Students can find a number of financial aid opportunities through the Student Financial Aid Office. With the Husky Promise, the UW guarantees to cover the full cost of tuition and standard fees for qualified students who otherwise could not afford to attend.
GWSS Annual Awards Nominations
Nominations Open: TBA| Nomination Deadline: April 30, 2026
Complete the GWSS Award Nominations form to submit a nomination for one of the awards below.
Awards:
| Name | Description | Level | Amount | Nominations Accepted from |
| GWSS Service Award | Recognizes individuals for their significant contributions, excellent leadership, and outstanding dedication to advancing the goals and mission of GWSS. | Any | $300 | GWSS faculty, staff, students, and self-nominations |
| Herring Phelps Scholarly Activism Award | Honors GWSS majors demonstrating commitment to feminist values and/or contemporary feminist scholarship through community-based activism. | Undergrad | $600 | GWSS faculty, staff, students, and self-nominations |
| Herring Phelps Outstanding GWSS Senior Award | Recognizes a GWSS senior for excellence or distinction in feminist scholarship, co-curricular activities, peer support, or service to the department. | Undergrad | $600 | GWSS faculty, staff, students, and self-nominations |
| Pamela E. Yee Gender and Disability Studies Award | Given in honor of Pam Yee, eldest child of Donald and Audrey Yee and sister of Shirley, David, and Steven Yee, this award honors exceptional work by an undergraduate and graduate student in the GWSS program, demonstrating successful integration of gender and disability studies in a written and/or visual project completed within the past 18 months. Disclaimer: For multi-authored submissions, nominations must clearly specify who is being nominated for the award. If only one person is being nominated from a multi-authored project, this must be explicitly stated. |
Undergrad & Grad | $250 | GWSS faculty, staff, students, and self-nominations |
| Marie Doman Excellence in Teaching Award | Recognizes a GWSS graduate student whose teaching reflects the highest standard of feminist pedagogy. | Grad | $500 | GWSS faculty members only |
Note: All awards listed above will be presented at GWSS’s annual graduation ceremony with the exception of the Marie Doman Excellence in Teaching Award, which will be presented at GWSS's annual fall reception.