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2025 Scholarship Applications

The 2025 Scholarship application period is now closed. 

We look forward to seeing you at our Annual Scholarships & Recognitions Event on May 21, 2025!

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. 

Questions? Contact Kaitlyn Denten.

2025 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.