1. Amelia Earhart Fellowship
District 29
September 2017

2. AMELIA EARHART FELLOWSHIP 2018 AWARD DEADLINE SUBMISSIONS NOVEMBER
A Zonta International Program, funded by
the Zonta International Foundation
foundation.zonta.org/AEFellowship
EXPANDING
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WOMEN IN
AEROSPACE-RELATED
SCIENCES AND
ENGINEERING
AWARD
US$10,000 to 35
innovative women
from around the
globe each year
ZONTA INTERNATIONAL
1211
West 22nd Street, Suite 900 | Oak Brook, IL 60523, USA
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SUBMISSIONS
DEADLINE
NOVEMBER
2017 15

3. Amelia Earhart Biography
Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. She was the first female aviator to fly solo cross the Atlantic Ocean. She received the Distinguished Flying Cross for this achievement.
Born 24 July 1897 in Atchison, Kansas, USA
Disappeared in the Pacific Ocean 2 July 1937
Became interested in aviation when she visited a stunt-flying exhibition as a teenager
Graduated from Hyde Park High School in 1915, and took her first flying lesson in January 1921.
She managed to save enough to buy her own plane in 6 months
The plane was red, named the Canary, and she used it to set the first women’s record by rising to an altitude of 14,000 feet
In June 1928 she set another women’s record – crossing the Atlantic. It took 21 hours.
In 1937 she became the first person to fly solo over the Pacific Ocean
June 1st 1937 she left Miami with her navigator Fred Noonan in her plane Electra for the 29,000 mile round the world flight
With only 7,000 miles to go, the plane disappeared on 2 July between New Guinea and Howland Island, never to be heard of again

4. Amelia Earhart’s non-flying career
1925 hired as part time English teacher
1928 joined Cosmopolitan Magazine in Boston as an associate editor, writing eight articles a year on aviation
1930 became vice president of the New York, Philadelphia and Washington Airway Corporation
1932 met privately with the pope in Rome, lunch with Belgian king and queen and was given the National Geographic gold medal by president Hoover

5. Amelia Earhart and Zonta
Amelia Earhart was invited to join Zonta Club of Boston in She accepted the invitation.
Moved from Boston to New York in 1930 and became an active member of the Zonta club of New York – the only non-professional organization to which she belonged.
Her sister members of the New York Zonta club awarded her the Zonta Trophy in 1932.

6. Letter to her husband
After she disappeared, her husband made public a letter she had left with him.
Please know that I am quite aware of the hazards. I want to do it – because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.

8. Conspiracy and Other Theories
Some say she ran out of gas over a vast stretch of the Pacific.
Others argue she landed on the Pacific island called Nikumaroro, before dying. A partial skeleton of a castaway found in the 1940s on the Nikumaroro show some similarities to Amelia, some scientists say.
An anomaly found on the seafloor off the Nikumaroro coast supports that theory.
In 2015 a theory appeared that her plan crashed in the Marshall Islands, on an atoll named Mili. An expedition had uncovered an aluminium plate and part of landing gear wheel assembly believed to come from her plane.
A follow up theory to the Marshall Island one emerged in 2017 claiming that Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were rescued by the Japanese after crash landing in the Marshall Islands and then taken to a Japanese prison where they died in captivity.
Whatever the truth, she still lives in our Zonta spirit and in all our fantastic Amelia Earhart fellows around the world

9. Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship
The purpose is to empower women through encouragement and financial support of women pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences or aerospace-related engineering.
The Amelia Earhart Fellowships focus on eliminating the gender bias that women face in pursuing doctoral degrees in the sciences and engineering.
Initially envisioned as a USD500 loan in 1938 it was changed to a scholarship already the following year.
In 1964 it was changed to a fellowship to make it more special.
The amount has gradually increased and is USD10,000 since 2008.
Since 1996, 35 new fellowships are given out every year
The International Amelia Earhart Fellowship Committee evaluates all applications and recommends the new fellows to the Zonta International Board for approval.
Application deadline is
15 November every year

10. How to apply
Check Zonta Website/Amelia Earhart Fellowship for information about
Eligibility
Requirement
Application form
How to apply
You find it easiest by opening My Zonta, scroll down to the bottom of the page where you find Useful Links. Click on Amelia Earhart Fellowship.
PS. The fellowship is $10,000

11. Documents on the Website
Description of program
Statistics and overview
Application Form
List of the most recent fellows and their bios
Amelia Earhart Newsletters
Amelia Earhart poster to post on university boards
List of fellow universities
News

12. District 29 Fellows YEAR # School country Nationality 2003-2004 3 UK
UK, Turkey, Pakistan 4
UK, Netherlands(NL)
US, NL, Spain, UK 2
US, Spain 5
UK, NL
US, NL, Spain, UK, India
UK, Germany
US, Spain. Belgium, China 1
Germany
UK, NL, Germany
Spain, Germany, Portugal
UK, Russia
UK, Russia, Andorra, Canada
UK, Spain, Russia
India, Russia
UK, France, Italy, Turkey
UK, France
UK, France, Italy, Greece 7
UK, France, Germany
Spain, Germany, France, Portugal, Madagascar, Mexico and Colombia

13. Action Plan 2017 Find universities
Contact universities, in person if possible
Sales pitch – the fellowship will spread the word about the university
Give them all information on the ZI website
Inform them which universities have fellows
Ask them to put the poster on the board
Send reminders up until application date
Ask for feedback
Go back and tell them which universities actually got the fellows (when info available 2018)

14. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

15. Celebration event Arrange at convenient location Engage nearest club
Send out an attractive invitation
Dinner or drinks
Invite all new and old AE fellows
Make sure club members attend
Invite governor to hand out wing pin and diploma
Have a relevant and interesting speaker or
Show a video about Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Take many pictures
Put the pictures on the Zonta website

16. ZONTA AMELIA EARHART DINNER 2016

17. You are invited!
District Governor Marijke Jongbloed and Zonta Club London II welcome you to the celebration dinner and ceremony for our five 2015 Amelia Earhart fellows studying in the UK
Time: Friday 12 February 2016 at 6.30 pm
Place: Radisson Blu Hotel, 22, Portman Square, London W1H 7BG
2 course dinner, drinks and coffee or tea £40.00 per person
RSVP by to

18. Now, lets go out and market the 2018-2019 fellowship and get some more fellows in D29

19. Q&A
Britt Gustawsson
Chairman Amelia Earhart District Committee Zonta International District 29
Empowering Women through Service and Advocacy London, England M:
Skype: Britt.gustawsson |