Conference Scholarships

2024 Applications Closed

The mission of the Women’s Leadership Connection of Southern Oregon is to foster leadership in business, government, and nonprofit organizations that more fully reflects our community. 

The vision of the Women’s Leadership Connection is to serve professional women in our community with leadership and career development opportunities. 

In service of this mission and vision, and with the support of generous donors, each year we offer need-based scholarships to conference attendees. 

Conference scholarships have historically been offered to:

  • Students
  • Those underrepresented in their field of work and community circles (including but not limited to ability, age, class, ethnicity, gender, language, nation of origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, and other identities.)
  • Rural residents
  • Those who have never attended a professional conference before
  • Professionals returning to work after a significant absence or seeking work
  • Those who are self-employed or entrepreneurs
  • New professionals in their industry
  • Those experiencing financial hardship

Enormous thanks to the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library, who was our scholarships sponsor for the 2024 WLC Conference. 

If your organization would like to become a sponsor, we would love to partner with you! Please contact [email protected] — writing WLC Scholarship in the subject line. Thank you!

Thanks to Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library, our scholarship sponsor, we were able to offer scholarships to our 2024 WLC Conference.

We were able to provide partial need-based scholarships for 10% of available conference seats this year as well as a reduced registration fee for students.

Each year the scholarship amount varied depending on the number of applicants and the available budget.

Attendee Eligibility

Your scholarship application will be reviewed by a committee of the Women’s Leadership Conference board of directors and will be based on a scoring system. The scoring system is based on reducing financial and other barriers to participation and prioritizes individuals from underrepresented populations. Apply below if you identify as an individual who is:

Underrepresented in your field of work and your community circles:

including but not limited to ability, age, class, ethnicity, gender, language, nation of origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, and other identities.

A rural resident

Someone who’s never attended a professional conference before

A professional returning to work after a significant absence or seeking work

Self-employed or an entrepreneur

A new professional in your industry

Those experiencing financial hardship

Students do not need to apply for scholarships and should simply register for the conference using their student email and click “yes” to student status for the discounted rate.

Should you have any questions or if your organization would like to become a sponsor, please contact [email protected] — writing WLC Scholarship in the subject line. Thank you!