A record 22 current and former Texas State University graduate students have been awarded the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) International Peace Scholarship for 2025-2026.
This scholarship provides up to $12,500 per year for women from other countries who are pursuing graduate studies in the United States, and international students may apply for a one-time renewal to receive up to $25,000 in total to support their graduate degrees.
This year's class of 11 new recipients and 11 renewals includes the first-ever awardee from the United Kingdom. Graduate programs represented for the first time this year include biology and professional counseling.
The 11 new recipients are:
- Luísa Amato Caye, a doctoral geography student from Brazil
- Anjumand Ashraf, a master’s civil engineering student from Bangladesh
- Clementyne Chambers, a master’s professional counseling student from the United Kingdom
- Gauri Ravikant Mahajan, a doctoral Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization student from India
- Pegah Peimani, a doctoral postsecondary student success student from Iran
- Emma Soleimani, a doctoral postsecondary student success student from Iran
- Prianka Das, a doctoral developmental education student from Bangladesh
- Kimia Feiz, a master’s biology student from Iran
- Huong Le, a doctoral postsecondary student success student from Vietnam
- Bianca Schueng Zancanela, a doctoral applied anthropology student from Brazil
- Sanzida Sharmeen, a doctoral developmental education student from Bangladesh
