Zonta Club of Ottawa, Canada held its annual breakfast/brunch to celebrate Amelia Earhart Day on Saturday, January 11th at Cora’s.
Pictured bottom left: Valerie Knowles, Cynthia O’Neil, Susie Smith, Fen Li, Valerie Hume, Renuka Gamage, Prem Grainger, Kirsten North and Christina Hasley.
Our president Renuka, printed out several of AE’s achievements, numbered and cut and put into a beautiful tin box, that went around the table and we each selected one and read them in order starting with #1 and ending with Valerie Hume reading about the Zonta International Amelia Earhart Scholarship and how it began. We all participated what a brilliant idea, and Fen Li has now decided to join our club. What a wonderful ending to our annual get together and celebration of Amelia Earhart’s accomplishments.
Amelia Earhart Fellowship
The Amelia Earhart Fellowship was established in 1938 in honor of famed pilot and Zontian, Amelia Earhart. The US$10,000 Fellowship is awarded annually to up to 30 women pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences. It may be used at any university or college offering accredited post-graduate courses and degrees in these fields.
Since the program’s inception in 1938, Zonta has awarded 1,764 Amelia Earhart Fellowships, totaling more than US$11.9 million, to 1,335 women from 79 countries.
Our Fellows have gone on to become astronauts, aerospace engineers, astronomers, professors, geologists, business owners, heads of companies, even Secretary of the US Air Force.
Deadline: The 2025 Amelia Earhart Fellowship application is closed. Applications for 2026 will open in July 2025.
Funding: Amelia Earhart Fellowships are made possible by generous contributions to the Zonta Foundation for Women Amelia Earhart Fellowship Fund.