UW College of Education

Early Learning Equity Scholarship Information Session

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM until 5:00 PMPacific Standard Time UTC -08:00

We are excited to share the newly launched Early Learning Equity (ELE) Scholarship, made possible by an extremely generous gift from the Ballmer Group. The mission of this scholarship is to strengthen, increase, retain and diversify Washington state's early learning education workforce by removing financial barriers to degree programs.

Email Address * Required

First Name * Required

Preferred First Name

Last Name * Required

Program Interests
This 2-year scholarship supports newly enrolled Early Care & Education and Early Childhood & Family Studies - Teaching and Learning students, or those returning after 1 or more years away from UW.

Early Care and Education - Online (BA)

Early Childhood and Family Studies (BA)

Education Studies (BA)

Education, Communities and Organizations (BA)

Education, Learning, and Society (minor)