WIIT Student Scholarship
Offered by Association of Women in International Trade Charitable Trust
About this scholarship
The Association of Women in International Trade Charitable Trust awards $3,000 merit scholarships twice each year to women studying international trade. The scholarship is paid directly to the winner’s U.S. college or university. Each recipient also receives one year of mentoring from a WIIT member, a one-year WIIT membership, and an opportunity to help plan a WIIT program connected to the winning essay topic. Applicants must identify as female, attend an accredited U.S. institution full time or part time, and be undergraduate juniors or seniors or graduate students. Eligible study may address trade policy and negotiations, global business, supply chains, economic development, trade and gender, investment agreements, competitiveness, or another subject with a clear international-trade connection. The central submission is a five-to-ten-page, double-spaced essay or suitably adapted academic paper with a thesis, balanced critical analysis, and bibliography or endnotes. The essay must be anonymized, formatted in 12-point Times New Roman, and submitted as a Word document. Applicants also send the official information sheet and a transcript proving current enrollment. All materials go to the WIIT Trust email address on the official page. The next deadline is November 1, 2026.
Eligibility
- Identify as female
- Be enrolled full time or part time at an accredited college or university in the United States
- Be an undergraduate junior or senior or a graduate student
- Study or write about an issue with a direct and discernible international-trade connection
- Submit an anonymized five-to-ten-page double-spaced essay or academic paper in Word format
- Include a thesis, critical analysis, and endnotes or bibliography
- Provide the completed information sheet and a transcript confirming enrollment
- Email the complete package to the WIIT Trust by November 1, 2026