Influenster 2017 Scholarship For Women in STEM: Application Now Open

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - August 30, 2017) - Influenster, the leading product discovery and reviews platform, today announced that it has started accepting applications for the Influenster 2017 Scholarship For Women in STEM. Influenster will be granting scholarships to five outstanding female students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in a technical field of study.

"As a company taking a stance to change the ratio in tech, the Influenster Scholarship for Women in STEM is our way of not only bringing awareness to the industry shortage of women developers, but to also make an active commitment to empower the next generation of female leaders in tech," said Elizabeth Scherle, Co-Founder and President of Influenster.

To qualify, the applicant must:

• Identify as a female.
• Be lawfully authorized to work on a full-time basis in the United States without any form of sponsorship.
• Be a junior or senior undergraduate student or graduate student enrolled full-time in an accredited U.S. college/university as of Fall 2017 semester. (Those who are not full-time students, i.e. not taking a full course load or taking on a co-op opportunity, are not eligible for the scholarship.)
• Major in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) field.
• Have a minimum 3.40 cumulative GPA (will not be rounded) on 4.0 grade scale.
• Attach a valid resume and college transcript as proof of enrollment.
• Pass all components of the Influenster application including the written essay topic: "Discuss a tool in the realm of technology that you wish you could reinvent, tweak, or collaborate on and why?
• Not have been a past Influenster scholarship recipient.

Each scholarship is worth $1,000 and can be used to pay for tuition and/or school expenses. The Influenster 2017 Scholarship for Women in STEM is a donor-advised fund of United Charitable, a 501(c)(3) public charity.

Apply here: www.influenster.com/scholarship
Deadline: November 5, 2017

About Influenster
Influenster is a product discovery platform and reviews platform that enables consumers to find new products and get advice to make informed purchases. Members use Influenster to explore the latest products, gain fresh insight, pick up new tips, and share their opinions with others. We help our members compare products and guide them on how products can be integrated into their lives. We inspire a love for products and encourage discovery, conversations and reviews.

The Influenster community of four million+ members is still rapidly growing. These product mavens with a heavy social media presence use their influence to spread the word about the products they know. Ever since the launch of Influenster's reviews platform, over 18 million reviews have been created on more than two million products, with an additional one million reviews generated each month.

Headquartered in New York City, Influenster was founded by Elizabeth Scherle and Aydin Acar in 2010. For more information or to become a member, visit: www.influenster.com.

About United Charitable
At United Charitable, our mission is to make philanthropy accessible to everyone by providing comprehensive management of donor-advised funds and fiscally sponsored programs. We help people help others in our community, our country, and around the world. For more information about United Charitable, please visit www.unitedcharitable.org.