144 verified fellowships — from undergraduate research placements to postdoctoral appointments. 143 include a stipend or paid placement. 144 accept international applicants.
Fellowships supporting women pursuing their first full-time master's or professional degree in fields where women remain underrepresented, i…
The NSF GRFP provides three years of funding to outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in STEM,…
One of the most prestigious PhD fellowships in the US, providing up to five years of support for exceptional graduate students in applied ph…
The oldest non-institutional source of graduate funding for women in the US, established in 1888, providing dissertation fellowships of up t…
An annual program awarding five women postdoctoral scientists $75,000 each for their contributions to STEM research and commitment to servin…
A fellowship supporting exceptional PhD students in computing and related disciplines, providing tuition, stipend, and a paid research inter…
A fellowship recognizing outstanding PhD students doing innovative research in computer science and related fields, providing up to $85,000 …
Merit-based awards of $20,000 each for women from the US and Canada who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree and are near completion of thei…
A nonprofit that partners with major companies to offer paid returnship programs for professionals returning to work after a career break fo…
The UK's only fellowship program specifically for researchers returning to STEM after a career break of two or more years, combining a perso…
A UK professional membership society founded in 1919 that supports women in engineering through its MentorSET cross-sector mentoring scheme,…
Annual fellowships of £15,000 each awarded to early-career women researchers in the UK and Ireland conducting postdoctoral research in the l…
A $6,000 award enabling Canadian and international senior undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to conduct 12–24-week …
A program established in 1996 that funds five regional Chairs across Canada to increase the participation and retention of women in science …
Annual fellowships of AU$25,000 each for early-career women scientists within five years of completing their PhD at Australian or New Zealan…
A global program founded in 1998 that has supported over 4,400 women scientists from 110 countries, awarding up to $40,000 each to 15 young …
Established in 1938 and named for aviator Amelia Earhart, this fellowship awards $10,000 each to up to 30 women annually pursuing PhD degree…
A fellowship program launched in 2004 awarding women from developing and emerging economies up to $50,000 per year to pursue PhD or postdoct…
Fellowships for women scientists from Science and Technology-Lagging Countries (STLCs) to pursue PhD or early-career research in natural sci…
NIH / Office of Research on Women's Health
NIH administrative supplements that enable researchers returning to biomedical research after a career break of two or more years due to per…
JPMorgan Chase
A paid 15-week returnship program at JPMorgan Chase for experienced professionals, including technologists, who have been out of the workfor…
European Innovation Council (European Commission)
A European Commission initiative under the European Innovation Council providing female-led deep-tech startups with €75,000 in grant funding…
Royal Society
Up to 1.87M GBP over 8 years for early-career researchers who need a flexible working pattern due to caring responsibilities or health issue…
Graduate Women New Zealand (GWNZ)
Fellowship for outstanding New Zealand female graduates undertaking doctoral study, providing financial assistance and honorary GWNZ members…
NASA Office of STEM Engagement
Competitive fellowship for graduate students from underrepresented groups in STEM including women, ethnic minorities, and persons with disab…
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
$8,000 per year for three years ($24,000 total) to propel the research careers of women mathematicians. Founded through a gift by Karen Uhle…
Palantir Technologies
A fellowship designed for students from underrepresented backgrounds in tech, offering mentorship, networking, and a pathway to Palantir int…
Major League Hacking
A 12-week remote program where participants contribute to open source projects, work on production software, and receive mentorship and a st…
Software Freedom Conservancy
Three-month paid remote internships with free and open source software organizations for people subject to systemic bias and underrepresenta…
Linux Foundation
Connects students and open source newcomers with mentors from Linux Foundation-hosted projects including Linux kernel, Kubernetes, and CNCF …
A postdoctoral fellowship for early-career researchers in the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computing who pivot into a new…
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
A four-year postdoctoral fellowship supporting early-career scientists pursuing theoretical or experimental research relevant to the study, …
The flagship international exchange program of the U.S. Department of State, offering Study/Research and English Teaching Assistant awards i…
A one-year fellowship from the Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation for master's and PhD students at accredited U.S. graduate institutions w…
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
A two-year fellowship for early-career, tenure-track but untenured faculty at U.S. and Canadian institutions in chemistry, computer science,…
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
A flexible, multi-year research grant for the nation's most promising early-career professors in science and engineering, awarded annually t…
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
A postdoctoral fellowship supporting early-career researchers conducting fundamental biomedical research into the causes, treatments, and cu…
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
A three-year fellowship supporting early postdoctoral research training across all basic biomedical sciences at academic institutions. Eligi…
Life Sciences Research Foundation
A three-year postdoctoral fellowship supporting exceptional researchers across all areas of basic life sciences discovery. The foundation is…
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
An award bridging advanced postdoctoral training and the first years of faculty appointment for researchers applying quantitative and physic…
American Association for the Advancement of Science
A fellowship placing accomplished scientists and engineers in U.S. federal government offices in Washington, DC, to learn first-hand about f…
The Human Frontier Science Program offers Long-Term Fellowships for PhD holders in the life sciences and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships for …
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences for up to two years, with international mobility require…
The Searle Scholars Program funds the independent research of exceptional early-career faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry who …
The Pew Biomedical Scholars program supports early-career assistant professors running independent labs in the biomedical sciences, medicine…
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation's Beckman Young Investigator Program funds early-career faculty in the chemical and life sciences wh…
Royal Society
A postdoctoral fellowship enabling early-career international researchers in the natural and social sciences to work at a UK research instit…
University of California, Berkeley
A prestigious postdoctoral fellowship from UC Berkeley's Miller Institute giving early-career scientists three years of independent basic re…
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
A fellowship enabling internationally recognized researchers of any nationality and discipline to carry out long-term research in Germany in…
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science funds overseas postdoctoral researchers to conduct research at Japanese universities and inst…
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society funds postdoctoral researchers in the first phases of their independent cancer-research careers across basic, cl…
Australian Research Council
An Australian Research Council scheme providing three years of salary and project funding to outstanding early-career researchers across sci…
Wellcome Trust
A Wellcome Trust award giving early-career researchers in health-related science the funding and support to develop their research identity …
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network
A program from the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network supporting early-career scientists worldwide pursuing bold, interdisciplinary biomedical r…
Marine Biological Laboratory
Summer fellowship at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole for early-career investigators to run independent neuroscience research;…
Cancer Research Institute
Three-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Cancer Research Institute in immunology and cancer immunology, with a rising stipend plus instit…
Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund
Award for early-career investigators researching mechanisms of neurological and psychiatric disorders, providing $150,000 per year for three…
Simons Foundation / Flatiron Institute
Postdoctoral fellowships at the Flatiron Institute across computational astrophysics, biology, mathematics, neuroscience and quantum physics…
University of British Columbia
Fellowship for recent PhDs (within 24 months) in most fields, including STEM, at participating Canadian universities; roughly $60,000 per ye…
Rita Allen Foundation
Award for early-career biomedical researchers in cancer, immunology, neuroscience and pain, providing up to $110,000 per year for up to five…
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation program funding a postdoctoral fellow in environmental chemistry, providing $120,000 over two years to th…
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Postdoctoral Fellow award for researchers with under three years of postdoctoral training pursuing basic or translational research in blood …
Three-year postdoctoral fellowships in the UK for researchers within four years of their doctorate, open to any subject area including the s…
Postdoctoral fellowships from Hong Kong's Croucher Foundation supporting Hong Kong permanent residents to pursue full-time research in the n…
A two-year postdoctoral fellowship for early-career conservation scientists (within three years of their PhD) to conduct applied, solutions-…
A suite of postdoctoral and clinical research fellowships from the American Association for Cancer Research funding mentored cancer research…
EU-funded postdoctoral fellowships supporting PhD-holding researchers of any nationality to advance their careers through international mobi…
An annual research fellowship from the American Mathematical Society for outstanding mathematicians who have held their doctorate for three …
Two-year postdoctoral fellowships supporting scientists within five years of their PhD (or clinicians within three years of neurology reside…
Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council fellowship-style grants providing salary and a research support package; the Emergi…
A German Research Foundation (DFG) postdoctoral fellowship enabling early-career researchers to independently conduct their own research pro…
A two-year postdoctoral fellowship (administered by Health Resources in Action) funding basic and clinical research on the causes of human d…
Alzheimer's Association
A research fellowship for postdoctoral fellows and early-career scientists with less than 10 years of experience after their doctorate, fund…
UK Research and Innovation
A flagship UKRI scheme supporting early-career researchers and innovators across all disciplines to establish independent research programme…
Susan G. Komen
Supports promising early-career scientists (within roughly five years of their PhD or clinical training) pursuing careers in breast cancer r…
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Two-year awards of up to $70,000 for young scientists conducting neurobiological research relevant to serious brain and behavior disorders s…
ETH Zurich
A postdoctoral fellowship for researchers pursuing unconventional, cross-disciplinary projects outside the scientific mainstream, spanning n…
Research Ireland
A national fellowship funding early-career postdoctoral researchers (within five years of their PhD) to conduct independent research at an e…
Swiss National Science Foundation
Enables postdoctoral researchers connected to Switzerland to undertake a research stay abroad to strengthen their academic profile, with a 2…
Dutch Research Council (NWO)
The entry-level grant of the Dutch Veni-Vidi-Vici talent scheme, supporting recently graduated PhD researchers (within three years) to devel…
IBM Research
A long-running fellowship recognizing exceptional PhD students in the final years of study working in IBM's focus areas of technology. Nomin…
Prostate Cancer Foundation
Three-year grants of $225,000 for early-career scientists (typically within six years of postdoctoral or medical fellowship) with novel idea…
Melanoma Research Alliance
Supports early-career researchers within five years of their first academic faculty appointment pursuing bold new ideas in melanoma research…
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Provides startup funding of up to $60,000 per year for three years to less-experienced researchers pursuing pediatric (childhood) cancer res…
The Royal Society
A prestigious eight-year fellowship enabling outstanding early-career scientists (three to eight years post-PhD) in the natural sciences to …
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Supports promising early-career MD, PhD, or equivalent recipients pursuing advanced research training in multiple sclerosis across basic, tr…
The American Society of Hematology's Scholar Award provides career-development funding to fellows and junior faculty pursuing research caree…
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Jansky Fellowship supports outstanding early-career postdoctoral researchers to pursue independen…
Austria's FWF Science Fund funds early-career postdoctoral researchers to conduct research abroad at a leading international host institutio…
The American Heart Association's Postdoctoral Fellowship supports early postdoctoral trainees conducting cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, an…
The Azrieli Foundation funds outstanding international postdoctoral researchers across STEM and other disciplines to conduct research at uni…
The St. Baldrick's Foundation Fellow award funds early-career researchers pursuing training in pediatric oncology and childhood cancer resea…
The Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) funds junior postdoctoral researchers to carry out fundamental or strategic research at Flemish uni…
Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) funds postdoctoral fellows to train and conduct research advancing the understanding, treatment, and cure o…
The Lupus Research Alliance's Empowering Lupus Research Scientist Development Award supports early-career investigators establishing indepen…
The American Epilepsy Society funds postdoctoral fellows conducting basic, translational, or clinical research relevant to epilepsy.
Postdoctoral fellowships from the BrightFocus Foundation funding early-career researchers studying Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration…
Postdoctoral research fellowship from the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation supporting trainees investigating inflammatory bowel disease.
Postdoctoral fellowship from the ALS Association supporting early-career scientists conducting ALS research and building careers in the fiel…
Postdoctoral fellowship from the American Diabetes Association funding early-career researchers pursuing diabetes-related biomedical researc…
Post-doctoral fellowship from FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) supporting researchers conducting projects at institutions in São Paulo…
Research grants from the Whitehall Foundation supporting basic research in neurobiology, with a preference for early-career scientists.
Career Starter research grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation supporting early-career investigators conducting research in pediatric…
National Post Doctoral Fellowship from India's Anusandhan National Research Foundation (formerly SERB), supporting early-career postdoctoral…
Career Development Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network supporting junior faculty establishing independent pancreatic cancer rese…
Early-career research grant from New Zealand's Marsden Fund, administered by Royal Society Te Apārangi, supporting researchers within seven …
Catalyst Award from the American Lung Association supporting mentored early-career scientists conducting lung-health and respiratory-disease…
Career Development Award from the Foundation Fighting Blindness supporting junior clinician-scientists researching inherited retinal degener…
Postdoctoral fellowship from the Novo Nordisk Foundation enabling Denmark-affiliated researchers to conduct bioscience and basic biomedicine…
Places PhD-level scientists and engineers in the California State Legislature and agencies for a year of hands-on science-policy work.
Supports early-career high school mathematics and science teachers with multi-year funding, professional development, and a national network…
A fellowship for accomplished K-12 mathematics and science teachers in New York City, providing stipends and a professional community.
An immersive fellowship at the National Academies for graduate students to learn how science and technology inform national policy.
Places STEM students in newsrooms for a summer to report on science and build science-communication skills.
Grants supporting early-career nature-conservation projects in developing countries around the world.
Recognizes top graduate students in business, computer science, bioengineering, and energy science at select universities.
An NSERC-administered Canadian federal award supporting postdoctoral researchers in the natural sciences and engineering.
A Canadian federal doctoral scholarship for high-caliber graduate students in STEM, administered by the tri-agency councils.
Postdoctoral fellowships enabling researchers of any nationality to work at host institutions in Spain and Portugal.
Supports PhD students conducting computer-science research in areas aligned with Snap's research priorities.
An NSF program funding scholarships and stipends for STEM majors and professionals who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 schools.
A Simons Foundation award helping early-career autism researchers transition to independent faculty positions.
A professional-development fellowship for food and agriculture PhD students, funded by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research.
American Brain Tumor Association fellowships funding graduate and postdoctoral researchers studying brain tumors.
An American Oil Chemists' Society graduate fellowship in fats, oils, and lipid chemistry.
A postdoctoral fellowship from the American Federation for Aging Research and the Glenn Foundation supporting basic-biology research on agin…
A postdoctoral fellowship from the New York Stem Cell Foundation supporting early-career scientists conducting innovative stem cell research…
A Michael J. Fox Foundation fellowship training clinician-researchers in movement-disorders and Parkinson's disease research.
An award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement supporting early-career faculty in chemistry, physics, and astronomy who inte…
A KidneyCure (American Society of Nephrology) fellowship funding early-career investigators conducting kidney-disease research.
A PhRMA Foundation fellowship supporting graduate and postdoctoral researchers in drug discovery and pharmaceutical sciences.
Awards from the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences recognizing outstanding young scientists in life sciences, …
A program funding postdoctoral scholars and faculty in STEM fields to conduct research at leading Israeli universities.
A Children's Tumor Foundation award supporting early-career researchers studying neurofibromatosis.
An Autism Science Foundation fellowship funding pre- and postdoctoral trainees conducting autism research.
Awards from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supporting early-career neuroscientists establishing independent research labs.
Grants from the Hearing Health Foundation supporting emerging researchers studying hearing and balance science.
A Research to Prevent Blindness award supporting early-career clinician-scientists conducting vision and eye-disease research.
An American Association of Immunologists program pairing immunology fellows with computational and data-science training.
A National Research Foundation Singapore fellowship funding early-career researchers to lead independent projects at Singapore institutions.
A Doris Duke Charitable Foundation fellowship supporting physician-scientists early in their clinical-research careers.
An AGA Research Foundation award providing research support to early-career investigators in gastroenterology and hepatology.
An American Academy of Neurology scholarship supporting clinical research training for early-career neurologists.
A Leakey Foundation grant funding research into human origins and evolution.
There are 144 verified STEM fellowships in the WIGSAT directory. Top programs include the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship ($36,000/year), Brooke Owens Fellowship (aerospace, paid + mentorship), and the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (nuclear science, €40,000 total).
A fellowship combines funding with a structured research or professional component — fellows contribute to work at a lab, company, or international organization. Scholarships are primarily financial awards for tuition and living costs with no placement requirement.
Yes — 143 of the 144 fellowships in this directory include a stipend, salary, or paid placement. Notable examples: Brooke Owens Fellowship (full paid internship), DOE CSGF ($36,000/year + tuition), Meta Research PhD Fellowship ($42,000/year + tuition), IAEA Fellowship (€40,000 total).
Yes — 144 fellowships accept international applicants or are based outside the US, including the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (open internationally), Brooke Owens Fellowship (open internationally), and Women TechEU (EU-based startups).
Graduate-level fellowships include the DOE CSGF (PhD, $36,000/year), DOE NNSA SSGF (PhD, nuclear/physics), NOAA Nancy Foster Scholarship (Master's, marine science, up to $47,000/year), and the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (Master's, €40,000 total).