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Previous AWC Scholarship Recipients
| Year Awarded | Recipient Name | Award Amount | Studies |
| 1949 | Erland Frisvold | USD 1,000.00 | School of International Relations, Washington, D.C. |
| 1950 | Nils Ørvik | USD 1,000.00 | University of Wisconsin; Doctorate in History |
| 1951 | John Traagstad | USD 650.00 | University of California, Los Angeles; Business Administration |
| 1951 | Fredrik Grønvold | USD 650.00 | University of Michigan; Masters of Engineering |
| 1952 | Kirsten Valen | USD 1,700.00 | University of California; Doctorate in Genetics |
| 1952 | Greta Hoffman | USD 350.00 | John Tracy Clinic, Los Angeles; Speech Therapy |
| 1953 | Inger Leegard | USD 1,000.00 | Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis |
| 1954 | Ellen Jacobsen | USD 250.00 | Lexington School for the Deaf, St. Louis |
| 1954 | Anne Aadnøy Starabo | USD 250.00 | John Tracy Clinic, Los Angeles |
| 1955 | Bjørg Herdal | USD 1,500.00 | Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis |
| 1956 | Sonja Haganæs | USD 1,500.00 | University of Michigan; teaching of sick children |
| 1957 | Aud Hovik | USD 1,500.00 | University of Oregon and West Michigan University; Masters in Speech Therapy |
| 1958 | Tjohild Herstad | USD 1,500.00 | Arizona State College; Speech Therapy |
| 1958 | Else Storli Ruhle | USD 750.00 | Children's Medical Center, Boston |
| 1959 | Mette Breder | USD 1,500.00 | St. Catherine's College, MN; Cerebral Palsy |
| 1961 | Hans Ludvik Myhra | USD 2,000.00 | University of Pugest Sound, WA; Masters in Speech Therapy |
| 1964 | Gro Harlem Brundtland, MD | USD 3,000.00 | Harvard School of Public health, MA; Public Health |
| 1965 | Signe Vittersø | USD 3,000.00 | West Michigan University; Speech Therapy |
| 1966 | Bjørg Herdal | USD 1,000.00 | Visiting U.S. institutions for aphasic children |
| 1967 | Odd Nymoen | USD 1,000.00 | West Michigan University; Rehabilitation for the blind |
| 1967 | Randi Korsvig Rasmussen | USD 3,000.00 | League School for Seriously Disturbed Children, NY |
| 1968 | Guri Bramness | USD 1,000.00 | University of Oregon - the Pearl Buck School |
| 1969 | Anne Marie Egeland Nordeng | USD 3,500.00 | New York area; Emotionally disturbed children |
| 1970 | Sigvor Riksheim (Strømnæs) | USD 1,000.00 | Visiting institutions for the mentally handicapped |
| 1971 | Trine Lise Dahl (Vogel) | USD 4,000.00 | University of Illinois; Masters in Speech Therapy |
| 1972 | Miriam Donath Skjorten | USD 1,000.00 | Eugene O'Neil Memorial Theater Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 1972 | Anna Marie Egeland Nordeng | USD 1,000.00 | Travel with mentally handicapped pupils to Mallorca |
| 1973 | Ingeborg Lyche Gomnæs | USD 4,500.00 | Behavioral Clinic in California |
| 1975 | Bodil Bjugn | USD 5,000.00 | George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; Correctional Behavior |
| 1977 | Eva Pollen | USD ? | Lexington School for the Deaf, St. Louis |
| 1979 | Ingrid Kjelland Iversen | USD ? | University of Southern California; Pupils with Learning Difficulties |
| 1980 | Grete Hoffman | USD 2,000.00 | Visiting U.S. institutions for the deaf |
| 1981 | Torstein Andersen | USD 6,000.00 | University of Florida; Masters in Music Therapy |
| 1983 | Hanna Sandsdalen Romlo | USD 7,000.00 | University of Texas; Treatment of the blind and visually impaired |
| 1985 | Åshild Schei | NOK 60,000.00 | Lesley College Graduate School, Boston; Expressive Art Therapy |
| 1987 | Anne Grethe Tuseth | NOK 70,000.00 | Visiting various U.S. family therapy and psychological child institutions |
| 1988 | Else Marie Haakonsen | NOK 70,000.00 | Montessori Institute, Washington, D.C.; Certification as Montessori teacher |
| 1988 | Sigurd Kulseng-Hansen | NOK 20,000.00 | Study of microsurgery and female incontinence |
| 1989 | Eva Britt Andreassen | NOK 70,000.00 | Orgeon State University; Vocational Education for Multihandicapped Youth |
| 1991 | Babill Stray-Pedersen, MD | NOK 50,000.00 | Visiting U.S. hospitals and institutions to study prenatal research |
| 1991 | Turid Gammelsrød | NOK 50,000.00 | Slignerland Institute, Seattle; Dyslexia Studies |
| 1993 | Magnhild Rasmussen, MD, PhD | NOK 100,000.00 | Training in clinicial child neurology/autistic hyperactive behavior |
| 1995 | Berge-Andreas Steinsvåg | NOK 100,000.00 | DePaul University, Chicago; Masters in Marketing and Management for Non-profit and Public Institutions |
| 1997 | Kitty Dahl, PhD | NOK 10,000.00 | Center for Treatment and Study of Anxiety Disorders, PA |
| 1997 | Ann Færden, MD | NOK 40,000.00 | University of California, Los Angeles; Clinical Research Center for Schizophrenia and Psychological Rehabilitation |
| 1997 | Inger Torhild Gram, MD | NOK 50,000.00 | University of Southern California - Department of Preventative Medicine |
| 1999 | Atle Moen, MD, PhD | NOK 85,000.00 | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
| 1999 | Kjetil Hvaal, MD (orthopedic surgeon) |
NOK 15,000.00 | Baylor University Medical Center, TX |
| 2001 | Liv Frøyland, Liv Eriksen | NOK 50,000.00 | Oregon Social Learning Center; Parent Management |
| 2001 | Torstein Meling, MD and Bernt Due-Tønnessen | NOK 50,000.00 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY |
| 2001 | Torunn Stene Nøvik, MD | NOK 20,000.00 | University of California, Los Angeles - Neuropsychiatric Institue; Child Anxiety Program |
| 2001 | Audun Myskja, MD | NOK 20,000.00 | Institute for Health Care Improvement and Berklee School of Music, Boston |
| 2003 | Truls Ryder, MD | NOK 120,000.00 | Texas University - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston |
| 2005 | Frederik Frøen | NOK 100,000.00 | Harvard Medical School, Boston |
| 2007 | Christine Roth | NOK 50,000.00 | Columbia University; Department of Epidemiology |
| 2007 | Audun Myskja, MD, PhD | NOK 50,000.00 | Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Berklee School of Music |
| 2009 | Jon Anders Halvorsen | NOK 50,000.00 | Harvard University |
| 2009 | Peter Solvoll Lyby | NOK 50,000.00 | Columbia University; Cognitive and Affective Control Laboratory |
| 2011 | Asbjørg Stray-Pedersen, MD, PhD | NOK 90,000.00 | Severe Congenital Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| 2011 | Tone Berge Enger, Master Dentistry | NOK 30,000.00 | Boston University School of Dentistry; Sjøgrens Syndrome |
| 2011 | Ingunn Olea Lund, Master Psychology | NOK 30,000.00 | Visiting U.S. treatment centers to study babies born to mothers while undergoing opioid maintenance treatment |
| 2013 | Monica Cheng Munthe-Kaas, MD, PhD | NOK 80,000.00 | National Institute of Environmental Health Science, North Carolina; Epigenetics and etiology of childhood cancers |
| 2013 | Anne Lise Helgesen, MD, PhD | NOK 20,000 | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Obstetrics and Gynaecology, New Hampshire; Treatments of genital erosive lichen planus (GELP) |
| 2015 | Mari Kaarbø, MD | NOK 45,000 | Laboratory of Professor Stephen Goff at Columbia University Medical Center in New York |
| 2015 | Audun Myskja, MD, PhD | NOK 45,000 | Collecting data from several assisted living projects on the effects of environmental factors on the care and well being (function, mood, behavior) of those affected by dementia |
| 2017 | Tanja Pedersen, MD | NOK 100,000 | Pediatric bioethics certificate program, at Bioethics Center, Children's Mercy Kansas City, MO |
2019 | Thomas Tollefsen, PhD | NOK 100,000 | Young Adult and Family Center, University of California, San Francisco |
| 2021 | Not awarded |
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| 2023 | Marianne Singsaas, PhD | NOK 140,000 | 3 month research stay at Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University in New York |
| 2023 | KariAnne Vrabel PhD | NOK 60,000 | Eating Disorder Research Society Conference in Boston, MA |
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