News and Successes

Center awards $50K in grants to women-owned startups

The Center for Women Entrepreneurs (CWE), a program of the Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership at Texas Woman’s University, has selected 10 entrepreneurs out of 303 applications to receive $5,000 awards through its StartHER Grant Program, part of an ongoing effort to boost women-owned businesses across Texas.

Center to award $50,000 in grants to women startups

StartHER, the acclaimed grant program of TWU’s Center for Women Entrepreneurs (CWE), is entering its seventh year of supporting women-owned businesses in Texas. The program receives hundreds of applications yearly.

Center announces 2025 Texas Rural Woman Grant Awardees

The Center for Women Entrepreneurs (CWE) has announced the 10 recipients of its 2025 Texas Rural Woman Grant.

Center to award $100K in grants to rural women entrepreneurs

The Center for Women Entrepreneurs at Texas Woman’s University will begin accepting applications for the third year of its Texas Rural Woman Grant on May 20, 2025.

Center awards grants to veteran women entrepreneurs

March 11, 2025 ― DENTON ― The Center for Women Entrepreneurs (CWE) at Texas Woman’s University has selected five female veterans to receive $5,000 awards through its Veteran Woman Entrepreneur Grant program, which supports women veterans as they launch and grow their businesses.