Opportunities for Women.
The Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award
The Zonta Women in Business Leadership Award
The Amelia Earhart Fellowship
- Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award (formerly the Young Women in Public Affairs Award) recognizes young women, ages 16-19, for demonstrating leadership skills and commitment to public service and civic causes and encourages them to continue their participation in public and political life. The Zonta Club of Harrisburg-Hershey Foundation can accept applications for submission to Zonta International. Application information is available here.
The Zonta Women in Business Leadership Award
- The Zonta Women in Business Leadership Award acknowledges and celebrates women who demonstrate exceptional leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, ethical conduct and make significant contributions to their respective industries while addressing global or local issues affecting women and girls or climate justice. The Zonta Club of Harrisburg-Hershey Foundation can accept applications for submission to Zonta International. Application information is available here.
The Amelia Earhart Fellowship
- To assist the future of women in this field and other aerospace-related sciences and engineering, Zonta International established the Amelia Earhart Fellowship in 1938 in honor of legendary pilot and Zontian, Amelia Earhart. Today, the Fellowship of $10,000 is awarded annually to up to 30 talented women, pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences or aerospace-related engineering around the globe. Since the program’s inception in 1938, Zonta has awarded 1,794 Amelia Earhart Fellowships, totaling more than US$12.2 million, to 1,365 women from 80 countries. These fellowships are made possible through generous donations to the Zonta Foundation for Women Amelia Earhart Fellowship Fund. Information and application.
