Women's Jewelry Association (WJA) 2012 Student Scholarship

The Women's Jewelry Association is awarding scholarships in three categories for students pursuing careers in jewelry and watches.

Designer & Creator Category: For students in studio jewelry programs applying with finished pieces they designed and created themselves. Applicants must submit a short essay explaining their career goals, three digital images of recent work ranked by significance with brief descriptions including materials, size, and significance of each piece, and a completed entry form.

Designer Category: For students in jewelry design programs applying with their own designs, which may be CAD drawings or sketches rather than finished pieces. Requirements are the same as the Designer & Creator category: a short essay, three digital images ranked by significance with descriptions, and a completed entry form.

Non-Designer Category: For students studying to become bench jewelers, gemologists, appraisers, retailers, or watch makers. This category is essay-based and requires an essay of no more than 5000 characters (approximately 1000 words) addressing: the program being applied for, motivation for attending, why deserving of the scholarship, career goals in the jewelry or watch industries, and how the industry will benefit from the applicant receiving the scholarship. A completed entry form is also required. Images are not required for this category.

Entry fee is $10.00. All applications must be completed by the applicants themselves, and applicants may be moved between categories at the jury's discretion.