Edith SeVille Coale Scholarship

Announcement

Academic Year 2026 - 2027
Awards for this academic year were announced on August 18, 2026. The Club awarded $35,250 to sixteen outstanding candidates.

Academic Year 2027 - 2028

Applications and guidelines will be available in January 2027.

Background of Program: Through the generosity and foresight of Dr. Edith SeVille Coale, the Zonta Club of Washington, D.C. awarded the first medical scholarship in 1965 and has awarded over $1.3 million to deserving recipients. Dr. Edith SeVille Coale was born in 1878 in Mansfield, Ohio. In 1913, she began her long and successful medical practice in Washington, DC. She was elected to the Zonta Club of Washington, D.C. in 1923, serving as its President in 1933-34. When Dr. Coale died in 1962, her will provided that the bulk of her estate be used for scholarships for women medical students under the administration of the Zonta Club of Washington, D.C. To learn more about Dr. Coale, please click here.

Eligibility:

• Women medical students entering second or third year of medical school
• Must have well above average academic performance
• Demonstrates financial need
• Enrolled in one of the following medical schools:
• The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Georgetown University School of Medicine
• Howard University College of Medicine
• John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Timeline:

• Application will be available January 2027.
  
• The decision and award are granted by June of each year.

Application Guidelines: Click Here

Award Amount: Varies between $5,000 to $8,000