The Basics: Please tell us your name, and how we can get in touch with you. *

First Name

Last Name

Phone

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Address *

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

This Summit Scholarship is available to girls and young women 14-22 years of age at the time of the expedition. *

What is your birthdate?

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We care about providing a safe and supportive environment for all Summit Scholarship recipients. Participation in this expedition is limited to women and girls (trans and cis), in order to provide a properly safe and supportive environment for all participants present. *

If you identify as another marginalized gender, we encourage you to take a look at this year's scholarships for gender-diverse adventurers that we are producing in conjunction with The Venture Out Project. We would also love to connect with you in other ways (such as on social media, through our educational sessions, or through partnering with organizations that you recommend).

I acknowledge that expedition participation is limited to women (trans and cis).

How would you describe your ethnicity?

Select all that apply

African or Black

Asian or Asian American

Hispanic, Latinx or of Spanish origin

Indigenous or Native

Middle Eastern or North African

Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian

White or Caucasian

Prefer not to answer

Have you applied to the Summit Scholarship before?

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

This is my first time

What is your prior mountaineering experience? *

You do not need mountaineering experience to be considered for a scholarship.

Crampon use

Ice axe use

Glacier travel

High altitude (above 14,000ft/4,000m)

None of the above

The Nuts and Bolts

If needed, I am willing and able to increase my level of weekly cardio activity to meet the requirements for my expedition/adventure.

If selected as a Summit Scholarship recipient, I am willing to write about my experience and share writing & photos with the AWE Summit Scholarship Foundation and the program's sponsors.

I understand that each Summit Scholarship covers the full expedition fee plus select mountaineering gear provided by sponsors, and that I will be responsible for making my own travel arrangements to and from the climb's departure city. While a travel stipend is part of most Summit Scholarships, total travel expenses that exceed the amount of the travel stipend must be borne by the scholarship recipient.

I understand that I will be responsible for my own personal mountaineering gear (rentals are available through AWE's partners) and for purchasing my own travel & rescue insurance

Mountaineering is an inherently risky activity. I understand that I will have to sign an Acknowledgement of Risk and Waiver of Liability for the AWE Summit Scholarship Foundation and its partner organizations.

I do not have any known medical conditions that prevent me from participating in sustained strenuous physical activities.

I grant the AWE Summit Scholarship Foundation permission to reproduce excerpts from my application as part of the Summit Scholarship program.

Non-discrimination pledge *

I understand that absolutely no racist, sexist, transphobic, homophobic or ableist language, attitudes or actions will be tolerated. I also understand that this organization & the trips provided are trans-inclusive.

I give the Summit Scholarship Foundation permission to email me *

Yes

I give the Summit Scholarship program's brand partners permission to email me. *

Yes

No