Forté Foundation is pleased to offer fellowships to women who are pursuing a full-time, part-time or executive MBA education at participating business schools. Forté Foundation Fellowships are intended to increase the number of women applying to and enrolling in MBA programs. If you would like to be considered for a fellowship, you must submit an MBA application to a participating school. Each school makes the determination of where the Forté awards will be given. All schools grant awards for full-time students, but part-time and executive awards are only available at select schools. Ask the admissions director to see if awards are available at the institution and program of your choice.

• Forté Fellow Benefits
• How are Forté Fellows Selected?
• Criteria for Selection
• Profile of Our Current Fellows
• Fellows of the Month

Forté Fellow Benefits

In addition to the financial support provided through fellowships awarded by Forté member schools, fellows gain exposure to leading companies in the Forté network. You also gain an immediate network of peers in your fellow fellows that extends beyond your business school. Here are some additional ways you will benefit from being a part of the Forté community:

Additional Fellow Benefits:

• Participation in the Annual MBA Women’s Conference and the Financial Services FAST Track Conference, including networking opportunities with lead executives and with MBA students from sponsor schools, along with panel discussions and workshops that foster professional and personal development;
• Inclusion in the Forté-specific resume book, which is distributed each fall to Forté member companies;
• Inclusion in the Forté fellow listserves, through which you can stay connected with first- and second-year Forté Fellows at member schools;
• Access to the fellow section of the Forté website and the Fellow Facebook group
• Free lifetime Premium Membership ($25 value annually)
• Mentoring by Forté school representatives from your school;
• Special meeting opportunities with your school’s deans (e.g., Forté lunch);
• Leadership development opportunities via your role in planning your school’s Forté outreach program to undergraduate women; and
• A lifelong connection with the Forté Foundation community.

How are Forté Fellows Selected?

The schools’ admissions directors decide who will represent their schools as Forté Fellows. No other application information is required by the Foundation.

• Student applies to Forté sponsor school.
• Student receives offer of acceptance into Forté sponsor school’s MBA Program.
• Student receives consideration for all scholarship opportunities available through that institution.
• Student is selected for Forté Fellowship based on competitive process at institution.
• Sponsor school notifies Forté Foundation of its selections.

Students of all nationalities are eligible for consideration. 

Criteria for Selection

The following are guidelines for admissions directors to consider as they SELECT admitted MBA candidates for the Forté Fellowship:

• Candidates should exhibit exemplary leadership in one or more ways: academic leadership, team leadership, community leadership, creative leadership.
• Schools are encouraged to nominate fellows from their schools who represent diverse educational and work backgrounds, career goals, ethnicities, and citizenship.
• In addition to the above, schools are encouraged to consider candidates who have already demonstrated a commitment to women and girls via personal mentorship or community involvement.  Such commitment is in alignment with the mission of Forté Foundation.

Forté Fellows Profile

Evgenlya Kalenykh Haas School of Business Class of 2014 "Selecting the business school is like solving a jigsaw puzzle..." Alice Lin Tuck School of Business Class of 2014 "You have to go with your gut about what is right for you..." Robyn Moss Marshall School of Business Class of 2014 "I was afraid that I would not be prepared..." Simone Washington Ross School of Business Class of 2014 "Business school is one of the best decisions I've made..."