Scholarships

2024 Scholarship Information: To Be Announced

2023 Scholarship Information:

United We Row Scholarship

USRowing will offer six coaches full scholarships. The goal is to empower coaches to enhance their skill sets, facilitate their development, and provide opportunities for networking and community-building.

Details and Eligibility: 

  • Scholarship will cover tuition and a travel stipend up to $400 (for applicants located 50 miles or more from Cambridge, MA).

  • Any active USRowing member who is currently coaching in the US and who represents an underrepresented population -- ethnically, racially, or people with disabilities -- is eligible. These populations include but are not limited to: American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, LGBTQ, or person with a disability. 

  • Coaches must hold a Level 2 certification or commit to completing the certification course within 3 months. (Tuition included)

  • Deadline: November 8th

  • Apply here

The Head of the Hooch® regatta is committed to supporting efforts to increase the opportunities for the development of women coaches at all levels of rowing.

The Head of the Hooch® regatta, together with their Title Sponsor the Tennessee Valley Authority, will award three tuition scholarships for coaches to attend the Women’s Coaching Conference. Preference will be given to coaches from the Southeast or from under-resourced programs.

Please email secretary@headofthehooch.org for more information.

Requests for tuition sponsorships must be made by October 9th, 2023. Scholarship awards will be made by October 23rd, 2023.

Shimano Rowing Dynamics is proud to sponsor the first annual Women’s Coaching Conference in 2023 and support the continual development of female coaches in the sport of rowing.

Shimano Rowing Dynamics, North America will award two full tuition scholarships for female collegiate coaches in North America, to attend the Women’s Coaching Conference 2023 in Boston, MA. Candidates must be currently employed by a collegiate rowing program in USA or Canada.

Please email your application letter to SRD@Shimano.com with a subject line of “SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION.” Please provide a summary of why you would like to attend the conference and include your name, contact info, rowing program/school, years of coaching experience. Additional industry references are also recommended, please include your references’ name and contact information.

Deadline for applications will be Oct 23rd, 2023 and the scholarships will be awarded and announced by Oct 27th, 2023.