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This year, the Summit Scholarship Foundation expected to fund 12 scholarships.
We're funding 14.
Here's what happened. Applications for the 2026 cycle opened in December and closed in early February. In that window, 2,159 women and girls from 82 countries hit submit - more than double last year's 920 applications from 44 countries. They wrote essays about why the ...
When the Summit Scholarship Foundation first took shape, we had no idea how many of you would become part of its story. Some of you came across us through a friend’s recommendation, others through a random search for “women’s mountaineering scholarships,” and some heard our name mentioned...
As you probably know by now, the Summit Scholarship Foundation is about more than just summiting peaks—it’s about capturing moments of courage and connection that ripple far beyond the mountains themselves. That’s why we created the Adventure Lens Grant, a program that empowers emerging filmmakers to join our expedition teams and tell the stories of our scholarship recipients...
By Mercy Wanjiru, Summit Scholarship Class of 2024
Rediscovering Her Wild: From Nairobi to SalkantayMercy came to the Summit Scholarship the way so many women do: with a long-standing love for the outdoors, a desire to push her limits, and a hunger for community that feels like possibility rather than gatekeeping. Her 2024 scholarship took her to Peru for the <...
By Amina Hasan, Summit Scholarship Class of 2025
On Finding Strength, Sisterhood, and Self on a First Mountaineering ExpeditionWriting this blog post has surprisingly been a struggle for me, which is funny because in the almost 2 months since I’ve returned from successfully summiting Komo Kulshan (Mount Baker) I still find any and every opportunity to talk abou...