Fellowship Program is now available for download at the GLEF website or from the Fellowship Chair. Four Fellowships will be awarded in the Spring of 2022: one award of $2000, two of $1500, and one of $1000. Applications are welcomed from women who are United States citizens, resident in New York State, have a Bachelor's degree, and are currently enrolled (and have already completed at least one semester) in an advanced graduate degree program at an accredited New York State college or university, show evidence of scholastic ability and a need for financial assistance, and will complete their studies no later than 2024. Completed applications and supplemental material must be submitted by February 28, 2022.

We are pleased to announce the names of the recipients of the 2020 Grace LeGendre Endowment Fund Fellowships for graduate study:

Margarita Valkovskaya, Master of Public Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Elaina Jean Mansley, Juris Doctor (JD), Brooklyn Law School

Madeline Collins, Master of Science, Social Work, Columbia University

Each Fellowship is in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2000).

We are pleased to announce that the Buffalo Niagara Chapter of NYS Women Inc. has been awarded a Special Grant of $357 in support of a commerative issue of the NIKE celebrating the 100^th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in New York State. Sue Mager and Ramona Gallagher accepted the Grant from Mary Ellen Morgan, Special Grants Chair, on behalf of the Buffalo Niagara Chapter.  The Grant was presented at the 2018 Grace LeGendre Endowment Fund Awards Luncheon, May 19th, 2018, at the Hampton Inn Albany, New York.