Scholarship and Girls Career Institute
Information & Applications
The Franklin Woman's Club is proud to have awarded approximately $60,000 in college scholarships over the years to assist graduating female high school students with college expenses.
FWC Scholarship Program
2026 Scholarship Application Materials
(The 2026 scholarship program is now closed. Please check back in the winter for the next call for applicants.)
2026 College Scholarship Application Criteria:
To be considered for the 2026 Franklin Woman's Club scholarship, the young woman MUST:
(1) Reside in Franklin Township (Somerset County)
(2) Graduate high school Spring 2026
(3) Be accepted to a 2 or 4-year college
Submission Process Options:
You may submit your completed application to the Guidance Counselor at your school by Monday, April 13, 2026
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You may submit your completed application by Regular Mail:
Franklin Woman's Club, P O Box 5793, Somerset, NJ 08873 - postmarked by Friday, April 10, 2026
OR
You may submit your completed applications by Email:
franklinwomansclub@gmail.com. Please indicate FWC Scholarship in the subject line. Email your application no later than Monday, April 13, 2026
Deadline:
FWC must receive all application materials by Monday, April 13, 2026 via one of the methods above.
Application Materials:
2026 Scholarship Application - required
Note: The scholarship check will be made out to the recipient's school of choice.
2026 Girls Career Institute Information
June 1-4, 2026 at Rutgers University, Douglass Campus
2026 GCI Application Materials
(The FWC is no longer accepting applications for the 1016 GCI program. Please check back in the winter for the next call for applicants.)
The Franklin Woman's club sponsors Franklin Township High School junior girls who live in Franklin Township, Somerset County to attend Girls’ Career Institute (GCI), a program offered by the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs. This program allows them to learn about potential careers while getting a taste of college life at Rutgers/Douglass. In this opportunity. Students must be able to stay overnight in dormitories.
Deadlines:
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Email: If you are submitting your application by email, the FWC must receive completed application materials by Friday February 27, 2026.
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Regular Mail: If you are submitting your application by mail, it must be postmarked by Wednesday February 25, 2026 to ensure the application materials arrive on time.
Submission Process:
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To submit by email: Completed applications may be sent to: franklinwomansclub@gmail.com. Please indicate GCI in the subject line.
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To submit via regular mail, send to: Franklin Woman's Club, P O Box 5793, Somerset, NJ 08873.
Application Materials: (Applicants MUST complete and submit all three items listed below)
Application Form - required
Application Questions - required
Parent Permission Form - required
Scholarship Recipients
2026 Recipients
Cheray Wright, FWC Education Comm Chair
Kateryna Kravchuk
Sarah Qian
Stasha Holzer
Coral Lowrie
Nouralhouda Regragui (not present)
2025 Recipients
Nicole Udarnauth
Allison Ulm
Marina Mabin
Chloe Jackson
Kaitlynn Bullock
2024 Recipients
Ankitha Jagadeesh
Zoe Ling
Maya Mathews
Sarah Moley
Gabriella Stewart
Cheray Wright, FWC Education Comm Chair - 3rd from the left
2023 Recipients
Samantha Gordon
Amanda Guitierez
Aastha Patel
Marilyn Vargas Rodriguez
Rebecca Russo
Taylor Repollet
Cheray Wright, FWC Education Comm Chair - 4th from the left
2022 Recipients
Taviyani Johnson
Lilyana Hopkins
Dhruvu Mehta
Jeevika Sivasubramon
Cheray Wright, FWC Education Comm Chair - on the left
2021 Recipients
Casey Bonham
Emma N. Moley
Morgan Wheeler
2020 Recipients
Brianna Rao
Rachelle Dubuisson
Gabriela Delgado
Sonia Dalal
Lekha Gowder
Janiah Fladger
Afsheen Amed
Ciara Dukes
Eluwa Ihunaya
Nicole Origenes
2019 Recipients
Nia Abdullah
Kayla Arrington
Nadia Asmah
Jada Bethea
Anamaria Buchhan
Nisha Makwana
Monet Murray
Madison Rowe
Kaitlyn Timari
2018 Recipients
Anjana Nair
Maitri Shah
Madison Whiting
Sierra Schiff
Summer Thompson
Gabriella Consiglio
Karinna Rao
2017 Recipients
Jamie Greene
Taylor Breen
Molly Swayne
Jada Edwards
Heather Attanasio
2016 Recipients
Zahra Yusah
Caitlin Hibbard
Jennifer Dars
Angelina Frances
2015 Recipients
Stephanie Tu
Sheryl Dalal
Dana Slavick
Monica Estillore
Alayna Fuller (not in photo)
2014 Recipients
Neha Ashraf
Subona Panja
Frances Reyes
Brooke Tooles
Alexandra Schmidt Cristina Canestri
Keana Mirmajlesi
Mackenzie Pitts
Two Generations of Scholarship Winners!
Pernethia Arrington (right) (nee, Penny Peoples), is pictured with her daughter and 2019 Scholarship Winner, Kayla Arrington. Pernethia won the Franklin Woman's Club Scholarship in 1990!!