Scholarships

NEW 's scholarship applications are closed for 2022.

Please visit our website in January 2023 when we will be accepting a new class of candidates.

The Network of Executive Women (NEW) is dedicated to helping support the educational goals of women in need  who are returning to school to improve their lives and their financial security. Despite the incredible demands made on these women, they commit themselves to furthering their education in pursuit of a better life for themselves and their families.

Applicants must meet all the following requirements:

· Reside in or attend a post-secondary education program in New Haven or Fairfield Counties

· Demonstrate financial need.

· Have had an interruption of their education.

· Be returning, continuing, or commencing undergraduate schooling or other types of training to further their educational goals and/or enhance their job skills. Please note that 2022/2023 high school graduates are not eligible. 

Scholarships are funded through NEW sponsored events, member participation and private donations. 

Applications are NOT available online. To ask a question please email our scholarship chair, Susan Oderwald

Scholarship finalists will be interviewed by the NEW Scholarship Committee and awards will be presented in the spring