Fund Details
Referral Form
2025 Founder Region Fellowship Grant
Award Amount
Up to $10,000

Brief Description:

Founder Region Fellowship, Inc. awards grants to outstanding women in the final phase of their doctoral degree program from an accredited institution of higher learning within the boundaries of Soroptimist Founder Region.

Eligible candidates must be enrolled in a doctoral program and currently attend an institution in one of the following locations:
  • Northern California - Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma
  • The State of Hawaii
  • The U.S. Territories of Guam & the Northern Mariana Islands
  • The Republic of Palau

Description:

Founder Region Fellowship (FRF)
Fellowship is the identifying project of Founder Region. FRF’s mission is to advance the status of women through financial support to women in the final phase of their doctoral grants to selected women attending universities within the bounds of Founder Region. A byproduct of this support is affirmation of the importance of the recipients’ work and vocation.

Most service organizations have Identifying Projects that help the organization realize its mission. From Soroptimist International down to the club level, one will find many innovative and challenging projects to fulfill the Soroptimist mission.

Founder Region is one of 28 regions of Soroptimist International of the Americas (SIA) with territory encompassing:
  • 10 Northern California Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma
  • The State of Hawaii
  • The U.S. Territories of Guam & the Northern Mariana Islands
  • The Republic of Palau
To learn more about this foundation, go to www.FounderRegionFellowship.org.
Begin Accepting Applications Date:
11/01/2024
Deadline Date (PST Time Zone):
1/31/2025 11:59 PM