPCW based on attending this event.
- Any other thoughts.
Note: Parts 1-5 are required
Report is to be a maximum of two pages.
Presbyterian College Women Academic Scholarship Fund
Deadline for 2016-2017 application is March 1, 2016.
Presbyterian College Women’s academic scholarship program helps equip young women to be leaders in both church and society. We are offering two scholarships this year: one $1,500 scholarship for a Presbyterian College Women member active in empowering women on her campus and one $1,500 scholarship for a new immigrant woman pursuing a college education.
What are the requirements?
Applicants for the Presbyterian College Women scholarship must:
- Be a woman between the ages of 18 and 25.
- Be an undergraduate student at an accredited college or university in the United States.
- Provide a transcript.
- Be involved in a Christian church or campus ministry.
- Write two essays answering these questions:
1) How does your faith inform your studies and your vocational choice?
2) How do you integrate Presbyterian College Women’s mission commitment (we commit to feminism as an extension of our Christian belief that all people are made in the image of God as equals) into your past and future activism on campus? - Demonstrate financial need.
Applicants for the New Immigrant scholarship must:
- Be a woman between the ages of 18 and 25.
- Be a new immigrant to the United States (a noncitizen of the United States, anyone — regardless of immigration status — who has been living in the country for five years or fewer).
- Have applied and/or been accepted to an accredited postsecondary institution of higher learning (i.e. college, university or trade school).
- Be a full-time student.
- Be involved in and with the Christian church; preference will be given to those affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
- Write two essays answering these questions:
1) How does your faith inform your studies and your vocational choice?
2) How do you integrate Presbyterian College Women’s mission commitment (we commit to feminism as an extension of our Christian belief that all people are made in the image of God as equals) into your past and future activism on campus? - Demonstrate financial need
Any year student may apply, including incoming first-year students.
How do students apply?
Mail completed application items (listed below) in one envelope addressed to:
Presbyterian College Women
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Attn: Jewel McRae
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202-1396
Send original applications only — facsimile submissions will not be accepted.
Completed application must include:
- Application form with financial forms.
- Transcripts from all colleges or universities enrolled, currently or in the past.
- Two sealed letters of recommendation, with recommender’s signature over the seal to ensure confidentiality.
- Two essays typed and double-spaced. Your name should be clearly printed on the upper right hand corner of each page.
