MPOWER Financing 2024 Women in STEM Scholarship, USA and Canada

Scholarships awarded annually to female international/DACA students who are currently enrolled or accepted to study full-time in a STEM degree program at a program MPOWER supports in the United States or Canada.

• Table of Content
• About MPOWER Financing
• MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship
• MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship Courses
• Requirements for MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About MPOWER Financing

Higher education is key to this mobility but, unfortunately, millions of students struggle to get into or through school due to financial constraints. We’re tackling this pervasive issue by working with investors and universities to provide an innovative and forward-looking education financing product for students from around the world. We’re not just a student lender – our goal is to set students up for academic, professional, and financial successes.... continue reading

MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship

Awards:

• Grand Prize: US$6,000
• Runner-Up: US$2,000
• Honorable Mention: US$1,000

MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship Courses

• STEM

Requirements for MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship Qualification

• Be accepted at, or enrolled in, a full-time degree program at a U.S. or Canadian school that MPOWER supports, and
• Be an international student allowed to legally study in the U.S. or Canada, as applicable:
  • For study in the U.S., this means that the applicant meets one of these criteria:
    • Has a valid visa that permits study in the U.S.
    • Is protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
    • Is a U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder)
  • For study in Canada, this means the applicant meets one of these criteria:
    • Is a Canadian permanent resident
    • Has a valid Canadian study permit

We have created this scholarship specifically for international and DACA students. Therefore, U.S. citizens wishing to study in the U.S. and Canadian citizens wishing to study in Canada are not eligible for this scholarship.

Interview date, Process and Venue for MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship

Entrants will be evaluated and selected based on:

• The quality of the applicant’s written essays; the essays should demonstrate clarity of thought, compelling goals and vision, and superior writing skills in English;
• The applicant’s record of academic and (if applicable) professional distinction;
• The applicant’s potential to make significant contributions in a STEM field that will benefit people and/or the planet; and
• The applicant’s track record and/or potential as a role model and advocate for women and girls in STEM.

MPOWER staff and/or contractors will first screen applications for eligibility. Then MPOWER staff and/or contractors will complete a first round of review. In this round, eligible applications will be screened for basic English spelling, grammar, and writing ability. Applications with extremely short or poorly written essays will be eliminated. In the second round, the remaining applications will be rated against each of the 4 selection criteria on a scale of 1-5  (equal weights applied). The ten applications with the highest aggregate score will be further scrutinized by a panel of judges, which may include MPOWER staff or members of the MPOWER social impact advisory board. The panel may select any of these 10 finalists for phone/Skype interviews. The panel will recommend a winner to the CEO, who will make the final selection decision according to the aforementioned selection criteria. MPOWER will then reach out to the winner and request a copy of her passport and visa to confirm eligibility (gender and STEM field), as well as an acceptance letter and/or transcript to confirm she is enrolled/accepted at a partner university.

As noted above, MPOWER Financing reserves the right to conduct interviews and/or request any additional information from any Entrants related to their Entry prior to decision. At a minimum, all selected winners will be required to provide a transcript and proof of citizenship and immigration status to verify that all eligibility requirements are met. All decisions (including but not limited to eligibility determinations) will be final and binding and are not subject to challenge or appeal. Prize awards are subject to MPOWER’s verification of winners’ eligibility. All winners will be required to submit (without alteration and in the form provided by MPOWER) a completed and signed Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability & Publicity Release (the “Release”). Winner’s failure to timely return an executed Release within the required time period to MPOWER will void a winner’s Prize award and the MPOWER reserves the right to award such Prize to an alternate entrant. Winners are solely responsible for the payment of any applicable federal, state, and local taxes associated with their acceptance and receipt of any Prize. Winners acknowledge that their Prize may be subject to U.S. or Canadian withholding, as applicable, and that they may be required to execute and return to MPOWER the U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or Canadian equivalent.

All winners will be notified by telephone, email, and/or regular mail using contact information provided on their Entry. MPOWER shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted, or not received by the potential winner for any reason. If any potential winner does not respond within the time required by MPOWER, or if any winner notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to a potential winner, or fails to timely return the Release to MPOWER, the Prize for that Scholarship will be awarded to an alternative winner selected by the Judges based on the results of the aforementioned judging criteria.

Following MPOWER’s verification of winner’s eligibility and receipt of the executed Release from a winner, MPOWER shall pay the Prize on winner’s behalf, directly to winner’s school of enrollment. MPOWER will not have any liability to winner in the event that winner’s school refuses, loses, fails to properly apply, or otherwise fails to credit any Prize (or portion thereof) for winner’s benefit.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

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For more details visit: MPOWER Financing website.