Soroptimist Live your Dream Award

The Live Your Dream Awards offers three levels of cash awards. Eligible applicants can submit their application through the online application system between August 15 – November 15. Ultimately, a Live Your Dream Awards finalist has the potential receive up to $16,000 to help offset tuition costs, purchase books, get transportation, or find reliable childcare so she can worry less about how to pay her bills and focus on reaching her dreams.

Eligibility Requirements

You are eligible to apply for the Soroptimist Live Your Dream Awards if you are a woman who:

• Provides the primary financial support for yourself and your dependents. Dependents can include children, spouse, partner, siblings and/or parents.

• Has financial need.

• Is enrolled in or has been accepted to a vocational/skills training program or an undergraduate degree program.

• Is motivated to achieve your education and career goals.

• Resides in one of Soroptimist International of the Americas’ member countries/territories (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guam, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, United States of America, Venezuela).

• Has not previously been the recipient of a Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity or Live Your Dream Award.

• Does not have a graduate degree and is not enrolled in a graduate degree program.

• Is not a Soroptimist member, an employee of Soroptimist International of the Americas or immediate family of either.

• Agree to write your essays in your own words, without the use of artificial (AI) tools.