Scholarships
Travel Scholarships
Members of the Women’s Travel Club believe that the opportunity for travel, whether domestic or international, should be available for all women as a means to enhance awareness, broaden perspective, and boost creativity. This mission “to help other women travelers” has been important to the Club since its founding in 1934-35.
Every other year, the WTC Scholarship Committee is pleased to award two travel scholarships of $7,000 each to women whose interests, research, or professional goals require travel for which they lack funding. The next application deadline is in February 2026, and award announcements will be made in April 2026. Further information will be available on this site shortly.
2018 Travel Scholars
Eligibility
The Scholarship Committee selects candidates on the basis of the compelling nature of their projects, whether in the arts, humanities, or sciences. The Committee looks for projects that can be completed within the stated time frame, solid planning and budgeting, financial need, and previous travel opportunities. Funds may cover travel, accommo-dation, meals, equipment, and other incidentals necessary for project completion. Applications are short and require one supporting letter.
Finalists will be contacted in early March 2026 for interviews with Scholarship Committee members, preferably in person. Awardees will be announced shortly thereafter. There are no other restrictions with regard to the age of the applicant, citizenship, education level, interest, destination, or nature of the project, but applicants must identify as women. The two awardees are required to attend two meetings of the Women’s Travel Club in person – one on Wednesday, May 20, in Winchester, to describe their upcoming project, and one in May of 2027 to report on their project results.
Recent travel scholars have included an applicant studying homelessness in Vatican City, a PhD candidate studying chimpanzee behavior, a ministerial candidate studying nude protests by rural Nigerian women, and an applicant studying Italian jewelry techniques in Florence.
Contact: Co-Chairs, WTC Scholarship Committee, WTC.travel.scholarships@gmail.com
All Women’s Travel Club records, including records of Travel Scholars, ultimately reside in the Archives of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.