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Doula Scholarship Program
Are you getting excited about the upcoming Maternal* Support Practitioner (aka Birth Worker or doula) Training?! We sure are! And we are extra excited about our Birth Worker Training Scholarship Program! Did you know that we ensure that our whole team reads all of the applications submitted? For the upcoming application process, we will be keeping an eye out for submissions that match the spirit of the bebo mia community. Want to know more about how to write a winning application? Read on to learn all about this session’s awards!
The Brood Doula Training Scholarship with Bebo Mia
bebo mia and Brood have partnered to expand access to Full Spectrum Doula Training and create a clear, supported path into sustainable doula work. Five recipients will receive Full Spectrum Doula Training with bebo mia, plus a supported transition into paid doula roles on Brood’s care team starting in Summer/Fall 2026. The recipient of this award must live in and want to support families in Brood regions (Vancouver BC, Victoria BC, Squamish BC, Calgary AB. Priority will be given to applicants experiencing financial and access barriers. Apply here.
THE BLACK MOMS CONNECTION-It Takes a Community Scholarship
The applicant of the Black Moms Connection – it Takes a Community Scholarship must be between living and or working within Canada or the United States, in the field of reproductive health and justice and must work with Black communities. The winner of this award must be a parent and have the personal lived experience as a Black Mother. This scholarship is provided in collaboration with Black Moms Connection. Apply here.
Women in Service Award:
The applicant of the Women in Service Scholarship Award must be living in Canada or the United States and have served/are serving their country in the military or community as a first responder. The winner of this award must have a business plan focused on working with birthing people and families who have served or are currently in the military, are first responders or are the partner of someone in service. Apply here.
The Survivor Resiliency Award:
The Survivor Resiliency Award recognizes an applicant who is a survivor of domestic or reproductive abuse. The recipient’s business plan must include working with other victims of domestic and or reproductive abuse. This work may include but is not limited to pregnancy loss by choice. Apply here.
Bridging the Gap Healthcare Award:
The applicant of the Bridging the Gap Healthcare Award must be from Canada or the United states and is working as a licensed healthcare professional (CNA, nurse, PT, OT, ST etc). The winner of this award must recognize the importance of advocacy within the birthing & reproductive health community and wishes to serve as emotional, physical, & educational support to those that need it. Apply here.
Neurodivergent Empowerment Award:
Most training opportunities and scholarships are designed with neurotypical expectations in mind, often overlooking the unique challenges and strengths of neurodivergent individuals in accessing certification and building careers. With neurodiverse aspiring doulas facing disproportionate barriers to entry, many innovative, empathetic, and resilient people miss out on the chance to contribute their exceptional perspectives to reproductive health and justice. As some of the most creative, quick-thinking, adaptable, and deeply compassionate advocates in society, often drawing from personal experiences to provide tailored support, neurodiverse doulas deserve an equal opportunity to thrive and serve diverse communities. To champion this, the Neurodivergent Empowerment Award will support aspiring doulas, who self-identify as neurodivergent (such as with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, or other neurodiverse conditions), have overcome related personal barriers, and are committed to providing specialized services for neurodivergent birthing people and their families. This includes creating sensory-friendly birth spaces, neuro-affirming communication strategies, advocacy for inclusive prenatal care, and amplifying neurodiverse voices in maternal health equity. Apply here.
The Body Liberator Award
The Body Liberator Award recognizes an applicant who is fiercely committed to breaking down the systems of oppression around the size of bodies: including, but not limited to weight stigma, fatphobia, eating disorders, movement, body image etc. This person is leading the charge around promoting freedom, respect, autonomy and love for folks in bigger bodies. They may be doing this work through their own personal growth/experiences and/or through their work/volunteering/business etc. Apply here.
The Intersectional or Bust Award
This award recognizes an applicant whose project idea or business plan works to dismantle the impact of structural oppression in reproductive health in their community. The recipient will position their unique understanding of the interconnected nature of race, gender, sexual orientation, ability and class to create opportunities that directly challenge these oppressive forces. By working directly with people whose lives are impacted by these destructive forces, the recipient’s contributions will increase access to opportunities for individual empowerment and make steps toward a sense of equity and justice for BIPOC and/or 2SLGBTQA+ individuals within the healthcare system. Apply here.
The BIPOC Doula Journey Bursary
The BIPOC Doula Journey Bursary recognizes a Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour applicant who demonstrates an aptitude for birth work, client care, and a genuine desire to start and grow their own doula business. Apply here.
The Queers for Queer Care Award
The Queers for Queer Care Award recognizes a person who self-identifies as being a part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and who also plans to serve 2SLGBTQIA+ clients. The recipient’s business plan will use their intimate understanding of the challenges that 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals face to help them navigate healthcare systems that are commonly cisgender and heteronormative, to ensure that their clients are treated with dignity and respect throughout their journey of reproductive health, birth, and parenting. Apply here.
The bebo mia Be Brave Award
The bebo mia Be Brave Award recognizes an applicant whose lived experience has afforded them a deeper understanding of their worth and potential. The recipient will demonstrate this connection through their resilience of spirit, positive attitude, and willingness to meet challenges head-on. Their business plan and personal goals reflects the spirit of bebo mia’s mission: to connect folx to their intrinsic value and power through excellent, evidence-based doula care, prenatal and/or childbirth education. Apply here.
The Birth Justice Award
The Birth Justice Award recognizes an applicant whose project idea or business plan works to dismantle structured inequality and challenge the lack of consent and violence that is commonplace in reproductive health and obstetrics. The recipient understands that the experience of violence and trauma greatly influences early family life and parenting experiences. The recipient seeks to create change by advocating for choice, informed consent and improving the outcomes for individuals and communities with whom they engage. Apply here.
The Philanthropy Award
The Philanthropy Award recognizes an applicant whose project, personal goals, or business plan includes a component of paying it forward. The recipient will demonstrate a spirit of altruism and exhibit a dedication to generosity, and will have a solid plan around how they will use their doula training to give back to their local community or to underserved populations. Apply here.
**NOTE: We reserve the right to not award one or more of the scholarship program if the criteria is not met in the applicants.
The #bebobabes couldn’t be more proud and excited to be working alongside the awesome Birth Worker Training Scholarship Program! Our group of committed team members are student-centered and compassionate and are 100% dedicated to the responsibility of reviewing each and every scholarship application our community forwards to us with integrity and respect. We are committed to offering each application the full consideration that the person who wrote it deserves.
Want to learn about some of our past scholarship recipients? You can check out some of the winners on our blog if you search the term ‘scholarship‘.
Want to apply for the doula training scholarship program?
Applications are Open!
The deadline for application submissions is:
February 27th, 2026 at 11:59pm PT
Scholarship winners will be announced:
March 17th, 2026 at 1pm ET
Want a handy dandy guide for the application process?
Click here!
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*bebo mia believes that language matters. We acknowledge the ongoing debate that the term/word maternal is experienced by some as inherently gendered and thereby oppressive. We hear this and we encourage folks to take up titles, names and words to best align with their values and practices. We have spent time consulting with educators, community, healers and organizers and in service of taking up a spectrum of feminine energy as a means to dismantling the patriarchy and, in turn, toxic masculinity, we want to explore taking up some historically feminine words. We feel that this action is just one of many ways in which we can counterbalance the inherently toxic masculine energy present in online and birth spaces. This is why, after years of surveys and community consultations and mentorship we have arrived at a meaning for the word ‘maternal’. We believe maternal to symbolize ‘protection, nurturance and care’ and we would like to invite anyone who feels connected to this to try this term on and see if it fits. It’s ok if it doesn’t. You get to call yourself whatever you like!
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