Please see the following message from Rachel Williams, DEO of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies:

The Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWSS) at the University of Iowa invites applications for their scholarships. The application deadline is February 1, 2022. Information about eligibility and application procedures for all awards is available on the GWSS website.

2022 GENDER, WOMEN’S, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES (GWSS) SCHOLARSHIPS

For all awards, student should send completed application and supporting materials electronically to laura-kastens@uiowa.edu by February 1, 2022. Letters of recommendation should be sent directly from the writer to laura-kastens@uiowa.edu.

FOR UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE STUDENTS

STEPHEN LYNN SMITH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Stephen Lynn Smith (1944-2009) was born in Cedar Rapids and raised in nearby Marion. A 1963 graduate of Marion High School, he enrolled in the ROTC program at the State University of Iowa (the original name for the University of Iowa) that summer, majoring in engineering. Perhaps influenced by the 1963 March on Washington that August, Steve embraced the Civil Rights Movement. He soon joined the local chapter of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and in 1964 participated in Freedom Summer, an effort to register African Americans in Mississippi to vote. He was one of over 800 volunteers from across the country.

Two awards of $3,000 each will be given to students demonstrating a commitment to the principles of social justice and progress. This award is open to undergraduate and graduate students.

FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

ADAH JOHNSON/OTILIA MARIA FERNANDEZ SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship honors Adah Johnson, one of the first black women students to graduate from the University of Iowa (1912) and Otilia Maria Fernandez, one of the first Hispanic women to graduate (1924).

The 2021-22 Johnson/Fernandez Scholarship will be awarded to an undergraduate woman student of color who has taken courses in the Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies department or whose academic interests include some aspect of women’s culture or experience. One award of $1,500 will be given.

FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

ADELE KIMM SCHOLARSHIP

The Adele Kimm Scholarship is made possible by a bequest of Adele Kimm in honor of her brother, S. Conrad Kimm and her sister-in-law Hilda Kimm.

The 2022-23 Adele Kimm Scholarship will be awarded to a graduate student involved in the Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Department through coursework or service. One award of $3,000 will be given.

JANE A. WEISS MEMORIAL DISSERTATION SCHOLARSHIP

A $5,000 scholarship will be awarded to a University of Iowa Ph.D. candidate whose dissertation focuses on issues pertaining to women. Graduate students from all disciplines are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be a currently registered PhD. candidate whose dissertation proposal has been accepted by the candidate’s department by February 1, 2022.