The FAWCO Foundation Education Awards Program - an Introduction

Created by and for FAWCO clubs, the Awards Program recognizes and honors the academic excellence and all-around achievement of the children of FAWCO members as well as FAWCO members themselves. FAWCO hopes to promote international understanding and good will by giving annual awards for study, in the US or abroad, at high school, undergraduate and graduate levels to these well educated, linguistically gifted and internationally- oriented children. Therefore, every year the Foundation recognizes their unique gifts and honors their excellence by giving the best of them awards carrying grants to help them pursue education overseas and in the US.

Since the first award was given under the aegis of The Foundation in 1972, many hundreds of thousands of dollars have been given to over 150 recipients. Every year we adjust the program to funds available, and to the changing needs of members and members' children.

Who is Eligible?

The Foundation Awards Program is open to all FAWCO club members and their children (grandchildren are eligible for the Dual Cultural Award), regardless of nationality and regardless of whether or not your affiliated Club has made a contribution to The Foundation’s programs. The children of the members of the Board of Directors as well as Directors themselves, however, are not eligible for awards.

To learn about the Recipients for the 2010 Awards, please click here.  The 2010 Awards Recipients were announced in March at the FAWCO Conference in Boston.