Are you a member of our Women in AIB Shared Interest Group seeking financial support to attend our Annual Meeting? You may be eligible to apply for WAIB’s Helping Hands Scholarship.

Detailed instructions for completing this process are provided below—submit your application by 17 April 2023.

Want to support this incredible resource for WAIB members? Donations to the Helping Hands Scholarship Fund can be made year-round via the WAIB website.

Overview: WAIB’s “Helping Hands” Campaign provides support up to US$1,000 for a select number of AIB women PhD students and junior faculty from low-income countries to help offset the costs of attending the AIB Annual Meeting.

Eligibility: Eligible nominees must meet the following criteria

  1. Be a WAIB member
  2. Identify as female
  3. Be either a female PhD student or low-income faculty member
  4. Present a paper accepted for presentation at the AIB annual conference
  5. Accept the Conditions of Award and Exclusions  outlined in the application form
  6. Attend WAIB’s Award Ceremony to receive the award and take a group photograph of awardees

Application: To apply, download the scholarship application form and send it to WAIB’s Secretary/Treasurer, Lyn Amine, at lyn.amine@slu.edu by 17 April 2023.

download scholarship application form