Young Women's Leadership Award college scholarship: Apply now

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For the 14th consecutive year, American Banker and Discover are the proud sponsors of the Young Women's Leadership Award, a college scholarship given to four (4) graduating NYC high school seniors who have demonstrated leadership potential, academic success and are among the first generation in their families to attend college.

This scholarship is part of the Most Powerful Women in Banking: NEXT, which honors up-and-coming young banking executives.

The scholarship program will award each honoree with $5,000.00 toward the spring 2025 semester of their freshman-year tuition which gets paid directly to the institution and not payable to the individual applicant. To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be women, the first generation in their family to attend college, graduating from a NYC high school and enrolling in an accredited two or four year college or university. The winner will be selected by American Banker's scholarship committee based on their demonstrated natural leadership ability and estimation of leadership potential. Four awards of $5,000.00 each will be granted in October 2024 for use for the spring 2025 school calendar year.

Apply for the scholarship here.

Read about the 2023 scholarship winners:

• Ashley Petgrave encourages social expansion
• Jena Kim inspires giving back