Scholarship Program

2024 Scholarship Application - Now Closed 

Each year, as part of our mission to encourage and promote leadership, achievement, and the professional development of women in the environmental field, we present graduate scholarships (up to $3,000 per scholarship) to outstanding women studying to pursue environmental careers. The scholarship application for the 2024 year is expected to be announced for the Spring semester.

To be considered for this scholarship opportunity, the following parameters must be met prior to applying:

SWEP is excited to announce Ashley Choi and Lily Kelleher as the selected applicants of two small scholarships for the 2024 year! Check out our post on the Past Scholarship tab to see their achievements to date!

Grant Program

2024 Grant Application - Now Closed

Each year, SWEP Greater Philadelphia awards grants to help fund organizations or programs that creatively address a locally-defined need to create, enhance, restore, or protect the natural environment or to provide environmental awareness through educational sessions, with particular emphasis on encouraging girls and/or women in the sciences, engineering, or environmental fields. SWEP presents these grants to encourage girls and/or women to pursue fields focused in STEM.

To be eligible for a grant, applicants and projects must be located within the Greater Philadelphia Area, which includes southeastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware and southern New Jersey.

SWEP is excited to announce Berks Nature and The Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center as the selected applicants of two small grants for the 2024 year!

For more information regarding future grant applications, please monitor our LinkedIn account! 

If you have any questions, please email our committee chair, Laurel Klein at lklein@slrconsulting.com or swep.scholar.phila@gmail.com.