GWS Confrence and Research Grant
Feel like it's time to go to that conference, but you don't have the money? Always wanted to do some amazing research, but can't find the funding? GITA has a grant for that.
The Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy sponsors eight scholarships: the Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies General Scholarship Fund, the Activist Scholarship, the Nueva Esperanza Scholarship, the Pamela McIntyre Marcum Scholarship, the Laura McCall Endowed Scholarship, the Kinnie Family Trust Degree Completion Scholarship, and the Woman’s Club of Denver Endowed Scholarship! Additionally, GITA offers two grants that can be found right below the scholarships. These awards are given out each academic year primarily in the Fall semester. Find out more by clicking on the dropdown menus below!
For any questions regarding these scholarships, please contact Soj Sirivanchai (they/them) at [email protected].
To provide scholarships to benefit students enrolled in courses offered through the Gender, Women and Sexualities Studies Department at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Applicants must:
Priority Deadline: March 1
Award: Varies
To apply, please complete MSU Denver’s general scholarship application
The Activist Endowed Scholarship is designed to support students who are actively engaged in efforts to support positive social change in economic and/or social justice.
Applicants must:
Priority Deadline: March 1
Award: Varies
To apply, please complete MSU Denver’s general scholarship application
Migrant farm workers’ hard-won labor has fed our family and community all my life, so this scholarship is for them, especially the women who hold it all together. It comes with respect, gratitude and admiration for what migrant families have contributed to this nation and how they will change our future. Children of migrant farm worker families struggle fiercely for education and use their degrees to build a more just world. It is a pleasure to help them. The purpose of the scholarships are to annually benefit those, preferably women, with significant family responsibilities and a migrant worker family background.
Applicants must:
Priority Deadline: March 1
Award: Varies
To apply, please complete MSU Denver’s general scholarship application
The Pamela McIntyre-Marcum Memorial Scholarship is designed to provide scholarships that support students who have overcome issues of violence.
Applicants must:
Priority Deadline: March 1
Award: Varies
To apply, please complete MSU Denver’s general scholarship application
The Dr. Laura McCall Endowed Scholarship celebrates the life and passion of Laura McCall, beloved faculty member and family member. Laura’s unwavering commitment to creating opportunity through education, and to the power of understanding history and the contributions of women to changing the course of history, is recognized in this fund. This scholarship exists to provide scholarships to students pursuing a degree in History or Gender, Women and Sexualities Studies.
Applicants must:
Priority Deadline: March 1
Award: Varies
To apply, please complete MSU Denver’s general scholarship application
The Kinnie Family Trust Degree Completion Scholarship is established to provide scholarships to assist students that have a history of domestic violence and are utilizing the resources available from the University’s Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy (GITA) department to assist them over the finish line so that they can obtain their degree. Scholarships can assist with covering tuition, books, and fees. designed to provide scholarships that support students who have overcome issues of violence.
Applicants must:
Priority Deadline: March 1
Award: Varies up to $3,000
To apply, please complete MSU Denver’s general scholarship application
The Women’s Club of Denver Endowed Scholarship is established to provide financial assistance to dedicated students at Metropolitan State University of Denver majoring in Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies.
Applicants must:
• Be meeting the University’s Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements and cannot be in default or owe any refund/repayment of federal, state or institutional aid.
• Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.
• Have a declared major in Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies.
Priority Deadline: March 1
Award: Varies
To apply, please complete MSU Denver’s general scholarship application
The Fund exists to provide scholarships to students in the University’s College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
Dr. Ken Keller began his career teaching Anthropology at Metropolitan State College of Denver in the 1970s and served the university until his retirement in 2008. In addition to teaching, he chaired the Department of Sociology/Anthropology and served as Associate and Interim Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. While at the college, he helped found the Family Literacy Center, turn the Social Work program into a department, and helped build bridges with China through an Academic Scholars Exchange Program, teaching at the Guangxi Normal University in Guilin. His ability to empathize and make people feel comfortable and seen brought diverse groups together to meet a common goal. He was known for his curiosity about people no matter who they were or where they were born. He had a tremendous love for family, invented “Dad Jokes,” and one colleague said his life is a model of being a great human who worked for good in all things.
Applicants must:
• Meet the University’s Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements and cannot be in default or owe any refund/repayment of federal, state or institutional aid
• Have a completed and current general scholarship application on file
• Have a declared major within the University’s College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences or be enrolled in courses within the Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy during the semester the scholarship is awarded.
• Be enrolled at least half-time (6 or more credit hours)
• Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher
• Write an essay of at least 500 words that addresses the following:
“Describe how you relate to the experiences or challenges faced by the transgender and/or non-binary communities”.
Priority Deadline: April 25
Award: $1,000
Additional Info: The scholarship is renewable yearly, for those recipients who continue to meet the award criteria.
Feel like it's time to go to that conference, but you don't have the money? Always wanted to do some amazing research, but can't find the funding? GITA has a grant for that.
Funded by student fees, this grant is designed to support students who demonstrate significant financial need and who otherwise might have a hard time paying for college.
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