Deadline: 15-Nov-24
Nominations are now open for the Live Your Dream Award, a unique education award for women who provide the primary financial support for their families.
The Live Your Dream Awards give women the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects. Over half of their Live Your Dream Awards recipients are survivors of domestic violence, trafficking or sexual assault. Nearly all of the women and families they serve have overcome enormous obstacles including poverty, teen pregnancy, and drug or alcohol addiction. Live Your Dream Awards recipients may use the cash award to offset any costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education, such as books, childcare, tuition and transportation.
Ultimately, a Live Your Dream Awards finalist has the potential to receive up to $16,000 to help offset tuition costs, purchase books, get transportation, or find reliable childcare so she can worry less about how to pay her bills and focus on reaching her dreams.
Award Levels
- Recipients have the potential to receive $1,000 – $16,000 to further their education:
- Club-Level
- Award amounts vary, but club-level recipients receive an average of $1,000 from a local Soroptimist club.
- Region-Level
- Local recipients then become eligible for a $3,000 or $5,000 region-level award.
- International: $10,000
- Top region-level award recipients then become eligible for one of three international awards.
- Club-Level
Eligibility Criteria
- You are eligible to apply if you are a woman who:
- Provides the primary financial support for yourself and your dependents. Dependents can include children, spouse, partner, siblings and/or parents.
- Has financial need.
- Is enrolled in or has been accepted to a vocational/skills training program, high school equivalency or an undergraduate degree program.
- Is motivated to achieve your education and career goals.
- Resides in one of Soroptimist International of the Americas’ member countries/territories (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Guam, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, United States of America, Venezuela).
- Has not previously been the recipient of a Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity or Live Your Dream Award.
- Does not have a graduate degree and is not enrolled in a graduate degree program.
- Is not a Soroptimist member, an employee of Soroptimist International of the Americas or immediate family of either.
- Agree to write your essays in your own words, without the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
For more information, visit Soroptimist.