Scholarship Program

Make Your Mark: Scholarships for Michigan Women in Tech 

Our scholarship program encourages talented female students (high school seniors and current college/university students) to continue their higher education and ultimately help Michigan become the No. 1 state for girls and women in technology. 

We award scholarships and grants to women pursuing technology careers. 

Annual awards range from $2,000 to $5,000, with the possibility of renewal, and are given to high school seniors and undergraduate or graduate college students. While MCWT engagement is considered, it is not a requirement for scholarship decisions. Scholarship recipients are welcome to apply for renewal in subsequent years. In addition to financial support, recipients receive a leadership mentor for the scholarship period and assistance finding internship opportunities.

In 2025, our MCWT scholar class included 43 recipients from 17 colleges and universities across the state. Since 2002, MCWT has awarded $2.1 million in scholarships—452 total awards to 280 women.. 

Eligibility Requirements*:

• United States citizen
• Current Michigan resident
• Female students with a GPA of 2.75 or better
• Must be pursuing a tech-related degree for the 2026-2027 academic year
• Enrolled (or will be enrolled) full-time in a Michigan college, community college or university

* To qualify, applicants must be enrolled in a full-time associate, undergraduate or graduate degree program in Michigan. All applicants must be able to provide documentation showing they meet these requirements. 

Qualified majors/degree programs

Each applicant must be enrolled during the grant period in a full-time undergraduate or graduate degree program in a major such as Information Systems, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, and Data Science. This is not a complete list but rather serves to provide examples. Applicants must maintain program requirements and will be subject to verification.

There will be three virtual Scholarship Application Drop-In Help Sessions for the 2025-26 school year application window. Each virtual session is meant to provide students with assistance in completing the application. All students with an open application will be invited to the drop-in help sessions.

The application window for the 2026-2027 academic year is open from October 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. 

Please contact scholarships@mcwt.org with any questions/concerns.

2025-2026 Recipients

Each recipient is paired with a mentor who meets throughout the year with the scholar to support her as she navigates her academic years. MCWT’s 2024 scholarship recipients, representing 17 colleges and universities throughout Michigan, include: 

• Victoria “Katie” Sweet Memorial Scholarship: Leah Casavant (University of Michigan) 

• Amerisure Scholarship: Shruti Balla (University of Michigan)

• Amerisure and Yazaki Scholarship: Abigail Braden (Davenport University)  

• Baxter Scholarship: Marissa Feole (Michigan Technological University); April Frey (Wayne County Community College District); and Jaidyn Hamilton (Wayne County Community College District)

• Consumers Energy Scholarship: Alexis Bliesener (Michigan State University); Dasia Jackson (Lawrence Technological University); Samantha Scott (University of Michigan); Faith Szczepanski (Michigan Technological University); and Maleighya Thompson (Ferris State University)

• Consumers Energy and MASCO Scholarship: Vidya Vuyyuru (University of Michigan)  

• Data Intensity Scholarship: Natalie Hilliker (Michigan Technological University); Adriana Lippolis (Kettering University); and Sharia Hearns (Michigan State University)

• Data Intensity and Dow Scholarship: Jayda Walker-Hood (Davenport University)

• Detroit Diesel Scholarship: Rehab Jadalla (University of Michigan Dearborn) and Mia Giovannini (Oakland University)

• Dow Scholarship: Hannah Le (Macomb Community College); Kajal Modi (Michigan State University); and Camryn Toth (University of Michigan)

• GTS Scholarship: Amanda Mackin (Oakland University) 

• GTS and SIM Detroit Scholarship: Malia Klumpp (Eastern Michigan University) 

• Little Caesars Scholarship: Julia Tauro (University of Michigan) and Nubah Uddin (University of Michigan)  

• MASCO Scholarship: Regan McDonald (University of Michigan); Ashlynn Mulka (University of Michigan); and Aarushi Singh (University of Michigan) 

• MOTOR Scholarship: Nuri Hannan (Wayne State University)  

• SIM Detroit Scholarship: Jeniffer Clements (Macomb Community College); Jordan Doyle (Kalamazoo College); Ifrat Jahan (Wayne State University); Isla McCubbin-Green (University of Michigan); Kaajal Shah (Michigan State University); Angelia Philip (Eastern Michigan University); Alondra Rosales (Wayne State University); Praseedha Vinukonda (Michigan State University); and Elisabeth Zubal (Aquinas College) 

• Stryker Scholarship: Ayesha Nadeem (Eastern Michigan University) and Vedika Narla (University of Michigan) 

• Yazaki Scholarship: Cora Bangert (Central Michigan University); Jenna Beaudoin (Michigan Technological University) and Evelyn Bender (Calvin University) 

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