Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

The University of California, Irvine received a $100,000 grant from the Maria Shriver’s Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement to investigate why women are significantly more likely than men to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Two thirds of the 5.5 million Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women.

Scripps College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in Claremont, California, received a $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the college’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Initiative. Funds will be used for undergraduate research fellowships, professional development initiatives for faculty and the development of new clinic courses that will involve community organizations in Los Angeles.

Bryn Mawr College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in Pennsylvania, received a $5 million donation from alumna Jacqueline Badger Mars. The Bryn Mawr graduate was president of the Food Product Group of Mars. Inc., which was founded by her grandfather. The donation is earmarked to support the construction of a student life and wellness center on campus. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2019.