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Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship

Bachelor's ScholarshipRemote

Society of Women Engineers

Application Deadline

Closed · February 2, 2026

Reopens Dec 2026

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“Undergraduate and community college applicants must be planning to study an ABET-accredited program in engineering, technology, or computing in the upcoming academic year. Masters and PhD candidates must be enrolled or accepted at a school with ABET-accredited programs in engineering, computing, or technology.” Eligibility

  • Education required

    High School · Bachelor Enrolled · Master Enrolled · PhD Enrolled

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The Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship, set up in 2004, is one of the Society of Women Engineers’ Society-Selected Scholarships. It is funded from a bequest left by Ada Pressman, a mechanical engineer and former SWE president.

There is no separate form: SWE considers each Society-Selected applicant for every listed award they qualify for, this one included.

Benefits & funding

  • US$7,000, listed with a 5-year term; SWE describes the awards made from her gift as renewable.
  • Paid directly to the student to use at their discretion.

Eligibility

  • Students of engineering, engineering technology or computing.
  • Collegiate/Graduate route: rising sophomores to seniors and graduate students; undergraduates in an ABET-accredited program, graduate students at a school with ABET-accredited programs; GPA 3.0/4.0 or above.
  • Emerging First Year route: incoming first-year students, including high school seniors; GPA 3.5/4.0 or above.
  • International students qualify for both routes at an ABET-accredited program; students in India apply via the India Scholars route.
  • Full-time study, except re-entry and nontraditional applicants.
  • Current pages state no gender rule; SWE’s 2023 flyer required applicants to identify as women.

Application process

  1. 1
    Submit the one Society-Selected application for your stage; it covers this award.
  2. 2
    Arrange one recommendation letter, due by the application deadline.

Program timeline

  1. 2 Feb 2026

    Collegiate/Graduate deadline, 2026–2027 cycle

  2. Collegiate/Graduate application opens

    1 Dec 2026

  3. Collegiate/Graduate deadline

    1 Feb 2027

  4. Emerging First Year application window

    8 Feb–31 Mar 2027

  5. Jun–Oct 2027

    Finalists notified; all applicants by end of October

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