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P.E.O. International Scholar Awards
Welcome to P.E.O. We are a Sisterhood of women who are purposeful and passionate about celebrating, supporting and motivating women. Our mission is to help women around the world advance through education. The P.E.O. Scholar Awards (PSA) was established in 1991 to provide substantial merit-based awards for women of the U.S. and Canada who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree at an accredited college or university. The Scholar Award is a one-time, competitive, merit-based award is intended to recognize and encourage academic excellence and achievement by women in doctoral-level programs. In addition to recognizing and encouraging excellence in higher education, these awards provide partial support for study and research for women who will make significant contributions in their varied fields of endeavor. All applicants are nominated by a local P.E.O. chapter.
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Award information
$25,000
Eligibility Requirements
- is nominated by a local chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood
- is a citizen or legal permanent resident of the U.S. or Canada at the time of her nomination
- at a minimum, has a bachelor’s degree
- is within two years of her graduation date and has at least one full academic year of work remaining to complete her doctoral-level degree as measured
- from the time the first award payment is made (August 1). Those in a multiple-degree program (e.g., pursuing both an M.D. and a Ph.D.) must be within two years of completing the entire program from that date.
- is enrolled in her program at an accredited U.S. or Canadian college or university. Study abroad is permitted provided the student is enrolled in a U.S. or Canadian postsecondary institution.