Graduate Women International offers a number of international fellowships and grants to women graduates for postgraduate research, study and training.
Every three years GWI offers a fellowships programme that makes it possible for women graduates to complete exciting research in many important fields. For example, they are exploring new frontiers in medicine, analysing the impact of global trends on women and children and assessing conservation efforts. Many are working in areas directly related to GWI priority interests. Their studies will have far-reaching benefits, for their own careers, and for the communities and countries from which they come.
The British Federation of Women Graduates has a designated International Fellowship Fund from which it contributes to the grant every three years.
In 2025 BFWG International Fellowship Fund contributed £3,000 under the Ida Smedley MacLean Fellowship.
Graduate Women International Celebrates Academic Excellence with 2025 Fellowship Awards
Graduate Women International (GWI) and its International Fellowship
These competitive awards recognize and support exceptional women scholars advancing postgraduate research and academic excellence across the globe. This year, GWI received 80 applications from candidates representing 32 countries and enrolled in PhD programmes at 50 universities worldwide. The competition was fierce, reflecting the outstanding calibre and ambition of applicants.
Following a rigorous selection process by the GWI Fellowships Committee, they are honoured to present the 2025 awardees:
Anita Aboagye (Ghana)
PhD in Health Education and Health Promotion, University of Alabama (USA)
Awarded: GWI 35th Triennial Rose Sidgwick Fellowship – 5,000 Swiss francs
Maria Grados Bueno (Peru)
PhD in Development Studies, University of Sussex (UK)
Awarded: FfWG-Crosby Hall Fellowship – £6,000
Kate Nelson (UK)
PhD in Adolescent Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK)
Awarded: BfWG-Ida Smedley MacLean Fellowship – £3,000
Gena Sturgon (USA)
PhD in Peace and Security, University of Coventry (UK)
Awarded: NZFGW-Daphne Purves Grant – 3,000 Swiss francs
Nina Prusac (Croatia)
PhD in Human Rights Law, University of Coventry (UK)
Awarded: Nazan Moroğlu Recognition Grant – 1,000 Euro
Ruoquing Yin (China)
PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, University College London (UK)
Awarded: Cynthia Burek Recognition Grant – £1,000
GWI International Awards winners 2022
Many congratulations to our International Awards winners 2022
Videos by recent Award Winners
GWI Recognition Award 2022
Elizabeth Goodpasture, University of York
Kindred Spirits: Friendship and Ambition Among Women Artists in England, 1870-1920
GWI/BFWG Majorie Shaw Fellowship 2019
Mireille Widmer, Sussex University
Urban Security Governance in Janakpur, Nepal