The 2025/2026 Live Your Dream Awards is open to U.S. female and international students who are residents of one of the Soroptimist International of Americas’ member countries or territories mention below that wish to continue their undergraduate degree program in the United States. The scholarship is sponsored by Soroptimist to provide financial assistance to applicants who seek help to further their education in a vocational or skills training program. This is a competitive scholarship with a limited number of 1700 award and a value of $16,000 given to qualified applicants of the 2025/2026 Live Your Dream Awards.
Scholarship Overview
- Sponsor: Soroptimist
- Host: Any
- Type: Financial aid
- Award: 1700
- Value: $16,000
- Level: Undergraduate
- Target: U.S. female students
- Location: United States
2025/2026 Live Your Dream Awards Eligibility Criteria
The following requirements must be met by the applicants in order to be eligible for the 2025/2026 Live Your Dream Awards:
- The scholarship application is open to U.S. female students who are residents of one of the Soroptimist International of Americas’ member countries or territories such as Venezuela, United States of America, Taiwan, Philippines, Peru, Paraguay, Panama, Northern Mariana Islands, Mexico, Korea, Japan, Guam, Ecuador, Colombia, Canada, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina.
- Applicants must have excellent academic performance and good grades.
- Applicants will be required to provide the primary financial support for dependents and yourself while dependents can include parents, siblings, partner, spouse, children.
- Applicants must plan to enroll or enrolled into an undergraduate degree program to study a vocational or skills training program.
- Applicants must provide their financial need and must be motivated to achieve their education and career goals.
- Applicants who are not recipient of a Live Your Dream Award or Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity are eligible to apply for the scholarship.
- Applicants that don’t have a graduate degree and is not pursing one currently are eligible to apply for the scholarship.
- Applicants who are not immediate family of either or a Soroptimist member or an employee of Soroptimist International of the Americas are eligible to apply for the scholarship.
Scholarship Benefits
- Qualified applicants at the Club-Level will receive $1,000 from a local Soroptimist club.
- Qualified applicants at the Region-Level will receive $3,000 or $5,000.
- Qualified applicants at the International-Level will receive $10,000.
2025/2026 Live Your Dream Awards Application process
To apply for the 2025/2026 Live Your Dream Awards, applicants must follow these steps:
- Applicants can apply for the scholarship through the online application link provided below.
- Applicants must provide all the required documents that are needed for the scholarship before the deadline date.
- Applicants will be required to write an essay in their own words, without the use of AI tools on the topic provide on the scholarship application form.
- For more information about the scholarship, applicants can contact this email siahq@soroptimist.org.
Application Deadline: 15 November 2025