Eileen Kraus Scholarship
The application process for our 2025 Eileen Kraus Scholarship will open soon!
The Eileen Kraus Scholarship was established in 2016 in partnership with Kaman Corporation. The scholarship awards $5,000 each year to one outstanding Connecticut woman beginning her first year of college or university.
Eileen Kraus
Is a 2002 Inductee into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame, was the first woman to head a major regional financial institution and was the founding Chairman of the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame Board of Trustees.
She believed in women leaders, and her legacy demonstrates her commitment to mentoring women and advancing the causes that most affect them. On behalf of the Kraus family, we are pleased to honor her legacy today with the Eileen Kraus Scholarship Fund, and help ensure that the next generation of women leaders are able to follow the trail she so capably blazed.
Application process for the 2025 scholarship will begin soon!
Application Requirements
Eligible Applicants must be:
Female students currently residing in Connecticut (legal resident)
Recent high school graduates or in the final year of secondary school
Intending to enroll in her first year of college or university (current university/college students not eligible)
Able to attend the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Hartford, CT for recognition in October.
Past Scholarship Winners
"If you're the first in something, if you're at the top of something, you do have a phenomenal opportunity to give back. You're able to help open doors, you're able to help other people gain success, and to me that has been a tremendously satisfying part of whatever success I've had. I've been able to share it."
-Eileen Kraus
Donate to the Scholarship Fund
Checks can be mailed to:
The Eileen Kraus Scholarship
c/o The Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame
320 Fitch St, Schwartz Hall B-3
New Haven, CT 06515
Or make a gift over the phone: (203) 392-9007