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DESCENDANTS OF GRAND MIDWIVES SCHOLARSHIP

These scholarships are designed to support your journey back to the roots you cherish. We recognize the critical importance of ensuring Black families have access to Midwives, Doulas & Birth Assistants who look like them. Our scholarship recipients are dedicated and passionate about serving Black families and their newborns in the DC, MD & VA Area.

Scholorship Qualifications:

To apply, you must identify as Black, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latina or Nubian. You must reside in Maryland, D.C or Virgina and plan to support local families upon completion of your program. Please review the additional specific requirements for your chosen scholarship.

Aum Doula Training Scholarship

This partial scholarship provides tiered tuition assistance, covering between 20-50% towards program fees.

  • Upcoming Enrollment Dates: COMING SOON!

  • Experience: No prior birth experience needed

AUM Birth Assistant Training Scholarship

This partial scholarship provides tiered tuition assistance, covering between 20-50% towards program fees.

  • Upcoming Enrollment Dates: COMING SOON!

  • Experience: Must Provide proof of a current doula certification and have attended a minimum of 5 births.

Midwifery Student Scholarship

We aim to reduce the obstacles you might encounter on your path to becoming a midwife. These challenges may include, but are not limited to, tuition fees, mentorship opportunities, housing, transportation, and childcare.

  • Upcoming Application Dates: COMING SOON!

  • Enrollment: Must be actively enrolled in a program and or PEP route with an active preceptor.

  • Experience: Must have attended a minimum of three births (in any capacity: Doula, Birth Assistant, family member or friend)

  • Academics: Must maintain a 3.0 GPA to be eligible for future scholarships and or progress with current preceptor for PEP.

Midwifery Scholarship Coverage

  • Phase 1: Scholarship will pay up to $1,500

  • Phase 2: Scholarship will pay up to $2,500

  • Phase 3/4: Scholarship will pay up to $5,000

Our Positive Impact

From Supporting Sunrise to Aum Midwifery, the mission remains! 🌞

Graphic celebrating summer 2026 birth of Tara and Sydney, with their photos, names, and titles as assistant awardees, decorated with floral illustrations and stars.
A smiling woman with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a black turtleneck and earrings, inside a design celebrating a return recipient for spring 2026, with decorative elements and text.
A woman with glasses and long curly hair, wearing a light-colored shirt with animal print, standing in front of a green background with text about a returning recipe event and her name Donna.
Event program or award recognition poster featuring photos of Anisha and Krystal, with text indicating Anisha as Birth Assistant, and Krystal as Assistant Awardee, for Summer 2026.
A woman with a patterned headwrap and black outfit sitting on a hospital bed, holding a syringe, smiling, with medical supplies nearby, celebrating her return from chemotherapy
A young woman named Donna as the DGM Scholarship Recipient for Fall 2025, smiling, with braided hair, earrings, and a light pink top, on a beige background with abstract lines.
Announcement for the Summer 2026 Birth of Larrisha and Nichelle, Assistant Awardees, with floral and star design elements in a soft color palette.
A young woman with glasses and braided hair, smiling, holding an open book, and wearing a red and white striped shirt, posing inside a framed section against a teal background with text about a DGM scholarship recipient named Jamilla.
A woman in a green sleeveless top smiling at the camera, on a dark green background with text reading 'DGM Scholarship Recipient Aspen' and decorative gold dots.
A woman with braided hair and a red top smiling on a certificate titled 'DGM Scholarship Recipient' for Brittney, spring 2024.
Labor Doula scholarship recipients Ashly Brooks and Monique Ford, each shown in circular photos, with gold stars and text.
A certificate awarded to Shannon for DGM Awardee, part of the Spring 2023 graduation, with a photo of Shannon smiling. The certificate includes the handle @supportingsunrise and decorative elements like wavy lines and stars.

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Scholarships Awarded

A woman smiling while holding a telescope, sitting on a wicker chair, with a circular background and the text 'DGM Scholarship Recipient' and 'Audrey'.
DMV scholarship recipient Latasha wearing a green shirt with text, smiling, on a green and white background with the words 'DMV Scholarship Recipient' and her name 'Latasha'.
A digital graphic design featuring two women named Asha and Shannon, recognized as returning awardees. Asha is on the left wearing blue scrubs, and Shannon is on the right with braided hair and a light-colored top. The text says 'Returning Awardees' at the top.
A digital award certificate titled 'Celebrations Spring 2023 DGM Awardee' with a photo of a woman named Asha, with short dreadlocks, wearing a dark blue top and a stethoscope. The certificate has decorative elements and the social media handle '@supportingsunrise' at the bottom.

Rising Awardees

  • Hadassah

  • Abiana

  • Jael

A woman wearing glasses and a head wrap, smiling in a portrait, with a stethoscope around her neck, on a card that reads 'Decendants of Grand Midwivees Scholarship Recipient, Congratulations Hadassah.'
Cover page with a woman wearing a headscarf and medical scrubs, smiling outdoors, titled "DGM Returning Recipient" for Fall 2024, with the name BEBE and hashtag #supportnonprofitnurse.
Design for Fall 2023 Lactation Consultant Awards featuring photos of two women, Damarris and Anna, with floral and star decorations.
A woman with glasses and braided hair smiling for a photograph. Text on the image reads 'DGM Scholarship Recipient Spring 2014' and 'Kymberly.'
Scholarship award certificate for Jael, fall 2023, from DGM Scholarship Recipient, with a photo of a smiling woman in medical scrubs, stethoscope around her neck.
Certificate of recognition for Mel, a returning DGM awardee, with her photo and social media handle @supportingsunrise, celebrates Spring 2023 achievements.
A digital award banner for the Fall 2023 Lactation Consultants, featuring photos of two women, Kayla and Ashly, in decorative frames. Kayla is wearing a pink jacket and Ashly is smiling in a purple top, with a floral backdrop and gold accents.
A graphic design showing a DGM scholarship recipient for fall 2025 named Joyell, with a photo of a woman with dark skin, wearing a bright yellow headwrap, against a natural background.
A smiling woman with shoulder-length black hair, wearing an off-shoulder black top, sitting indoors with a background of blue and gray furniture and a doorway.
A young woman with braided hair wearing glasses and earrings, smiling in a hallway, holding a scholarship award certificate for fall 2023, with her name printed as Rachell.
Graphic celebrating Labor Doula scholarship recipients, featuring photos of Anna Prempeh and Audrey Gentry-Brown with their Instagram handles, and decorative stars.
Close-up of a smiling woman with glasses, wearing a denim shirt, on a congratulatory card from Decendants of Grand Midway Summer Scholarship Recipient Mel.
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