2025 Scholarship Applications

The 2025 Scholarship application period is open. 

The WTS Minnesota women scholarships are competitive and are based on the applicant’s specific transportation goals, academic record, and transportation-related activities or job skills. Applicants of varying background and experiences are encouraged to apply. Financial need is not a primary consideration. Applications must be submitted as 1 PDF and are due via this google form by Friday, January 3, 2025  at 5 pm.

Questions? Contact Emily Bowen at [email protected]

2024 Scholarship and Award recipients.

WTS Minnesota Scholarships

$2,000 Dan Meyers High School Scholarship

• Applicant must be a high school senior.   
• Applicant must be considering a college degree in a transportation-related field such as civil engineering, math, urban planning, geography, economics, or public policy.

$2,000 Katherine Turnbull Undergraduate Leadership Scholarship

• Applicants must have GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Applicants must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program in a transportation-related field, such as transportation engineering, planning, finance, or logistics.
• Applicant must have plans to pursue a career in a transportation-related field.
• Applicants for the Katherine Turnbull Undergraduate Leadership Scholarship must specifically address the issue of leadership on their personal statement.

$2,000 Donna Allen Undergraduate Scholarship

• Applicants must have GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Applicants must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program in a transportation-related field, such as transportation engineering, planning, finance, or logistics.
• Applicant must have plans to pursue a career in a transportation-related field.

$2,000 WTS Minnesota Graduate Scholarship

• Applicants must have GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in a transportation-related field, such as transportation engineering, planning, finance, or logistics.
• Applicant must have plans to pursue a career in a transportation-related field.

$2,000 WTS Technical Scholarship

• GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Currently enrolled in an technical school program in a transportation-related field, such as transportation engineering, planning, finance, or logistics.
• Plans to pursue a career in a transportation-related field.

$2,000 WTS/MSES Workforce Development High School Scholarship

• Applicant must be a high school senior.   
• Applicant must be considering a college degree in a transportation-related field such as civil engineering, math, urban planning, geography, economics, or public policy.

$2,000 WTS/MSES Advancing Women in Transportation Graduate Scholarship

• Applicants must have GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in a transportation-related field, such as transportation engineering, planning, finance, or logistics.
• Applicant must have plans to pursue a career in a transportation-related field.