Established in 1989, the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund Award honors an individual, project, organization, or institution for outstanding contributions to equity and education for women and girls. The award is given for a broad range of activities including classroom teaching, educational and research contributions, and legal and legislative work in equity for women and girls. While the award focuses on education, the recipient need not be an educator.

Nominations must be postmarked by November 1, 2008. The awardee will be notified by April 2009. The award includes an honorarium of $5,000 plus travel expenses to attend the AAUW National Convention.  The awardee must personally accept the award at the Foundation Night banquet.

The Ophelia Project, Penn State Erie received the 2007 Eleanor Roosevelt Fund Award.

Questions? Please call 202/728-7602 or e-mail foundation@aauw.org.

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