Scholarships & Awards

Equity and equal opportunity for women and girls are central to AAUW’s mission, both nationally and in our branch. Through our branch’s Charitable Foundation, we fund the Doris Karlik Local Scholarships for Palm Beach County women who will begin or are completing their undergraduate educations. We also sponsor a local student to attend AAUW’s  annual National Conference of College Women Student Leaders, held in Maryland.

Our branch also presents the Benjamin School Junior Girl Award to a young student the school chooses for outstanding performance.

The Benjamin School presentation is typically scheduled for our September meeting. Scholarship winners and the NCCWSL attendee are honored at our annual May installation of officers dinner.


Interested in applying for  the Doris Karlik Local Scholarships?  Or know someone who might be? Use the links, above, for more information. The deadline for 2025 is March 22, 2025. Download the application here:  2025-AAUW-NPBC-Scholarship-Application .


(Pictured above: Acacia Higgins, Marlena Hutchinson, Alle Robbins, and Haleema Warraiat, (missing Jenna Kercheville) recipients of Doris Karlik Local Scholarships, in 2024.)

                                                NPBC AAUW Doris Karlik Scholarship Recipients 2024

                          ( please click on the next page for academic details.)

  • Acacia Higgins
  • Marlena Hutchinson
  • Jenna Kercheville
  • Alle Robbins
  • Haleema Warraiat