Broad scholarships, fellowships, and programs open to women across all STEM disciplines — not restricted to a single field. Includes major cross-discipline awards, returnship programs, and career development grants that welcome applicants from any science, technology, engineering, or mathematics background.
Deadline: December
A $2,500 scholarship for exceptional women in their final year of high school who plan to attend an accredited postsecondary insti…
View details →Deadline: February
The Association for Women in Science offers multiple annual scholarships including the Distinguished Doctoral Research Scholarship…
View details →Cards Against Humanity
A full-tuition scholarship of up to $20,000 per year for women pursuing undergraduate degrees in STEM at accredited US colleges an…
View details →Hyundai
A $10,000 scholarship for women pursuing undergraduate degrees in STEM fields at accredited US colleges or universities, awarded i…
View details →Deadline: April
A $3,000 annual scholarship from The BHW Group for women pursuing undergraduate or master's degrees in science, technology, engine…
View details →Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
Deadline: March
A $15,000 scholarship created by six of the original Mercury 7 astronauts to support outstanding college juniors and seniors in sc…
View details →Deadline: November
Fellowships of $20,000 to $50,000 for women who are not US citizens or permanent residents to pursue full-time graduate or postgra…
View details →P.E.O. International
Deadline: December
Annual scholarships of up to $12,500 for international women (non-US, non-Canadian citizens) pursuing graduate degrees at accredit…
View details →National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Deadline: January
A portfolio of annual scholarships from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution for women pursuing undergraduate…
View details →Zonta International
Deadline: November
Sixteen international awards of $10,000 each, granted biennially by Zonta International to women pursuing graduate-level applied s…
View details →P.E.O. International
Grants of up to $4,000 from P.E.O. International for women in the United States and Canada who need financial help to complete a d…
View details →ARCS Foundation
Unrestricted cash grants for academically outstanding graduate and undergraduate students in STEM and biomedical research. Founded…
View details →American Chemical Society
Need- and merit-based scholarship of at least $1,500 for women junior or senior undergraduates majoring in chemistry or a chemistr…
View details →Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
Deadline: September
Up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships annually for women and non-binary people in STEM, extended through 2032. Inc…
View details →Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
Up to four awards of $2,000 each for first-generation college students (freshmen through juniors) whose parents or guardians did n…
View details →Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
Up to two awards of $2,500 each for STEM-credentialed professionals returning to careers after being out of the workforce for more…
View details →Davidson Institute
Deadline: February
Prestigious scholarship for extraordinary young people 18 and under who have completed a significant body of work in STEM (or lite…
View details →NASA MUREP
Deadline: February
Scholarship for undergraduate students at women's colleges and universities pursuing STEM degrees. Provides up to $9,000 academic …
View details →ASPRS Foundation
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing scholarship encouraging upper-division undergraduate and graduate students …
View details →Deadline: February 15
The American Society of Safety Professionals Foundation awards academic scholarships to students enrolled in occupational safety, …
View details →Scholarships from the American Veterinary Medical Foundation for veterinary students, supporting the next generation of veterinari…
View details →Deadline: April 2
Scholarships from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation for students pursuing degrees and credentials in nutrition and…
View details →Deadline: February 10
Research grants from the Paleontological Society funding graduate and undergraduate student projects in paleontology.…
View details →Research grants from the Clay Minerals Society funding student projects in clay science, mineralogy, and geology.…
View details →Deadline: February 1
LAF awards over $150,000 annually across 15+ named scholarships to undergraduate and graduate landscape architecture students at U…
View details →Deadline: July 13
NAVTA and Boehringer Ingelheim award scholarships to veterinary technology students in AVMA-accredited programs and recent graduat…
View details →The American College of Sports Medicine Foundation awards more than $150,000 annually in student scholarships and research grants …
View details →Deadline: Opens January 1, 2027 (2027-2028 cycle)
The AORN Foundation awards scholarships to nursing students pursuing perioperative (surgical) nursing and to registered nurses con…
View details →Deadline: April 30, 2026 (spring cycle)
The Emergency Nurses Association Foundation offers academic scholarships of up to $10,000 to members and nonmembers pursuing nursi…
View details →A government-funded scholarship programme that places international students at universities across Türkiye at associate, bachelor…
View details →The Korean government's flagship inbound scholarship, run by the National Institute for International Education (NIIED) under the …
View details →The scholarship programme of the American Indian College Fund, the largest provider of scholarships to Native American and Alaska …
View details →The scholarship programme of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which supports students attending publicly supported Historically…
View details →A Dutch government scholarship for international students from outside the European Economic Area starting a full-time bachelor's …
View details →The Hungarian government's flagship scholarship for international students, covering full tuition plus accommodation support at Hu…
View details →Full scholarships from VLIR-UOS, the Flemish Interuniversity Council's development cooperation arm, for students from 29 eligible …
View details →New Zealand's government scholarship programme for students from partner developing countries, run through the Ministry of Foreign…
View details →Deadline: May 1
A Forensic Sciences Foundation award for middle and high school science teachers who instruct at least one course a year in forens…
View details →Deadline: September 30, 2026
A 20,000 dollar achievement-based scholarship awarded to 150 graduating US high school seniors each year, open to any intended cou…
View details →Deadline: October 1, 2026
A matching process that places high-achieving students from low-income households into full four-year scholarships at 55 partner c…
View details →Deadline: Applications open December 15, close February 15
A 20,000 dollar flexible scholarship from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation that can be applied to tuition or housing and is p…
View details →Deadline: Applications open in January, close February 15
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund awards need-based scholarships of 500 to 5,000 dollars to roughly 10,000 students a year, distributi…
View details →Deadline: January 15, 2027
The flagship award from APIA Scholars, ranging from 2,500 dollar one-year grants to 20,000 dollar multi-year awards, prioritising …
View details →Deadline: November 12, 2026
Five hundred four-year scholarships from the Elks National Foundation, ranging from 1,000 to 7,500 dollars a year, judged on schol…
View details →Posse identifies students with extraordinary leadership potential and sends them to partner colleges and universities in supportiv…
View details →A partnership model in which the Stamps Foundation funds scholarships jointly with 38 partner institutions in the US and UK, inclu…
View details →University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
America's first merit scholarship programme, established at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and open to students a…
View details →Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A dual-campus full-ride covering tuition, room and board and most mandatory fees for eight semesters at Duke or UNC-Chapel Hill, w…
View details →North Carolina State University
A four-year scholarship to NC State University awarded on accomplishment and potential across four areas: scholarship, leadership,…
View details →University of Virginia
The Jefferson Scholars Foundation runs two undergraduate scholarship programmes at the University of Virginia, recruiting on leade…
View details →Acquisition Innovation Research Center (NC A&T, Purdue, University of Arizona, Virginia Tech)
A two-year Department of Defense scholarship programme for students at four participating universities with two years left in thei…
View details →China Scholarship Council / Ministry of Education of China
China's national government scholarship, administered by the China Scholarship Council, funds international students pursuing bach…
View details →Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium transfer scholarships providing funds of up to $2,000 toward school costs. The 2026-2027 appli…
View details →Deadline: 2026-10-30
Annual scholarship of $2,500 each for 50 women studying STEM at an approved Alberta post-secondary institution. Applicants must be…
View details →Unitil awards five $5,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors in its New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts service ter…
View details →Puget Sound Energy Foundation scholarships of $2,500 for first-generation and foster-care-experienced students in STEM programs or…
View details →Awards three high school seniors annually $15,000 per year (up to $60,000) to attend college in Oklahoma or Arkansas and pursue a …
View details →Up to 25 one-time $1,000 scholarships for first-time undergraduates in skilled trades or STEM fields who are dependents of Alliant…
View details →Scholarship for graduating high school seniors, current college students or returning adult students from Cape Cod majoring in STE…
View details →Architects Foundation
Deadline: 2027-01-08
Awards up to $20,000, renewable for up to 4 years, to senior high school students or rising second-year college students entering …
View details →Dallas Architecture Foundation (DallasADEX)
Deadline: 2027-02-12
Annual cycle of academic scholarships, travel and research fellowships and professional development grants for architecture and de…
View details →Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology
Member-only awards, research grants and scholarships in psychology, with deadlines throughout the year and several programs curren…
View details →Fundacion Carolina
Fundacion Carolina lists its 2026-2027 scholarship call covering postgraduate, doctoral, faculty mobility and institutional study …
View details →Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Foundation
The RMAG Foundation awarded $100,000 in scholarships in 2026 to undergraduate and graduate geoscience students, distributed compet…
View details →Delaware Space Grant Consortium
Awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. citizens who are undergraduates studying STEM or geography at Delaware Space Grant Consortium memb…
View details →Explora Science Center and Children's Museum of Albuquerque
$2,500 scholarships for New Mexico high school seniors planning to attend a New Mexico postsecondary institution and pursue a STEM…
View details →AIAA Tennessee Section
A $1,000 scholarship for the 2026-2027 academic year for graduating seniors from Tennessee high schools who will pursue a STEM deg…
View details →University of Newcastle (funded by CSIRO)
Deadline: March 2027
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying STEM and energy transition related degrees at the University of Newcas…
View details →Society for Public Health Education
A $2,500 scholarship awarded annually to three full-time undergraduate or graduate students who are national SOPHE members, pursui…
View details →Society for Public Health Education
Provides up to $1,500 to full-time undergraduate and graduate students to attend SOPHE's Annual Conference or its Advocacy Summit.…
View details →Université Paris-Saclay
Scholarships of 10,000 euros per year for international students admitted to master's programs of Université Paris-Saclay and its …
View details →Leech Lake Tribal College
Minnesota Space Grant scholarships support strong STEM students at Leech Lake Tribal College, aiming to help Native American and w…
View details →Competitive grants of up to $1,500 for undergraduates and $2,000 for graduate students support research by student members of the …
View details →ISAS awards research grants of up to $500 for undergraduates and up to $1,000 for graduate students who are Academy members enroll…
View details →Grants of up to $750 per proposal support undergraduate and graduate student research in the natural, physical or social sciences …
View details →Awards of $2,000, $1,500 and $1,000 for first through third place at PhD, MS and BS/BA levels fund independent student research pr…
View details →Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA)
Scholarships for full-time second-cycle studies in Poland for citizens of 36 Polish Aid countries, with a PLN 2,500 monthly stipen…
View details →United States International University Africa
Full-cost undergraduate scholarships for academically talented young Africans facing socio-economic barriers, including degrees in…
View details →Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors
Deadline: October 31, 2026
Scholarships for land surveying students at Wisconsin colleges, or Wisconsin residents studying surveying out of state, presented …
View details →Government of Indonesia
Indonesian government scholarship for students from developing countries to pursue undergraduate, master's or doctoral study at pa…
View details →Makerere University
Scholarships for academically talented but financially constrained young Africans at Makerere University, with undergraduate and m…
View details →Samford University
Program for community college transfer students who completed two years in a science or math-related field, entering Samford as ju…
View details →Eastern Mennonite University
NSF S-STEM scholarship for high-achieving students with financial need pursuing associate, bachelor's, or graduate STEM degrees, c…
View details →Amarillo College
Cohort program for first- and second-year STEM majors planning to transfer, with a summer bridge, mentoring, and a $3,000 STEM Exc…
View details →University of Texas at Arlington
One-year $10,000 scholarship for STEM graduates and professionals completing secondary STEM teacher certification at UTA. Recipien…
View details →University of Colorado Boulder
Noyce scholarship of $18,500 per year during the last two years at CU Boulder for students admitted to the CU Teach licensure prog…
View details →University of Texas at San Antonio
$20,000 in scholarship funds over two academic years for STEM majors pursuing secondary science or math teacher certification, wit…
View details →California State University, Stanislaus
$13,000 scholarship for math, science and computer science majors and degree holders pursuing a middle or high school math or scie…
View details →SUNY Geneseo
Undergraduate scholarships of $20,000 per year for third- and fourth-year STEM majors in the Adolescence Education program who ple…
View details →Delaware State University
Deadline: November 3, 2026
NSF-funded one-year award for junior and senior Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics majors who plan to teach K-12 math or …
View details →American Foundation for the Blind
Deadline: January 19, 2027
Renewable scholarship pathway for blind undergraduate and graduate students pursuing STEM fields such as computer science, enginee…
View details →Flexographic Technical Association
Deadline: April 10, 2026
A $3,000 award for students pursuing careers in flexographic printing and graphic communications. Open to college freshmen, sophom…
View details →Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF)
Deadline: Reopens January 2027
Annual scholarships and tool grants for high school seniors and college students entering or enrolled in collision repair and refi…
View details →Gemological Institute of America
Need-based scholarships for students enrolling in GIA's on-campus gemology and jewelry programs in Carlsbad, California and New Yo…
View details →North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)
NACIS runs an Undergraduate Student Scholarship in Cartography for geography or related majors with an interest in cartography or …
View details →University of the Aftermarket Foundation
Deadline: March 31, 2027
A single online application considers students for scholarships from more than 40 automotive aftermarket organizations. Priority g…
View details →International Cartographic Association
Travel scholarships for early career scientists and professionals in cartography and GIScience to attend official ICA events. Gran…
View details →Paleontological Research Institution
Deadline: March 2, 2026
Grants of up to $500 for undergraduate students, graduate students and post-doctoral researchers to visit the Paleontological Rese…
View details →University of Rwanda
A 10-year partnership (2021-2031) between the University of Rwanda and the Mastercard Foundation that funds academically talented,…
View details →Pride Foundation
Deadline: January 8, 2027
Pride Foundation awards scholarships to LGBTQ+ and questioning students who are residents of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Wa…
View details →Jeannette Rankin Foundation
Deadline: February 12, 2027
Unrestricted, non-tuition grants for nontraditional women students pursuing technical or vocational education, a first associate's…
View details →TheDream.US
Deadline: January 31, 2027
For undocumented first-generation immigrant students (with or without DACA or TPS) who live in and graduate from high school in on…
View details →Ron Brown Scholar Program
Deadline: December 1
Awards about twenty four-year scholarships of $40,000 ($10,000 per year) to Black/African American high school seniors who are U.S…
View details →ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators Forum
Merit-based scholarships of up to $5,000 for undergraduates entering their second year or higher and graduate students enrolled in…
View details →Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship & Financial Assistance
Established by the Navajo Nation in 1980, the Chief Manuelito Scholarship provides $7,000 per academic year toward direct educatio…
View details →Point Foundation
A $4,800 scholarship for LGBTQ+ students and allies earning an associate degree or completing coursework to transfer to a four-yea…
View details →Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund
Deadline: February 1, 2027
Provides flexible, per-semester aid of $400 to $1,600 (scaled by credit hours) to low-income single parents in Arkansas pursuing a…
View details →Foster Love
Foster Love (formerly Together We Rise) provides scholarships and mentorship for young adults who have aged out of foster care and…
View details →Sealaska Heritage Institute
Scholarships for Alaska Native Sealaska shareholders and descendants attending accredited colleges, universities, and vocational s…
View details →The CIRI Foundation
Deadline: December 31, 2026
The CIRI Foundation supports Alaska Native CIRI shareholders and descendants with a Higher Education Scholarship of $200 per under…
View details →Doyon Foundation
Deadline: November 15, 2026
Doyon Foundation awards competitive, full-time, and part-time scholarships to Doyon, Limited shareholders and their children accep…
View details →Hawaii Community Foundation
Deadline: February 1, 2027
One application matches Hawaii students to the Hawaii Community Foundation's scholarship funds for college and university degrees …
View details →Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
HACU connects students at its member institutions with scholarships funded by corporate, federal, and nonprofit partners; 2026 off…
View details →LULAC National Educational Services Centers
The LULAC National Scholarship Fund awards National Scholastic Achievement Awards ($2,000, GPA 3.5+), Honors Awards ($500-$2,000, …
View details →Scholarship America
Formerly the Wells Fargo Scholarship Program for People with Disabilities, this Scholarship America-administered award supports hi…
View details →SAIA, n. o. (Slovak Academic Information Agency)
Deadline: 2026-10-31
A government-funded programme, administered by SAIA on behalf of the Slovak Ministry of Education, that supports mobility of stude…
View details →Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia
Slovenia's merit scholarship for secondary school students, university students and adult learners who show outstanding achievemen…
View details →Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
Deadline: June 30 (annual)
An annual award recognizing outstanding science reporting and writing in any field of science by journalists aged 30 or younger, i…
View details →Archaeological Institute of America
Deadline: March 1, 2027
The Archaeological Institute of America awards $2,000 scholarships to help students participating in archaeological fieldwork for …
View details →Tanoto Foundation
TELADAN is Tanoto Foundation's leadership development scholarship for Indonesian undergraduates aged 18 to 22 at ten partner unive…
View details →National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
JSTP is NSTDA's program to identify and develop young science and technology talent in Thailand. It offers short-term and long-ter…
View details →Society for Historical Archaeology
SHA offers student travel awards for presenting at its annual conference, including the Ed and Judy Jelks Student Travel Award and…
View details →Crown Prince's International Scholarship Programme
Established in 1999 and privately funded by HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa with local and international sponsors, CPISP eq…
View details →Programa Nacional de Becas y Crédito Educativo (PRONABEC)
Peru's national undergraduate scholarship for high-achieving secondary graduates from households in poverty or other vulnerable si…
View details →Alabama Junior Academy of Science / Alabama Academy of Science
Deadline: December 30, 2026
A science research scholarship competition for Alabama high school seniors from public, private, or homeschool settings. Entrants …
View details →Ragland Family Education Foundation
Scholarship for Oklahoma high school graduates who would have difficulty financing a college degree and plan to study a STEM field…
View details →American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
SPARC provides twelve $1,000 awards to eligible U.S. students in communication sciences and disorders programs who want to pursue …
View details →STEM Challenge Initiative
The STEM Challenge Initiative awards college scholarships each spring, along with STEM Challenge Grants and a teaching award, to s…
View details →TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye)
Scholarship support for Turkish citizens who won medals in the National Science Olympiads, the International Science Olympiads or …
View details →National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
Fully funded scholarships for Thai citizens to study science and technology at Ph.D., M.Sc.-Ph.D., B.Sc.-M.Sc.-Ph.D. or M.Sc. leve…
View details →Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society
Scholarships for library and information science study, including the Reed scholarship ($2,250) for beginning study at an ALA-accr…
View details →Deadline: November
Fellowships supporting women pursuing their first full-time master's or professional degree in fields where women remain underrepr…
View details →Deadline: October
The NSF GRFP provides three years of funding to outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degree…
View details →Deadline: October
One of the most prestigious PhD fellowships in the US, providing up to five years of support for exceptional graduate students in …
View details →Deadline: November
The oldest non-institutional source of graduate funding for women in the US, established in 1888, providing dissertation fellowshi…
View details →Deadline: February
An annual program awarding five women postdoctoral scientists $75,000 each for their contributions to STEM research and commitment…
View details →Deadline: November
Merit-based awards of $20,000 each for women from the US and Canada who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree and are near completi…
View details →A nonprofit that partners with major companies to offer paid returnship programs for professionals returning to work after a caree…
View details →The UK's only fellowship program specifically for researchers returning to STEM after a career break of two or more years, combini…
View details →Deadline: Spring
Annual fellowships of £15,000 each awarded to early-career women researchers in the UK and Ireland conducting postdoctoral researc…
View details →Deadline: March
A $6,000 award enabling Canadian and international senior undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to conduct 1…
View details →Deadline: March
Annual fellowships of AU$25,000 each for early-career women scientists within five years of completing their PhD at Australian or …
View details →Deadline: November
A global program founded in 1998 that has supported over 4,400 women scientists from 110 countries, awarding up to $40,000 each to…
View details →Deadline: November
A fellowship program launched in 2004 awarding women from developing and emerging economies up to $50,000 per year to pursue PhD o…
View details →Deadline: March
Fellowships for women scientists from Science and Technology-Lagging Countries (STLCs) to pursue PhD or early-career research in n…
View details →Royal Society
Deadline: October
Up to 1.87M GBP over 8 years for early-career researchers who need a flexible working pattern due to caring responsibilities or he…
View details →Graduate Women New Zealand (GWNZ)
Fellowship for outstanding New Zealand female graduates undertaking doctoral study, providing financial assistance and honorary GW…
View details →NASA Office of STEM Engagement
Competitive fellowship for graduate students from underrepresented groups in STEM including women, ethnic minorities, and persons …
View details →A postdoctoral fellowship for early-career researchers in the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computing who pivot …
View details →Deadline: October
The flagship international exchange program of the U.S. Department of State, offering Study/Research and English Teaching Assistan…
View details →Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Deadline: September
A two-year fellowship for early-career, tenure-track but untenured faculty at U.S. and Canadian institutions in chemistry, compute…
View details →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 …
View details →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-ha…
View details →Royal Society
A postdoctoral fellowship enabling early-career international researchers in the natural and social sciences to work at a UK resea…
View details →University of California, Berkeley
Deadline: October 9, 2026
A prestigious postdoctoral fellowship from UC Berkeley's Miller Institute giving early-career scientists three years of independen…
View details →Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
A fellowship enabling internationally recognized researchers of any nationality and discipline to carry out long-term research in …
View details →Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science funds overseas postdoctoral researchers to conduct research at Japanese universitie…
View details →Australian Research Council
An Australian Research Council scheme providing three years of salary and project funding to outstanding early-career researchers …
View details →University of British Columbia
Deadline: Varies by department
Fellowship for recent PhDs (within 24 months) in most fields, including STEM, at participating Canadian universities; roughly $60,…
View details →Three-year postdoctoral fellowships in the UK for researchers within four years of their doctorate, open to any subject area inclu…
View details →Postdoctoral fellowships from Hong Kong's Croucher Foundation supporting Hong Kong permanent residents to pursue full-time researc…
View details →Deadline: September
EU-funded postdoctoral fellowships supporting PhD-holding researchers of any nationality to advance their careers through internat…
View details →A German Research Foundation (DFG) postdoctoral fellowship enabling early-career researchers to independently conduct their own re…
View details →UK Research and Innovation
Deadline: Recurring rounds (Round 11 deadline June 2026)
A flagship UKRI scheme supporting early-career researchers and innovators across all disciplines to establish independent research…
View details →ETH Zurich
Deadline: January 15 annually (next cycle Jan 15, 2027)
A postdoctoral fellowship for researchers pursuing unconventional, cross-disciplinary projects outside the scientific mainstream, …
View details →Research Ireland
Deadline: Annual (~October)
A national fellowship funding early-career postdoctoral researchers (within five years of their PhD) to conduct independent resear…
View details →Swiss National Science Foundation
Deadline: Twice yearly (next August 4, 2026)
Enables postdoctoral researchers connected to Switzerland to undertake a research stay abroad to strengthen their academic profile…
View details →Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Deadline: Annual (~September)
The entry-level grant of the Dutch Veni-Vidi-Vici talent scheme, supporting recently graduated PhD researchers (within three years…
View details →The Royal Society
Deadline: Annual (~September)
A prestigious eight-year fellowship enabling outstanding early-career scientists (three to eight years post-PhD) in the natural sc…
View details →Austria's FWF Science Fund funds early-career postdoctoral researchers to conduct research abroad at a leading international host …
View details →Deadline: 2026-11-11
The Azrieli Foundation funds outstanding international postdoctoral researchers across STEM and other disciplines to conduct resea…
View details →The Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) funds junior postdoctoral researchers to carry out fundamental or strategic research at F…
View details →Deadline: Rolling / year-round
Post-doctoral fellowship from FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) supporting researchers conducting projects at institutions in…
View details →Deadline: April and October (twice yearly)
National Post Doctoral Fellowship from India's Anusandhan National Research Foundation (formerly SERB), supporting early-career po…
View details →Early-career research grant from New Zealand's Marsden Fund, administered by Royal Society Te Apārangi, supporting researchers wit…
View details →Places PhD-level scientists and engineers in the California State Legislature and agencies for a year of hands-on science-policy w…
View details →Supports early-career high school mathematics and science teachers with multi-year funding, professional development, and a nation…
View details →An immersive fellowship at the National Academies for graduate students to learn how science and technology inform national policy…
View details →Places STEM students in newsrooms for a summer to report on science and build science-communication skills.…
View details →Recognizes top graduate students in business, computer science, bioengineering, and energy science at select universities.…
View details →An NSERC-administered Canadian federal award supporting postdoctoral researchers in the natural sciences and engineering.…
View details →A Canadian federal doctoral scholarship for high-caliber graduate students in STEM, administered by the tri-agency councils.…
View details →Postdoctoral fellowships enabling researchers of any nationality to work at host institutions in Spain and Portugal.…
View details →An NSF program funding scholarships and stipends for STEM majors and professionals who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school…
View details →A professional-development fellowship for food and agriculture PhD students, funded by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Resea…
View details →Awards from the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences recognizing outstanding young scientists in life …
View details →A program funding postdoctoral scholars and faculty in STEM fields to conduct research at leading Israeli universities.…
View details →Deadline: May 13, 2026
A National Research Foundation Singapore fellowship funding early-career researchers to lead independent projects at Singapore ins…
View details →Deadline: January 10 / July 15 (annual)
A Leakey Foundation grant funding research into human origins and evolution.…
View details →CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program is a other research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.…
View details →Santa Fe Institute Omidyar Fellowship is a other research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.…
View details →ERC Starting Grant is a other research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.…
View details →TechCongress places technologists as fellows in the U.S. Congress to provide technical expertise on science and technology policy.…
View details →Brazil's Instituto Serrapilheira runs annual calls funding early-career scientists in the natural sciences, mathematics and comput…
View details →Sweden's Wallenberg Foundation funds outstanding early-career Swedish scientists for postdoctoral study abroad at Stanford, MIT/Br…
View details →Chile's national research agency (ANID) runs the annual FONDECYT Postdoctorado competition, funding 2-3 year projects by recently …
View details →South Africa's National Research Foundation funds postdoctoral fellows across all knowledge fields, with priority for science, eng…
View details →Argentina's national research council (CONICET) runs an annual call awarding three-year internal postdoctoral fellowships to recen…
View details →Deadline: April 1
Two- to three-year postdoctoral fellowships enabling researchers who earned a PhD in Denmark, Greenland, or the Faroe Islands to c…
View details →National postdoctoral fellowships from Norway's research council to help doctorate-holders develop specialist expertise and qualif…
View details →A nonpartisan fellowship placing midcareer health professionals in Washington, D.C. for a year of experience at the intersection o…
View details →A five-year grant (up to DKK 9 million) from Denmark's Villum Fonden enabling junior faculty in technical and natural sciences to …
View details →Three-year national funding from Finland's research council for recently graduated doctorates across all fields, supporting the tr…
View details →The Wenner-Gren Foundations (Stockholm) fund non-Swedish postdoctoral researchers to carry out research training at Swedish univer…
View details →POLONEZ BIS is the Polish National Science Centre's Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND postdoctoral fellowship program bringing experie…
View details →India's Department of Science and Technology runs the INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship to retain early-career PhD holders and support th…
View details →The Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS) in French-speaking Belgium offers the Chargé de recherches postdoctoral fello…
View details →Spain's State Research Agency (AEI) funds Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contracts to help recent PhD holders complete their postd…
View details →TÜBİTAK's BİDEB 2232 program (with companion 2232-B for early-stage researchers) funds highly qualified scientists to establish re…
View details →Deadline: Annual call (fiscal-year cycle)
RIKEN's Special Postdoctoral Researcher Program gives early-career scientists the opportunity to conduct autonomous, independent r…
View details →Deadline: Proposals accepted year-round
The German Research Foundation's Emmy Noether Programme enables exceptionally qualified early-career researchers to lead an indepe…
View details →Deadline: Annual call
The National Research Foundation of Korea's Sejong Science Fellowship supports young scientists such as postdoctoral researchers t…
View details →Deadline: Annual application cycle
The AEF Program places accomplished K-12 STEM educators for eleven months in a federal agency or U.S. Congressional office in Wash…
View details →Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) AFR PhD individual grants funding doctoral researchers across all disciplines.…
View details →The Czech Science Foundation POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP (PIF) supporting early-career postdoctoral researchers within a few yea…
View details →Postdoctoral fellowship grants from the Icelandic Research Fund (Rannis) supporting postdoctoral researchers across scientific fie…
View details →A nine-month fellowship at MIT for science, technology, environmental, and medical journalists.…
View details →PhD studentships from Portugal's Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) funding doctoral research across all scientific areas…
View details →A national postdoctoral fellowship managed by Research Ireland (formerly the Irish Research Council) supporting one or two years o…
View details →The Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation funds research projects led by postdoctoral researchers across all disciplines…
View details →Taiwan's national academy funds two-year postdoctoral fellowships to conduct research at Academia Sinica institutes across the sci…
View details →Deadline: January 15, 2026
A fully funded postdoctoral fellowship at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology for early-career researchers worldwid…
View details →The National Natural Science Foundation of China scheme attracts outstanding young scholars working abroad (holding a PhD, with po…
View details →Deadline: April 30, 2026
The Estonian Research Council funds postdoctoral researchers, including a Seal of Excellence scheme allowing unfunded MSCA postdoc…
View details →A field-building fellowship placing fellows in host organizations (media, scientific societies, nonprofits, universities) for roug…
View details →Grants (about 1.3 million SEK/year for 18-36 months) enabling recently qualified researchers with a Swedish doctorate to spend at …
View details →A U.S. Department of State program (administered by IREX) sending U.S. K-12 educators abroad for three to six months to conduct an…
View details →A grant (up to about DKK 1,550,000) enabling talented early-career researchers to carry out an independent research project at a r…
View details →A competitive one-year U.S. federal fellowship (administered by GSA) embedding mid-to-senior technologists, designers, and strateg…
View details →Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council funds postdoctoral and experienced international researchers for research stays i…
View details →Canada's flagship federal postdoctoral fellowship program, administered jointly by NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC. It supports top-tier pos…
View details →Deadline: 9 July
A suite of research fellowships introduced by New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and administered by Ro…
View details →An independent research fellowship at Korea’s Institute for Basic Science for scientists within seven years of the PhD, or under 4…
View details →Deadline: March 24
A three-month in-person fellowship at the Center for AI Safety in San Francisco for researchers examining the societal dimensions …
View details →A New Zealand trust administered by Royal Society Te Aparangi that supports early career researchers, funds PhD scholarships and p…
View details →Deadline: October 1
A competitive postdoctoral fellowship at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory open to all technical disciplines, awarded to cand…
View details →A one-year fellowship placing tenured or similarly senior science, engineering and medical faculty at the U.S. Department of State…
View details →An outgoing mobility fellowship run by NAWA, the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, that funds researchers affiliated w…
View details →An incoming mobility fellowship from NAWA, the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, that brings researchers from abroad t…
View details →Deadline: 31 March
A science-policy fellowship from the Seismological Society of America for student and early-career members who want to understand …
View details →India's umbrella national scheme for women in science and engineering, run by the Department of Science and Technology to address …
View details →Deadline: October 8, 2026 (2027 Cohort 1); February 11, 2027 (2027 Cohort 2)
A 12-week Department of Defense SkillBridge fellowship that places transitioning service members inside host companies for hands-o…
View details →Deadline: Applications typically open July, close September
The Horizon Fellowship places technically literate people into US policy roles working on artificial intelligence, biotechnology a…
View details →A yearlong leadership development fellowship, established in 1974, that places emerging American professionals into work placement…
View details →Deadline: Varies each year; window generally falls between November and February
The Pat Tillman Foundation's national scholarship for active-duty service members, veterans and military spouses, including surviv…
View details →National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Deadline: November 2, 2026
Lets postdoctoral and senior scientists and engineers conduct self-directed research at AFRL, the Air Force Institute of Technolog…
View details →Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Provides research funding, mentoring and national-security contacts to researchers in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic an…
View details →Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Deadline: January 8, 2027
A two-year postdoctoral applied fellowship in health economics, decision science and disease modelling, with a Traditional Track a…
View details →Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Deadline: January 7, 2027
A two-year CDC fellowship for master's or doctoral graduates who build and improve programme evaluation work within CDC host progr…
View details →Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Deadline: October 15, 2026
A fully funded postdoctoral fellowship at PNNL for recent or upcoming science and engineering PhDs to pursue a research programme …
View details →African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA)
The African Research Universities Alliance, with support from the Mastercard Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York, fund…
View details →Chinese Academy of Sciences
PIFI funds international researchers at every career stage to work at Chinese Academy of Sciences institutes, including a CAS-TWAS…
View details →American Academy in Rome
Full-term and half-term fellowships in Rome for architects to develop professional work within a multidisciplinary community. Appl…
View details →SOM Foundation
Research awards supporting individuals who aim to enhance the design of the built environment; the 2026-27 cycle is framed around …
View details →Goldman Sachs
Paid 12-week program for professionals with three or more years of experience who have been out of the full-time workforce for two…
View details →Morgan Stanley
Deadline: 2026-10-09
Roughly 16-week program (January 18 to May 10, 2027 for most locations) for people out of the workforce for two or more years. U.S…
View details →Belgian American Educational Foundation
Deadline: October 31, 2026
Graduate study and research fellowships exchanging Belgians to the United States and Americans to Belgium; applications for 2027-2…
View details →Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
Deadline: December 31, 2026
An early-career training fellowship for journalists, mainly in their first decade of professional work, who report or want to repo…
View details →National Association of Science Writers
A grant from the National Association of Science Writers that supplements internship pay for talented students and early-career sc…
View details →The Open Notebook
Deadline: October 31, 2026
A 12-month, part-time, remote fellowship for early-career science journalists with fewer than three years of regular professional …
View details →Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
Deadline: November 15, 2026
KFAS Young Researcher Grants fund early-career researchers to lead research projects in Kuwait. Applicants must be students, worki…
View details →Deadline: January
Grants of up to $8,000 for women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance, change careers, or re-enter the workfo…
View details →An award-winning UK social enterprise running mentoring programs, hackathons, work experience, and qualification academies for gir…
View details →A Canadian national charity with 30+ years of experience providing free bilingual STEM education programs and resources to youth a…
View details →CSIRO
Deadline: September
The first program of its kind in the world, providing tailored support for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from …
View details →A five-week residential research program for high school juniors with tracks in astrophysics, biochemistry, bacterial genomics, an…
View details →Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A cost-free six-week summer program at MIT, run by the Center for Excellence in Education, bringing together about 100 top high sc…
View details →A continually updated directory of paid employer return-to-work programs (returnships) worldwide, many in STEM and technology, for…
View details →reacHIRE runs return-to-work programs that place professionals coming off a career break directly into paid roles at partner emplo…
View details →Audible
A paid full-time returnship at Audible for experienced professionals re-entering the workforce after a caregiving break, spanning …
View details →Deadline: Rolling admissions
A national nonprofit offering flexible, part-time training programs in fields such as IT support, data analytics, and cybersecurit…
View details →Deadline: March 1
The Foundation for Surgical Technology awards annual scholarships to students enrolled in accredited surgical technology programs.…
View details →The Master Brewers Association of the Americas offers national scholarships covering tuition for recognized brewing and malting sc…
View details →Annual international competition where secondary students solve language and computational-linguistics puzzles through logic rathe…
View details →The EU's flagship science competition showcasing top student research projects, with young scientists aged 14-20 from nearly 40 co…
View details →A two-year program giving young people grants to build companies or projects instead of finishing college, plus mentorship from th…
View details →Deadline: April 30 (annual)
The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) Foundation awards scholarships of up to $1,000 to individuals pu…
View details →A U.S. modern youth apprenticeship organization placing high school students into multi-year paid apprenticeships in pathways incl…
View details →A month-long residential STEAM and entrepreneurship program for Canadian high school students, hosted on university campuses acros…
View details →A UK programme placing students in the first year of a post-16 STEM course alongside professional scientists, technologists, engin…
View details →A UK charity programme giving under-represented and low-income 16 and 17 year olds studying at least one STEM subject an insight i…
View details →Residential university summer schools run by the Sutton Trust for UK state school students from backgrounds under-represented in h…
View details →Deadline: June 1
A long-running intensive summer program from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, now delivered entirely online, of…
View details →Deadline: October 31, 2026
A trade and technical training scholarship from the mikeroweWORKS Foundation aimed at closing the skills gap in fields such as con…
View details →Deadline: April
The National Youth Science Forum's flagship residential STEM program for Australian Year 12 students, based at the Australian Nati…
View details →A national middle-school STEM research competition run by Society for Science, formerly known as Broadcom MASTERS, which draws its…
View details →The New York Academy of Sciences' signature high school programme, which connects students aged 13 to 17 with an online community …
View details →Jefferson Community and Technical College
The national centre for geospatial technology education, hosted at Jefferson Community and Technical College in Louisville, Kentuc…
View details →Rochester Institute of Technology
An NSF Advanced Technological Education national centre housed at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Insti…
View details →A K-12 invention education programme operated by The Henry Ford, teaching students problem identification, problem solving, entrep…
View details →A US Army-sponsored summer STEM enrichment programme, part of the Army Educational Outreach Program, hosted at Army research labor…
View details →University of California
Deadline: February 6
An intensive four-week residential pre-college programme for high school students who have shown aptitude for academic and profess…
View details →Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A six-month online STEM programme at MIT running June through December, formerly known as MOSTEC, for students in the summer befor…
View details →Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A six-week residential programme on the MIT campus from late June to early August for rising high school seniors, formerly known s…
View details →American Museum of Natural History
A full academic year of authentic research for New York City high school students inside the American Museum of Natural History's …
View details →A national school-innovation scheme run by the Department of Science and Technology with the National Innovation Foundation, aimed…
View details →Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR
India's national route to the international science olympiads, coordinated by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education at TIFR…
View details →Canada's only national multi-trade and technology competition for students and apprentices, run by Skills/Competences Canada, a na…
View details →The Department of War (formerly Department of Defense) programme that lets service members spend up to their final 180 days of ser…
View details →The Career & Technical Scholarship is the short-credential arm of the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship, a public-private p…
View details →Deadline: April 30
The Polaris Trade Scholarship is the vocational counterpart to the AISES Polaris Academic Scholarship, awarding $2,000 to students…
View details →University of Iowa
Deadline: February 16, 2027
A highly selective five-and-a-half-week summer research programme run by the Belin-Blank Center in which high school students in g…
View details →Carnegie Mellon University
Deadline: February 1
A fully funded six-week residential pre-college programme at Carnegie Mellon for students underrepresented in STEM, run by the uni…
View details →A national recognition programme established by executive order in 1964 that honours up to 161 graduating high school seniors a ye…
View details →Formerly Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, VR&E supports service members and veterans whose service-connected disability l…
View details →The Department of Defense scholarship for military spouses, renamed from My Career Advancement Account. It provides up to $4,000 t…
View details →Deadline: Varies by award; the Jon H. Poteat Scholarship runs September 1 to May 1
The National Technical Honor Society distributes more than $300,000 a year to high school and post-secondary members in career and…
View details →The Imagine America Foundation distributes more than $10 million a year in tuition assistance to students attending career and tec…
View details →Deadline: October 1 (fall), March 1 (spring), July 1 (summer)
A Kansas Board of Regents last-dollar scholarship covering tuition, required fees, books and materials remaining after other aid, …
View details →Virginia's tuition assistance programme for community college study in six high-demand sectors: information technology, healthcare…
View details →A Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development grant aimed at adults returning to education, covering certifi…
View details →A Georgia Student Finance Commission grant, launched in 2013 as the Strategic Industries Workforce Development Grant, that pays on…
View details →Deadline: July 1 (fall), January 10 (spring)
An Arkansas Division of Higher Education grant covering tuition and general mandatory fees for certificate and associate degree pr…
View details →West Virginia's last-dollar grant covering tuition, mandatory fees and academic programme fees for certificate and associate degre…
View details →A South Carolina Commission on Higher Education scholarship that supplements Lottery Tuition Assistance to cover tuition and manda…
View details →Indiana's last-dollar grant, part of the Next Level Jobs initiative, paying tuition and mandatory fees for certificate programmes …
View details →Deadline: January 1 - March 31
A full-ride South Dakota scholarship for students entering high-demand technical programmes at the state's four technical colleges…
View details →The technical component of Louisiana's Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, administered by the Louisiana Office of Student Fi…
View details →A Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority scholarship funding up to 60 credit hours tuition-free toward an industry-recogni…
View details →Deadline: FAFSA deadline 30 June 2026 for 2025-26; 30 June 2027 for 2026-27
A Future Ready Iowa award that covers the remaining tuition and institution-wide mandatory fees after all other non-repayable stat…
View details →Deadline: Student application due to PHEAA by 1 May
A need-based award created by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 2012 and administered by PHEAA for students enrolled in program…
View details →Deadline: Opens 1 October; priority deadline 30 November; closes 15 April
A grant administered through the Idaho Workforce Development Council covering 80 percent of tuition and fees up to a maximum of $8…
View details →A Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential award of up to $2,000 per year for up to two years toward …
View details →A Louisiana award administered by the Board of Regents through the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance for adult lear…
View details →University of Arizona
Free year-long programme for Native American high school students preparing for college and STEM careers. It includes a week-long …
View details →Warrior-Scholar Project
Nonprofit academic boot camps preparing enlisted veterans and transitioning service members for college, including a STEM Virtual …
View details →A*STAR (Singapore)
Lets Singapore junior college students carry out an investigative study in biomedical science, physical science or engineering und…
View details →SciFest Ireland
Ireland's largest second-level STEM fair programme, free to enter, with school, regional (SciFest@College), national and internati…
View details →Maynooth University
A programme for Transition Year girls from socially disadvantaged communities in Ireland, offering a university-accredited Level 6…
View details →Eskom Expo
A South African science fair for school learners running from school and district expos through 35 regional fairs to the Eskom Exp…
View details →Science and Technology Australia
A two-year program that trains women and non-binary people working in STEM in media engagement and public speaking and has them vi…
View details →Royal Society Te Aparangi
A NZ$50,000 prize toward tertiary study for a Year 12 or 13 student in New Zealand who has achieved excellence through a science, …
View details →Phillips 66 / Scholarship America
Up to 66 renewable awards for high school seniors entering STEM degrees or certifications tied to oil and gas, manufacturing or ch…
View details →Northern New York Community Foundation
Community foundation scholarship for St. Lawrence County, New York high school juniors planning STEM careers, applied for through …
View details →Central Indiana Community Foundation
Scholarship for central Indiana high school seniors with financial need or other barriers who are pursuing a science, technology, …
View details →Annual team competition for young students from European countries in which teams of three solve experimental problems in biology,…
View details →The Open University
The Open University's free learning platform offering hundreds of courses, articles, videos and interactives, with digital badges …
View details →French online learning platform offering free courses from universities and research institutions.…
View details →Offers free online courses and certificates to help learners pursue education without cost barriers.…
View details →Harvard University
Harvard offers over 128 free online courses spanning computer science, business, humanities and health sciences.…
View details →Mawhiba (King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity)
Trains Saudi students in Grades 8 to 12 to represent the Kingdom at international olympiads in mathematics, physics, chemistry, bi…
View details →Mawhiba
An online English-language course for gifted students in Grades 7 to 11 enrolled in the National Program for Gifted Identification…
View details →TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye)
Annual research project competition encouraging high school students in Turkiye to conduct studies in basic, social and applied sc…
View details →POSN Foundation with IPST
The POSN Foundation selects secondary students nationwide through its centers and a national competition in mathematics, physics, …
View details →Washtenaw Community College
NSF-supported cohort program for STEM-focused students offering academic coaching, customized curriculum, scholarship funding oppo…
View details →Schweizer Jugend forscht (Swiss Youth in Science)
Deadline: October 31, 2026 (registration for the 2027 competition)
Switzerland's national youth research competition, run by the Schweizer Jugend forscht foundation, invites students aged 16 to und…
View details →University of Tartu Youth Academy (Teaduskool)
The University of Tartu Youth Academy coordinates Estonia's system of national olympiads in mathematics, physics, chemistry, infor…
View details →Universidad Antonio Narino
The Universidad Antonio Narino has organized Colombia's national school olympiads since 1991, covering mathematics, physics, compu…
View details →Appalachian Regional Commission
Deadline: December 4, 2026
A residential, hands-on STEM program run since 1990 by the Appalachian Regional Commission and hosted by Oak Ridge Associated Univ…
View details →Youth Science Canada (affiliated regional fair)
A Youth Science Canada-affiliated regional STEM fair where students from Saskatoon and area present innovation or discovery (exper…
View details →Petnica Science Center (Istraživačka stanica Petnica)
Independent non-profit centre in Serbia for extracurricular science education, running since 1982 and having organized more than 3…
View details →Fondation Jeunes Scientifiques Luxembourg (FJSL)
Luxembourg's national contest for young researchers, inviting participants to develop a research or innovation project in science,…
View details →Ciência Viva
Portugal's national summer science placement program, offering free internships, open days, lab visits and summer schools at resea…
View details →Czech Academy of Sciences
Year-long research internships for talented secondary school students aged 15 and over at institutes of the Czech Academy of Scien…
View details →Young Scientists Tanzania
Annual national science exhibition and competition for secondary school students in Tanzania, modeled on Ireland's Young Scientist…
View details →Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (MAN)
Ukraine's national contest in which school students who are members of the Junior Academy of Sciences present and defend original …
View details →Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (Cultura Científica)
Uruguay's national science clubs program, run by the Ministry of Education and Culture, in which student groups guided by an adult…
View details →Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
A free three-week summer bridge program in Decatur, Alabama, for Deaf and Hard of Hearing high school students entering grades 10-…
View details →Minnesota Academy of Science
The statewide science and engineering fair for middle and high school students across Minnesota, run by the Minnesota Academy of S…
View details →Kentucky Academy of Science
An annual research presentation meeting for Kentucky middle and high school students, with free registration for K-12 students and…
View details →Northwest Science Expo
Oregon's state-level science research competition for students in grades 5 through 12 who attend school in Oregon, fed by regional…
View details →Iowa 4-H Youth Development, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Deadline: February 15 (registration opens December 1)
A two-day state science and technology fair in Ames for Iowa youth in grades 6-12, hosted by Iowa 4-H Youth Development. It is an …
View details →British Science Association
Hands-on, student-led STEM project awards for young people aged 3 to 19, run by the British Science Association with UKRI and Uren…
View details →International Economics Olympiad
An annual competition in economics, finance and business for high school students, entered through national competitions. Particip…
View details →A global economics competition for students aged 14 to 20 enrolled in high school. It runs through school, regional, national and …
View details →A regional problem-solving competition for secondary school students built around analytical challenges in language and linguistic…
View details →An annual competition in which school pupils solve problems based on real languages. It tests skill and insight rather than prior …
View details →A program that creates STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) opportunities for basic-education students a…
View details →Fundacao Liberato
An annual science and technology fair in Novo Hamburgo, Brazil, where students from early childhood through high school and techni…
View details →National Taiwan Science Education Center
An international science fair organized by the National Taiwan Science Education Center, with guidelines, safety rules and past wi…
View details →TUBITAK
The 34th Science Olympiad first-stage exam was held on 16 May 2026 in 81 provincial centers across Turkiye and covers astronomy an…
View details →Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
A science olympiad run by the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, which also hosts the Libremente Ciencia and RECREO 2026 contests. The …
View details →Governor's Institutes of Vermont
Residential summer programs held on college campuses across Vermont, each focused on a subject area including Engineering, Health …
View details →STARBASE Vermont
A STEM education program operating since 1994 with sites in Rutland and South Burlington that uses hands-on, activity-based lesson…
View details →University of Hawaii at Manoa
A U.S. Department of Education-funded University of Hawaii at Manoa project offering middle and high school students STEM explorat…
View details →Tulane University
A pre-collegiate summer program through Tulane's School of Science and Engineering for rising 11th and 12th graders with talent in…
View details →Akademiet for yngre forskere (AYF)
Norway's national research competition for students aged 13 to 20 in secondary and upper secondary school. Projects from all field…
View details →Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology (Nigeria)
Annual competition for secondary school students across Nigeria's 774 local government areas, covering biology, chemistry, mathema…
View details →Balai Pengembangan Talenta Indonesia (BPTI), Kemendikdasmen
Indonesia's national science olympiad for elementary, junior high and senior high students, registered through the BPTI talent por…
View details →Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR / Rhode Island College
A five-week summer program pairing high school students age 16 and older with a researcher at Rhode Island College, about 20 hours…
View details →University of Nevada, Reno
Federally funded programs for first-generation, income-qualified Nevada high school students at listed Reno-area schools. Students…
View details →University of Wyoming
A living/learning summer academic camp for up to 24 students entering 9th, 10th, or 11th grade from Wyoming or nearby states, dire…
View details →Astra - National Science Centre
Deadline: 26 January 2027
Denmark's largest natural science talent competition, where students carry out a self-chosen project and receive jury feedback. Ju…
View details →Free Brazilian national science olympiad for elementary and secondary students in physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, history …
View details →Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
Research competition for secondary school students in Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia (outside Mainland China) in mathematics, phy…
View details →Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Free hands-on STEM summer academies hosted by Oklahoma colleges and universities for students entering grades 8 through 12. The 20…
View details →Science Museum Oklahoma
Year-long volunteer program for teens ages 13 to 16 interested in science, starting in the summer with hands-on STEAM learning, pr…
View details →Nebraska EPSCoR
Nebraska EPSCoR program offering STEM summer camps at Nebraska colleges for grades 6 through 11, plus paid eight-week research int…
View details →Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Teen programs including the Curiosity Corner hands-on lab series for ages 13 to 18 and the paid Science for Success Teen Internshi…
View details →Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Summer internship in which high school sophomores and juniors ages 14 to 17 do hands-on science alongside museum scientists and pr…
View details →North Dakota EPSCoR
ND EPSCoR education outreach project serving middle school, high school and tribal college students with Tribal College Summer Cam…
View details →U.S. Department of Energy
A nationally competitive program placing undergraduate students at DOE national laboratories to conduct research alongside world-c…
View details →Microsoft
A $5,000 scholarship for undergraduate women enrolled in accredited four-year colleges or universities in the US pursuing STEM deg…
View details →California Institute of Technology
A 10-week summer research program at Caltech for undergraduate students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM, includi…
View details →Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
The premier undergraduate scholarship in the US for students pursuing research careers in natural sciences, mathematics, and engin…
View details →Scholarships from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society for full-time students pursuing STEM degrees who are enrolle…
View details →Canada's premier undergraduate STEM entrance awards, granting 100 scholarships each year across 20 Canadian partner universities t…
View details →A summer research program from The Leadership Alliance consortium that matches undergraduates with faculty mentors at member resea…
View details →A National Science Foundation program funding scholarships for academically talented, low-income students pursuing associate, bacc…
View details →SETI Institute
Deadline: February
A ten-week summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in which students work with scientists at the SETI Institute and nearby N…
View details →Deadline: January
A federal scholarship from the Defense Language and National Security Education Office funding U.S. undergraduates to study less c…
View details →Deadline: March
The Institute of Food Technologists, through its Feeding Tomorrow Fund, awards academic scholarships annually to students pursuing…
View details →Stony Brook University
Deadline: February
A highly selective summer program in which academically talented high school juniors conduct hands-on research in science, math, o…
View details →George Mason University
Deadline: February
A nationally recognized eight-week summer research internship at George Mason University for high school and undergraduate student…
View details →California Institute of Technology
Deadline: February
A ten-week summer research program, running since 1979, in which undergraduates conduct a mentored research project with a Caltech…
View details →Since 1922, Sigma Xi's GIAR program has funded student-designed research projects across all STEM disciplines for both undergradua…
View details →University of California
A two-year University of California system program preparing upper-division STEM undergraduates for doctoral study. Scholars compl…
View details →The Homeland Security Professional Opportunities for Student Workforce to Experience Research (HS-POWER) program, sponsored by the…
View details →Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
A paid internship at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory focused on the operational, technical, and engineering-support side of ru…
View details →Argonne National Laboratory
A paid Argonne National Laboratory program that helps undergraduates from a range of backgrounds transition into hands-on research…
View details →Scholarships from the National Society of Professional Surveyors and the American Association for Geodetic Surveying for students …
View details →An American Ceramic Society scholarship, administered via the Material Advantage program, supporting undergraduates studying ceram…
View details →University of Michigan (Rackham Graduate School)
Deadline: January 28
A funded summer research program at the University of Michigan pairing undergraduates with faculty mentors across STEM and other d…
View details →University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
An NSF-funded REU at UNC Chapel Hill (Multidisciplinary and Engaged Approaches to Development and Adaptation across the Lifespan) …
View details →A New York State award covering full SUNY/CUNY tuition for top-10% high-school graduates who pursue an approved STEM degree and ag…
View details →The American Pharmacists Association Foundation offers scholarships recognizing pharmacy students for academic achievement and con…
View details →An annual grant from the AAPG Foundation supporting undergraduate geology and geoscience students who are members of the American …
View details →University of California, San Diego
An NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center REU at UC San Diego offering undergraduates mentored research in advanced…
View details →U.S. Department of Energy
Deadline: Regional competitions begin January
U.S. Department of Energy fast-paced buzzer academic competition testing middle and high school teams across biology, chemistry, E…
View details →U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)
Free U.S. Army-sponsored (AEOP) virtual STEM competition for grades 6-9 where teams identify a community problem and solve it via …
View details →Samsung
National STEM contest for U.S. public-school students in grades 6-12 to develop a project using STEM to address a community issue;…
View details →Texas Tech University
Deadline: Applications January-February
Intensive seven-week summer research program at Texas Tech for 12 rising high school seniors and recent graduates across STEM and …
View details →Boston University
Deadline: February
Six-week summer program for rising high school seniors to conduct university laboratory research (Internship track) or structured …
View details →Rice University
Eight-week NSF-funded summer REU at Rice University applying psychological science to real-world problems, with faculty-mentored r…
View details →West Virginia University
Nine-week NSF REU in the WVU Department of Psychology with a stipend plus lodging, food and travel, conducting behavioral-science …
View details →Deadline: February
ExploraVision, sponsored by Toshiba and administered by the National Science Teaching Association, is a K-12 STEM competition in w…
View details →Deadline: March 1
ASEV annually awards scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in enology, viticulture, or a science ba…
View details →Deadline: May 15
The National Dairy Shrine awards a suite of scholarships (totaling $85,000 in 2026) to freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior col…
View details →Northwestern University
A nine-week NSF-funded summer research experience through Northwestern's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, placin…
View details →Deadline: February 28
The American Dental Hygienists Association Institute for Oral Health awards scholarships to students enrolled in accredited dental…
View details →Deadline: December 1
A Microscopy Society of America scholarship supporting undergraduate research projects that use microscopy and microanalysis.…
View details →Deadline: June 30 and December 31
A Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography Foundation scholarship for students enrolled in accredited sonography education program…
View details →Deadline: June 1
Student awards from the American Respiratory Care Foundation supporting students in accredited respiratory therapy programs.…
View details →Auburn University
Deadline: February 9, 2026
Auburn University's Collaborative Approaches among Scientists and Engineers (CASE) REU, offering interdisciplinary undergraduate s…
View details →Fayetteville State University
NSF PREM in Materials Research is a other summer research program at Fayetteville State University offering hands-on research expe…
View details →University of Delaware (Horn Entrepreneurship)
Diamond Challenge is a other STEM competition open to students.…
View details →Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition is a other STEM competition open to students.…
View details →The American Dairy Science Association awards a stipend and plaque to a distinguished dairy-science undergraduate demonstrating le…
View details →AMSA offers several named scholarships to undergraduate and graduate student members studying meat science.…
View details →The American Society for Nutrition and ASN Foundation offer scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students in nutrition scien…
View details →Rice University
A summer research fellowship supporting Rice undergraduates in supervised faculty research with a stipend, prioritizing first-gene…
View details →Columbia University
A 10-week full-time summer fellowship for Columbia undergraduates to work on independent research projects under a research scient…
View details →University of Missouri
A 9-week summer program hosting 50+ visiting undergraduates in mentored research across disciplines, with housing, meals, and a st…
View details →Carnegie Mellon University
A fellowship providing funding to CMU undergraduates for 8-10 weeks of full-time on-campus summer research in any field of study.…
View details →A national talent-discovery competition where students submit original STEM innovation projects across fields such as AI, engineer…
View details →King’s College London
A £3,000-per-year undergraduate scholarship (up to three years) for female, non-binary, and trans students in the Faculty of Natur…
View details →University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deadline: February 4
Faculty-mentored summer research fellowship (~60 awards) for UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduates across disciplines.…
View details →Deadline: April 1
AMT awards annual scholarships to students pursuing careers in medical technology, medical assisting, dental assisting, phlebotomy…
View details →Yale University
Deadline: February 6, 2026
The Science, Technology and Research Scholars (STARS) summer program supports Yale undergraduates from underrepresented or under-r…
View details →National nonprofit offering the Braven Career Accelerator, a credit-bearing course delivered with university partners that prepare…
View details →Deadline: March 1 (annual)
The Cereals & Grains Association Foundation (formerly AACC International) awards undergraduate scholarships to junior- and senior-…
View details →The Raymond Davis Scholarship from the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) for advanced undergraduate and graduate s…
View details →State-funded scholarship providing up to $22,500 to Washington residents with financial need who are pursuing bachelor's degrees i…
View details →Annual $5,000 scholarships from the HIMSS Foundation for undergraduate and graduate HIMSS student members enrolled in health infor…
View details →Scholarships from oSTEM (Out in STEM) for LGBTQ+ identifying students pursuing STEM degrees at the community college, undergraduat…
View details →Deadline: August
Paid summer research placements at Australia's national science agency, open to high-performing undergraduates who have completed …
View details →An annual awards and scholarships programme from Women in GIS covering undergraduate scholarships, graduate scholarships, and seed…
View details →A seven-week summer research internship run by the KAIST Advanced Institute for Science-X in Daejeon, South Korea, for internation…
View details →A paid summer internship in the Media and Communications Office at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, writing news and…
View details →Deadline: January 31
An eight-week residential summer program at the University of Pittsburgh designed to build interest in public health among college…
View details →A summer pathway program run jointly by Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health and its medical and nursing schools to build in…
View details →Canada's national STEM fair, coordinated by Youth Science Canada and running annually since 1962. Around 390 finalists in grades 7…
View details →Weizmann Institute of Science
An eight-week summer research school at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel for outstanding undergraduate and master's stu…
View details →Deadline: 31 January
A two-month research fellowship offered jointly by the Indian Academy of Sciences in Bengaluru, the Indian National Science Academ…
View details →University of Tokyo
An intensive summer research internship run by the School of Science at the University of Tokyo for undergraduates who intend to p…
View details →Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
A laboratory research internship at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, open to students in the final two ye…
View details →Deadline: 20 October
Two $1,000 awards from the National Society of High School Scholars Foundation recognising high school students of any grade level…
View details →Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A paid summer research programme at MIT for undergraduates, designed to promote graduate education as an attainable goal and to pr…
View details →One of the world's largest scholarship initiatives, providing full funding for undergraduate and graduate study to talented young …
View details →Paid year-round internship and cooperative education programs at the Central Intelligence Agency for full-time undergraduate stude…
View details →SACNAS runs four programs for student members from community college through graduate school: student Research Presentations at th…
View details →Lime Connect runs a portfolio of scholarships and awards for students with disabilities pursuing STEM, health care, computing and …
View details →A scholarship and academic-support program backed by a $48 million commitment from the Fund II Foundation, created to identify and…
View details →A competitive USDA NIFA grant programme that funds undergraduate scholarships in the food, agriculture, natural resources and huma…
View details →National Research Council Canada
Paid terms of roughly 16 weeks at the National Research Council of Canada giving students practical career-related experience in r…
View details →McGill University
Deadline: February
A 15-week full-time summer research award for McGill students enrolled in a B.Sc. or B.A. & Sc. program, running May through Augus…
View details →Paid project-based internships at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for college and graduate students pursuing STEM degrees. P…
View details →Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Workforce Development & Education office runs a portfolio of research internships spanning…
View details →Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORNL's Office of Research Education runs internships, collaborations and structured development experiences for undergraduate, rec…
View details →University of Kentucky
A mentored undergraduate research programme funded through Kentucky NSF EPSCoR and administered by the University of Kentucky, int…
View details →One of the eight federal TRIO programmes, funded by the US Department of Education to prepare undergraduates from underrepresented…
View details →A National Science Foundation programme that funds alliances of colleges and universities working collectively to increase the num…
View details →A summer research programme now in its fortieth year, run jointly across Big Ten Academic Alliance universities as a gateway to gr…
View details →A paid full-time summer fellowship run by the World Food Prize Foundation in partnership with the US Department of Agriculture, pl…
View details →The national internship programme of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, placing college students and recent gr…
View details →A two-way student exchange that sends Indian students to U.S. host institutions and U.S. students to premier institutions in India…
View details →An education award from Soroptimist International of the Americas for women who are the primary financial support for their famili…
View details →The American Planning Association Foundation's main scholarship, worth USD 5,000 with around twenty awarded per cycle - by volume …
View details →The American Association for the Advancement of Science places undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities into ten-week…
View details →Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research places undergraduates into its own research institutes for a first substan…
View details →A long-running national nonprofit that places college students into paid corporate internships paired with structured leadership d…
View details →Deadline: Priority deadlines: August 1 (finance), September 1 (consulting), November 1 (software engineering/tech/corporate management); final deadline January 15
A 20-plus-month programme for college sophomores heading into business and technology careers, run by Management Leadership for To…
View details →A free training and placement programme from Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) that recruits and prepares undergraduates …
View details →The Philippine Department of Science and Technology - Science Education Institute runs two national undergraduate STEM scholarship…
View details →Deadline: October 1 (fall cycle)
A US Department of State programme funding study abroad and international internships for American undergraduates receiving Federa…
View details →University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A four-year undergraduate scholarship and research-support programme at UMBC for high-achieving students who intend to pursue a re…
View details →UNSW Sydney
Deadline: 15 September
Paid summer research placements in the UNSW Faculty of Science, each worth $3,800 for a six-week research project completed by the…
View details →University of Auckland
Deadline: 30 July
A New Zealand summer research programme placing high-achieving undergraduates on supervised research projects for 10 weeks over th…
View details →The scholarship component of the Department of Science and Technology's INSPIRE programme, India's flagship scheme for pulling tal…
View details →Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Deadline: 31 January
A flagship programme of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bengaluru, running since 1991 and having s…
View details →A large Indian corporate-foundation scholarship offering 5,000 undergraduate and 100 postgraduate awards in the 2026-27 cycle, wor…
View details →A Sarojini Damodaran Foundation programme supporting the college education of meritorious students from economically challenged fa…
View details →Argentina's national undergraduate research-initiation scholarship, run by the Consejo Interuniversitario Nacional (CIN). It is ai…
View details →The undergraduate research fellowship of FAPESP, the Sao Paulo State Research Foundation, awarded to students regularly enrolled a…
View details →Brazil's national undergraduate research programme, run by CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico) un…
View details →A seven-week summer research placement that has run since 1996 and places undergraduates from Mexico and partner countries into ac…
View details →Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Deadline: September 16, 2026 (third FY2026 call)
The Japan Science and Technology Agency invites young people from overseas to Japan for short science and technology exchange visi…
View details →The largest college-access programme in the United States for undocumented immigrant students, with or without DACA or TPS, and op…
View details →A scholarship and support programme, now run under Road to Hire, for students with high financial need and limited opportunity - h…
View details →A scholarship funded from the Cobell settlement and administered by Indigenous Education, Inc. for enrolled members of federally r…
View details →Deadline: October 1, 2026
A paid ten-week summer internship from the American Association of People with Disabilities, running since 2002, placing disabled …
View details →Deadline: April 30
The A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship is the flagship general STEM award of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, …
View details →Deadline: April 30
The Indigenous Peoples Education Fund Scholarship awards $5,000 to first-time freshmen entering any STEM field, making it one of t…
View details →Rochester Institute of Technology
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf is described by RIT as the first and largest technological college in the world for …
View details →Deadline: October 12, 2026 (Round 1); January 18, 2027 (Round 2); March 8, 2027 (Round 3)
A national scholarship that pays 100 percent of tuition at any of the 1,000-plus participating colleges, plus $420 a month during …
View details →Deadline: July 1 - December 11, 2026 (for the 2027-28 academic year)
The Air Force and Space Force route into a funded undergraduate degree, awarded to students who have completed their junior year o…
View details →A scholarship for college juniors and seniors that pays tuition, books and fees annually while the student finishes the degree, an…
View details →Deadline: February 2, 2027
A federal scholarship for undergraduates headed into public service careers, awarded to students in their penultimate year of stud…
View details →Canada's largest undergraduate award by total value, combining a $12,000 annual stipend with a full tuition waiver at partner univ…
View details →University of Toronto
Deadline: School nomination by October 9, 2026; admission application by October 16, 2026; scholarship application by November 6, 2026
The University of Toronto's flagship award for international undergraduates, covering tuition, books, incidental fees and full res…
View details →Duke University
Duke University's fully funded award for international undergraduates, established in 2010 through a gift from Martha L. and Bruce…
View details →A full-ride presidential scholarship from the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation that covers tuition, room, board and expense…
View details →Deadline: Varies by university
Germany's largest public-private scholarship programme, open to high-achieving students of any nationality at public and state-rec…
View details →Deadline: Application window opens February 1 and closes March 31
A need-based scholarship for the spouses and dependents of US service members and first responders who were killed or catastrophic…
View details →The largest provider of need-based scholarships to the children of US Marines, open to the children and stepchildren of active-dut…
View details →Deadline: Children's programme runs January 1 to April 1; spouse programme is open year-round
Army Emergency Relief runs three scholarship programmes for Army families enrolled in DEERS. The Spouse Program funds spouses with…
View details →Deadline: Annual spring application window; interest-free education loans are available on a rolling basis
Need-based scholarships of $500 to $3,000 and interest-free education loans of up to $4,000 for the children and spouses of active…
View details →Deadline: Applications open in January and close April 30
The centrepiece of Air and Space Forces Aid Society education support, awarding needs-based grants of $500 to $4,000 a year to Air…
View details →AMVETS funds veterans, active-duty members, Guard and Reserve personnel, and their spouses, children and grandchildren, with gener…
View details →The American Legion runs a portfolio of national scholarships rather than a single award. The Samsung American Legion Scholarship …
View details →Deadline: Fall semester: January 1 to April 30. Spring semester: August 1 to November 15
A scholarship of up to $5,000 per semester for qualifying veterans and service members pursuing a post-secondary degree or a trade…
View details →Administered by the Fisher House Foundation and funded through the commissary system, this programme aims to award at least one $2…
View details →The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors runs a dedicated education support service for the surviving spouses and children of …
View details →Deadline: Main scholarship season opens February 1; the spouse grant round runs August 1 to December 1
The Coast Guard Foundation funds the dependents and spouses of enlisted members and commissioned officers. Dependent scholarships …
View details →A US Department of Veterans Affairs scholarship built specifically for veterans and Fry Scholars who run out of GI Bill entitlemen…
View details →A VA education benefit for the children and surviving spouses of service members and Selected Reserve members who died on or after…
View details →The VA's Chapter 35 programme pays a monthly education allowance to the children and spouses of veterans and service members who a…
View details →A cost-sharing agreement between the VA and participating institutions that covers tuition and fees above the Post-9/11 GI Bill ca…
View details →Deadline: Application opens in December
The National Federation of the Blind awards more than $300,000 in cash and prizes each year to blind students, currently thirty me…
View details →A supply chain management scholarship run jointly by the R. Gene and Nancy D. Richter Foundation and the Institute for Supply Mana…
View details →Deadline: Applications open in December for the following academic year
The Organization for Autism Research's postsecondary scholarship for autistic students, providing a one-time $3,000 award to stude…
View details →Deadline: Application period 1 November to 31 March annually
A national award for US students with a documented bilateral hearing loss of at least 40dB, verified by audiogram, who are pursuin…
View details →One of the largest scholarship programmes aimed at deaf and hard of hearing students, run by the Alexander Graham Bell Association…
View details →The scholarship portfolio of Phi Theta Kappa, the honour society for two-year college students, spanning three types: competitive …
View details →A Phi Theta Kappa award funded by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, giving up to $1,000 to new PTK members to defray educational …
View details →Deadline: December 9, 2026
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's award for high-achieving community college students transferring to a four-year institution to co…
View details →Point Foundation's principal award for LGBTQ+ and ally students enrolled in bachelor's, graduate or professional degree programmes…
View details →Point Foundation's award for LGBTQ+ students from low-income backgrounds or who are the first in their family to attend college, a…
View details →The Horatio Alger Association awards scholarships to students who have overcome significant adversity and financial hardship and a…
View details →A US Department of State programme, implemented by American Councils for International Education, that delivers the equivalent of …
View details →Ohio's flagship state STEM scholarship, administered by the Ohio Department of Higher Education and delivered through participatin…
View details →A renewable Nebraska scholarship of up to $15,000 per year covering tuition, fees, required tools and equipment including books, r…
View details →Wyoming's statewide merit-and-need scholarship for graduates of Wyoming public high schools, homeschools and High School Equivalen…
View details →Deadline: March 1
A West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission award of up to $3,000 per academic year for academically talented students purs…
View details →Deadline: June 30 (FAFSA priority deadline)
Alaska's merit award from the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, open to Alaska residents graduating from an Alaska pub…
View details →A North Dakota University System programme that matches private-sector money with state funds, dollar for dollar, up to $17,000 pe…
View details →Deadline: Applications open annually on 1 March
A statewide STEM immersion programme run as a public-private partnership between the Research and Development Council of New Jerse…
View details →Deadline: Application opens 1 December 2026; deadline 15 March 2027
A Montana University System scholarship created to encourage Montana high school students to prepare for, enter and complete posts…
View details →Deadline: 30 April, 9:00am CST
A Bio Nebraska Foundation award of up to $2,500, with a maximum of two awards made annually, for Nebraska high school seniors who …
View details →A scholarship from SENEDIA, the Alliance for Defense Tech, Talent, and Innovation, for New England students in a science, technolo…
View details →U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)
The paid research arm of the Army Educational Outreach Program, placing high school students, undergraduates, graduate students an…
View details →University of Pennsylvania
An NSF REU site at Penn's MindCORE centre in interdisciplinary mind and brain studies, drawing on cognitive science, linguistics, …
View details →Brooklyn College
An NSF REU site at Brooklyn College in psychology and neuroscience, with projects in cognitive psychology, behavioural neuroscienc…
View details →An NSF programme that funds undergraduate research experiences inside small businesses holding SBIR/STTR awards, placing students …
View details →Texas State University
An NSF REU fellowship at Texas State University in human development and family sciences, covering children, families, adolescent …
View details →The University of Texas at Austin
An eight-week NSF REU hosting twelve undergraduates to explore social science careers through research on race, ethnicity and the …
View details →University of Arkansas
A 10-week USDA-funded research and extension fellowship on food systems, focused on the safety, quality and security of the food s…
View details →University of Idaho
An 8-week paid summer research and Extension fellowship for ten students a year in agricultural commodity marketing and risk manag…
View details →Fort Valley State University
Deadline: March 5, 2026
An eight-week summer research internship in which Fort Valley State University undergraduates complete a research project under a …
View details →Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
Places STEM students, recent graduates and faculty on research projects at Department of Defense organisations, including the U.S.…
View details →Defense Intelligence Agency
A full-time, 10-12 week summer internship for U.S.-citizen undergraduate and graduate students with a 3.0+ GPA, paid a bi-weekly s…
View details →Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing (administered by ORISE)
A 10-week summer research internship with AFRL 711th Human Performance Wing mentors for U.S.-citizen undergraduate and graduate ST…
View details →Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Deadline: October 28, 2026 (Spring 2027 term)
Paid, mentored research experiences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates, u…
View details →Brookhaven National Laboratory
Undergraduates work with Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists on mutually agreed research projects, bringing their own fundin…
View details →University of British Columbia
Provides up to $3,500 for UBC Science or Computer Science undergraduates to complete a full-time research project of at least eigh…
View details →University of Toronto
Deadline: February
Funds University of Toronto undergraduates for 14 consecutive weeks of full-time summer research in one of three streams, includin…
View details →Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University's Vice-President Research and Innovation award funds a 16-week, 35-hour-per-week research placement in the…
View details →Deadline: November
The Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists' scholarship fund, established in 1970, awards up to $2,500 annually to Canadian…
View details →University of Queensland
Deadline: October
A six-week supervised summer research placement for University of Queensland science undergraduate and postgraduate coursework stu…
View details →University of Sydney
Deadline: October
A $3,000, six-week supervised research placement for University of Sydney undergraduate science students with a WAM of at least 75…
View details →Run by the ACS Foundation (Australian Computer Society), this scholarship offers young Australian women aged 17-20 up to $5,000 pe…
View details →Funds a New Zealand R&D-active business to hire a tertiary student for a 10-week, 400-hour internship on a science, technology, en…
View details →Nanyang Technological University
Eleven-month (August-June), university-wide NTU undergraduate research programme; eligible 2nd/3rd-year students are invited each …
View details →Imperial College London
Summer research placement for full-time Imperial undergraduates within College departments; from 2026 every registered UROP must c…
View details →King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Fully funded 2-6 month STEM research internship at KAUST for 3rd/4th-year undergraduates and master's students, offering a monthly…
View details →Indian Academy of Sciences / INSA / NASI
Deadline: 2026-11-30
Fellowship jointly run by India's three national science academies, pairing undergraduate, postgraduate, integrated-degree student…
View details →Monash University
Vacation research scholarship program open to undergraduate and postgraduate students at Australian or New Zealand institutions wh…
View details →Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Rothberg International School)
Research internship at Hebrew University for senior undergraduate or graduate students, offering roughly 8-12 week lab placements …
View details →Academia Sinica
Two-month, fully funded pre-doctoral research internship at Academia Sinica open to enrolled undergraduates, master's students, an…
View details →The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
Funds four- to twelve-week self-designed summer research projects for penultimate-year undergraduates from low-income households w…
View details →Government of Brunei Darussalam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Government of Brunei Darussalam Scholarship funds international students at the diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate maste…
View details →Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council (QRDI, formerly Qatar National Research Fund)
Qatar's Research, Development and Innovation Council funds the Undergraduate Research Experience Program, placing undergraduates a…
View details →Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST), Thailand
Thailand's Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology administers the DPST scholarship, funding Thai students …
View details →Center for International Programs, Government of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's Bolashak International Scholarship, run by the government's Center for International Programs, funds bachelor's, mast…
View details →National University of Singapore
This NUS scholarship covers 100% of subsidised tuition fees (after the MOE Tuition Grant) for exceptional incoming international f…
View details →University of Florida
Deadline: 2026-10-25
TRIO McNair program accepting applications for its 2026-2027 cohort for eligible undergraduates with 60 credits and a 3.0 GPA who …
View details →University of Nevada, Reno
TRIO program in which students accepted in fall 2026 join the spring/summer 2026-27 research cohort and complete a summer research…
View details →Westminster University
Deadline: 2027-03-31
TRIO McNair program with its 2026-27 application open through March 31, 2027, offering summer research stipends and graduate schoo…
View details →University of North Alabama
Tennessee Valley Tri-State LSAMP site offering financial and academic support to STEM students from historically underserved backg…
View details →Ten $1,500 scholarships for graduating high school seniors and full-time undergraduates enrolled for 2027-2028 who are committed t…
View details →Deadline: 2026-10-18
Online school for first- and second-year undergraduate women in STEM and business focused on careers in nuclear science and engine…
View details →University of Calgary
Deadline: 2027-01-25
Awards of up to $7,500 for UCalgary undergraduates to carry out an 8-, 12- or 16-week summer research project with a UCalgary ment…
View details →The World Food Prize Foundation
Deadline: 2026-11-29
Eight-week minimum in-person summer 2027 internships placing students with research and development organizations in Asia, Africa,…
View details →HIMSS Foundation
Hands-on internships for undergraduate and graduate students in health policy, informatics and health association management, in t…
View details →University of Osaka
About six weeks of hands-on research in assigned Graduate School of Science groups for bachelor's and master's students enrolled a…
View details →Hokkaido University
English-taught summer courses (about 150 in 2026) in science, engineering, agriculture and other fields, open to undergraduate, ma…
View details →University of New Hampshire (Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research)
Deadline: March 3, 2027
Fellowships of $4,000 plus up to $600 in research expenses for 10 weeks of full-time independent summer research by UNH and UNH Ma…
View details →New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation (NMSU and partner institutions)
Faculty-mentored undergraduate research experiences with professional development training for full-time STEM majors at seven New …
View details →University of Arkansas at Little Rock
A Louis Stokes Alliance program for STEM majors at UA Little Rock offering a $1,800 annual stipend renewable for a second year, pa…
View details →Arkansas Department of Higher Education
Deadline: November 1
A state fellowship for undergraduates at approved Arkansas institutions (3.25 GPA, 30+ credit hours) to complete a mentored resear…
View details →Aalto University
Deadline: 2027-01-31
Paid 12-week summer research positions at Aalto University for bachelor's, master's and in exceptional cases doctoral students wor…
View details →Out to Innovate
Scholarships for LGBTQ+ students in STEM who have completed at least two years of post-secondary education, with a minimum GPA of …
View details →Nanyang Technological University
An 11-month (August to June) programme in which NTU undergraduates work with faculty on research projects across more than 1,000 o…
View details →Victoria University of Wellington
Deadline: 17 September (annual)
Provides an NZ$8,000 tax-free stipend for a roughly 10-week summer research project to students who have completed at least two ye…
View details →Adelaide University
Provides A$3,000 per year (up to A$12,000 over a four-year program) to commencing female undergraduates in Engineering, Informatio…
View details →Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Eight-week summer research placement at HKUST for undergraduate students from top international universities.…
View details →Kyoto University
Short-term research internship at Kyoto University for undergraduate and master's students from universities in India and Australi…
View details →Lahore University of Management Sciences
Eight to ten week summer program in which high school and undergraduate students carry out research under LUMS faculty supervision…
View details →West Virginia University
Eight-week full-time summer research program for undergraduates at West Virginia institutions (or WV residents elsewhere) working …
View details →Marshall University
Ten-week summer fellowship funded through West Virginia's Research Challenge Fund for STEM undergraduates from Marshall and other …
View details →University of Mississippi
Nine-week summer research program in which undergraduates from two- or four-year institutions work on individual projects with Ole…
View details →Annual international geography competition for students aged 16-19 selected through national geography olympiads, combining a writ…
View details →University of the Virgin Islands
Deadline: February 28 (annual)
HBCU-UP funds UVI STEM undergraduates with $500 monthly stipends to conduct academic-year research with a faculty mentor.…
View details →University of California, Riverside
A paid ten-week, full-time research experience with a $5,000 stipend for first-time incoming community college transfer students i…
View details →12-week initiative connecting students from eligible international institutions with Canadian faculty, with funding for travel, ac…
View details →Daylong program for first- and second-year university students exploring Jane Street's Strategy and Product or Institutional Sales…
View details →University of Fribourg
Eight to ten week lab internships for up to 13 undergraduates in natural sciences at the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials, University o…
View details →The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eight-week research attachment at CUHK for senior undergraduates from overseas universities, hosting up to 180 students across 160…
View details →The University of Hong Kong
Ten-week research training programme at HKU for Year 3-4 undergraduates and master's students from around the world; participants …
View details →National Tsing Hua University
Internships of 28 to 90 days at Taiwanese research institutions for foreign undergraduate, master's and doctoral students, support…
View details →National Taiwan University
Eight-week research program in which international undergraduate and graduate students work in NTU laboratories under professors, …
View details →National Institute of Standards and Technology
Partnership between NIST laboratories and participating universities that places undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctora…
View details →Weizmann Institute of Science
Program for science undergraduates at Israeli institutions to join a Weizmann Institute research group and take part in experiment…
View details →University of New Hampshire (NH EPSCoR)
NH-LIFT is the NH EPSCoR project that places undergraduates from partner New Hampshire institutions in summer research projects. C…
View details →National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Research internship of up to about 90 days at NIMS in Tsukuba for undergraduate and graduate students from Japan and abroad, hoste…
View details →Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
Six-week summer research internship in DGIST graduate school labs for non-Korean undergraduates nominated by their home universiti…
View details →University of Science and Technology of China
Summer research program at USTC for international undergraduate and graduate students in natural science and engineering, with res…
View details →Indian Academy of Sciences
Summer research fellowship run by the Indian science academies for students and teachers from specified regions of India, placing …
View details →Esri Australia
Recognises exemplary geospatial work by graduate and undergraduate students. The Australian first-place winner receives a paid int…
View details →Esri Canada
Provides funding and access to GIS resources, including Esri software, books and training, to students at 60 participating Canadia…
View details →Esri Canada
Competition open to all full-time students enrolled at colleges and universities in Canada, recognizing outstanding geospatial wor…
View details →Zewail City of Science, Technology and Innovation
Zewail City awards merit-based undergraduate scholarships, including full scholarships for top Thanaweya Amma students from each g…
View details →University of Washington
Prepares Washington State high school students with disabilities for success in college and careers through summer sessions on cam…
View details →Cornell University
Ten-week undergraduate summer research program pairing students with Cornell food science faculty mentors, with career exposure an…
View details →North Carolina State University
USDA-NIFA-funded summer program with research and education/extension tracks for undergraduates, including a stipend, on-campus ho…
View details →Stiftung Jugend forscht e. V.
Deadline: November 30
Germany's best-known youth competition in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology, with more than 130 compe…
View details →Ecole normale superieure - PSL
Deadline: December 15, 2026
Competitive admission route for international students to study at ENS-PSL, with a Sciences track covering biology, chemistry, ear…
View details →HEC and Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences (PIEAS)
National contest in biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics for Matric/F.Sc Part-I and O/A-Level Part-I students, with trainin…
View details →Tsinghua University
Research stay of at least six weeks in a Tsinghua lab for undergraduate and graduate students from universities outside mainland C…
View details →Primetime Limited
Annual quiz competition, running since 1993, that promotes the study of science and mathematics in Ghana, with senior high schools…
View details →Forensic Sciences Foundation (American Academy of Forensic Sciences)
Deadline: October 15
Travel grant for fourth-year undergraduates and graduate students who are AAFS members/affiliates and have submitted an abstract, …
View details →Museum of Science, Boston
Collegiate internships for enrolled undergraduate or graduate students and recent graduates, plus youth internships for high schoo…
View details →Tel Aviv University
Deadline: April 1, 2026 (summer 2026 cycle)
Tel Aviv University in Israel runs an 8-week summer research program (June 3 - July 30, 2026) in which international students join…
View details →University of Manitoba
Summer research awards that place undergraduates in Faculty of Science research labs for 16 consecutive weeks under a Faculty of S…
View details →University of Manitoba
Competitive awards that let UM undergraduates in any field spend 16 weeks (full-time, May through August) on research mentored by …
View details →University of Prince Edward Island
A pilot program from UPEI's Faculty of Science that complements the NSERC USRA program and is open to full-time domestic or intern…
View details →University of Saskatchewan
USask's internal competition for NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR Undergraduate Student Research Awards, which provide paid, full-time summer…
View details →Rannís - The Icelandic Centre for Research
Fund that enables universities, research institutes and companies to hire undergraduate and master's students for summer research …
View details →U.S. Department of Energy / ORISE
A Department of Energy program, administered through ORISE, for undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates to gain han…
View details →American Association for the Advancement of Science (Science magazine)
An 11-week paid summer internship with the news section of Science magazine at AAAS headquarters in Washington, DC, for students i…
View details →Institute for Field Research
The Vera R. Campbell Promise Scholarship supports undergraduates attending higher education institutions in Los Angeles County, Ca…
View details →Vanderbilt University
A 10-week, in-person summer internship at Vanderbilt for undergraduate students who identify as neurodiverse, through formal or se…
View details →Minnesota Academy of Science
An annual Minnesota Academy of Science symposium where undergraduate STEM students present original research and receive feedback …
View details →Kentucky Academy of Science
Funds research planned and conducted by undergraduates at Kentucky colleges and universities under faculty supervision. Supply gra…
View details →Mississippi Academy of Sciences
An annual summer poster symposium at Mississippi State University for undergraduate and graduate student researchers in agricultur…
View details →Alabama Academy of Science
Small research grants of up to $250 for student members of the Alabama Academy of Science conducting original research with a facu…
View details →Renewable Fuels Foundation
Annual awards from the Renewable Fuels Foundation that let higher-education students aspiring to ethanol-related careers attend th…
View details →University of Waikato
Ten-week full-time summer research programme supervised by an academic, worth $8,000 and including course credit. Open to undergra…
View details →Massey University
Up to five awards of $7,500 for a 12-week supervised summer research project aligned with a Riddet Institute programme. For full-t…
View details →University of Sussex
Eight-week summer research scheme for high-performing Sussex undergraduates, who work full time with supervisors and other researc…
View details →Royal Microscopical Society
Up to six six-week studentships a year, worth up to 3,000 GBP each (living wage plus about 300 GBP consumables), split across phys…
View details →American University
Deadline: January 31, 2027
The American Economic Association program has operated since 1974 to prepare talented undergraduates for doctoral study in economi…
View details →The Hastings Center for Bioethics
This five-day online program offers lectures, discussions and small-group work for undergraduates interested in bioethics who have…
View details →Shanghai Jiao Tong University
A summer research internship at Shanghai Jiao Tong University for non-Chinese citizens and students from Hong Kong, Taiwan or Maca…
View details →Montana Technological University
A paid 10-week summer fellowship for degree-seeking Montana Tech undergraduates to conduct a faculty-mentored research project. St…
View details →North Dakota State University
A 10-week summer program in discipline-based education research at North Dakota State University, open to any undergraduate intere…
View details →North Dakota EPSCoR
A program established in 1994 by ND EPSCoR that places upper-division STEM students with North Dakota companies to work on technic…
View details →Missouri State University
A Missouri State University program that works to increase the number of students completing STEM bachelor's degrees and entering …
View details →University of Wisconsin-Madison
A hub for UW-Madison summer research programs aimed at undergraduates from across the country, with hands-on research alongside fa…
View details →San Francisco Department of Public Health
Ten-week paid, mentored summer research internship with one-on-one mentoring and workshops on projects addressing HIV, mental heal…
View details →TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye)
Scholarship for undergraduate students accepted as interns on TUBITAK-funded or TUBITAK-centered projects. Students are paid 6,000…
View details →Nebraska EPSCoR
NSF-funded grants of up to $5,000 for faculty at small Nebraska colleges and universities to involve undergraduates in STEM resear…
View details →The University of Alabama
Ten-week in-residence summer research programs for undergraduates, with 2026 tracks including autonomous and connected transportat…
View details →Dartmouth College
Ten-week full-time summer research internship with Dartmouth faculty for first-year students planning a STEM major, with a stipend…
View details →Deadline: December
NSERC's flagship master's-level scholarship providing $17,500 for one year to high-caliber students beginning their graduate studi…
View details →American Chemical Society / Merck
Recognizes up to 8 women in their third or fourth year of graduate school for excellence in chemistry research. Recipients receive…
View details →British Council
Fully funded one-year Master's degrees at UK universities for women from 30 eligible countries across Asia, Latin America, and Sou…
View details →University of Cambridge
Awarded by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States, this scholarship funds a year of master's-level study or indepen…
View details →University of Cambridge
A full-cost postgraduate scholarship for outstanding international students to pursue a one-year postgraduate degree or doctoral s…
View details →Stanford University
A fully funded, multidisciplinary graduate leadership program at Stanford University open to applicants worldwide pursuing any ful…
View details →A STEM graduate fellowship sponsored by the governments of Australia, India, Japan and the United States (open to citizens and res…
View details →The Rhodes Scholarship, administered by the Rhodes Trust, funds postgraduate study at the University of Oxford across all discipli…
View details →Part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, the Education and Workforc…
View details →University of Oxford
Deadline: Aligns with course application deadline
Roughly 140 fully funded graduate scholarships per year at the University of Oxford across all degree-bearing subjects, covering c…
View details →The American Optometric Association Foundation offers scholarships to optometry students enrolled in accredited schools and colleg…
View details →Scholarships from the American Society for Quality, including the Richard A. Freund International Scholarship and Statistics Divis…
View details →Scholarships and awards from the American Academy of Audiology Foundation supporting graduate students in audiology and hearing sc…
View details →Meteoritical Society Research Grant is a other scholarship or research award providing funding to graduate students in the field.…
View details →GWIS funds research in the natural sciences and supports academic and professional careers for women scientists through its Nation…
View details →The Explorers Club Pathfinder Grant (formerly the Exploration Fund Grant) awards $2,500 to $5,000 to graduate and post-graduate st…
View details →Deadline: March 1, 2026
The American Library Association's national diversity recruitment scholarship for students from underrepresented racial and ethnic…
View details →Deadline: December 2 (annual)
The Medical Library Association funds graduate scholarships (including the Gwendolyn S. Cruzat, Ana D. Cleveland, and Beverly Murp…
View details →Quebec's provincial research funder for natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering awards master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral…
View details →A paid research internship program that places graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at Canadian universities on applied proj…
View details →A postgraduate scholarship from the Westpac Scholars Trust for Australians undertaking a masters or PhD at a partner Australian un…
View details →Australia's national postgraduate scholarships, awarded by the General Sir John Monash Foundation to outstanding Australians pursu…
View details →The Australian arm of the Fulbright program, funding Australians to study, research, or teach in the United States and Americans t…
View details →European Union scholarships covering tuition, travel, and living costs for students admitted to an Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters, a…
View details →Scholarships from the Swiss Confederation for international graduate researchers to pursue doctoral or postdoctoral research, or a…
View details →Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research funds a ladder of awards from the National Science Scholarship (a combined…
View details →The Japanese government scholarship for international students, covering tuition, a monthly living allowance, and travel for under…
View details →A CSIRO funding program supporting scholarships for Australian postgraduate research and coursework study, including Honours and M…
View details →A $10,000 scholarship administered by Royal Society Te Aparangi supporting and encouraging masters-level study in the sciences by …
View details →A fully funded master's and doctoral scholarship programme managed by Taighde Eireann - Research Ireland and funded by Ireland's D…
View details →A fully funded postgraduate scholarship and leadership development programme for young African leaders, open to candidates from ac…
View details →KU Leuven
A competitive scholarship from the Faculty of Science at KU Leuven in Belgium and its Science@Leuven alumni association, for inter…
View details →Deadline: June 1
Formerly the American Indian Graduate Center, Native Forward is the largest direct scholarship provider to Native students in the …
View details →Deadline: August 3
Awards from the Materials Research Society recognising graduate students for excellence in materials research, applied for through…
View details →Tsinghua University
A fully funded one-year master's programme at Tsinghua University in Beijing leading to a Master of Global Affairs, open to gradua…
View details →A scholarship programme of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, administered through Campus France, that helps Fren…
View details →An immersive entrepreneurial training programme run by the US National Science Foundation that prepares scientists and engineers t…
View details →A nationally competitive scholarship administered by the US-Ireland Alliance that funds one year of postgraduate study at institut…
View details →A UK government scholarship programme of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, jointly funded with participating UK universitie…
View details →A national scholarship from the American Institute of Professional Geologists, the largest U.S. geoscience association focused on …
View details →A scholarship funded annually by the Government of Japan and administered by the World Bank for mid-career professionals from deve…
View details →CAPES is Brazil's federal agency for graduate education, and it is the single largest source of master's and doctoral funding in t…
View details →CNPq is Brazil's National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and the country's main funder of research scholarsh…
View details →A single USD 5,000 award from the American Planning Association Foundation, restricted to graduate planning students at five named…
View details →A USD 5,000 American Planning Association Foundation award for women and minority students enrolled in planning programmes accredi…
View details →Established in 1969 and awarded by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society for outstanding human factors research carried out whi…
View details →Global grants fund graduate students studying abroad in one of Rotary's areas of focus, four of which are squarely scientific or t…
View details →Deadline: Scholarship application window opens in February, after the January master's programme deadline
Swedish government scholarships for master's study in Sweden, aimed at professionals from a defined list of eligible countries who…
View details →Deadline: April 15 (national deadline; chapter deadlines are earlier)
Established in 1932, the Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship funds first-year graduate students across all disciplines, including the science…
View details →A need-cum-merit scholarship established in 1976 for young Indians of exceptional talent, character and motivation, supporting ful…
View details →Deadline: First-time master's and doctoral: 3 July 2026; Honours (General): 23 November 2026 (2027 academic year)
South Africa's national postgraduate funding call, run jointly by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Nat…
View details →The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa's central science and technology research organisation, runs a st…
View details →Deadline: November 28, 2026
Mexico's national postgraduate scholarship scheme, run by the Secretaria de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnologia e Innovacion (SECIHTI…
View details →The master's-level companion to Chile's national doctoral scholarship, awarded by ANID's Capital Humano subdirectorate. It funds m…
View details →Colombia's national high-level research training scholarship, run by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion (Mincienci…
View details →Deadline: September 16, 2026
Uruguay's national postgraduate scholarship line, administered by the Agencia Nacional de Investigacion e Innovacion (ANII) to bui…
View details →Indonesia's national master's and doctoral scholarship, managed by LPDP, a public service agency of the Ministry of Finance that a…
View details →Scholarships for master's and doctoral students enrolled in domestic postgraduate programmes in Vietnam, funded by the Vingroup In…
View details →Malaysia's dedicated pure-science scholarship, run by the Ministry of Higher Education (Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi) alongside it…
View details →Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, the research university within Qatar Foundation in Doha, publishes standardized tuition waiver and s…
View details →King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Every student admitted to a degree program at KAUST, the graduate research university on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, is granted …
View details →Sultan Qaboos University
Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat is Oman's flagship public university and the country's main research institution, with colleges…
View details →Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
The Japan Student Services Organization is the government body that administers financial assistance for international students in…
View details →A Japanese private foundation that funds students in any academic field from any country or region who show potential to become le…
View details →Deadline: July 7 (annual)
Four to five $5,000 tuition scholarships awarded annually by the Association for Information Science and Technology to students ad…
View details →Annual scholarships from the Cartography and Geographic Information Society for master's and doctoral students doing original rese…
View details →Up to two $5,000 scholarships a year from the Society of American Archivists, established in 2008, providing financial and mentori…
View details →A British government scholarship that funds American graduates to take a postgraduate degree at any UK university, including one-y…
View details →A cluster of awards and travel stipends for Gerontological Society of America student and early-career members attending the GSA A…
View details →Deadline: Applications open each February and July
A Seismological Society of America grant giving student and early-career members financial support to participate in scientific co…
View details →Deadline: Applications open in November for the following year's meeting
A Seismological Society of America grant covering complimentary registration for the SSA Annual Meeting plus cash support toward t…
View details →Deadline: Applications open each February
A Seismological Society of America travel grant honouring the late seismologist Paul Andrew Spudich, supporting SSA student and ea…
View details →Annual awards from the Seismological Society of America recognising excellent poster and oral presentations by student presenters …
View details →UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The UK government's international awards programme, funding one-year master's degrees at UK universities for emerging leaders from…
View details →Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Deadline: Rolling
Extended, mentored research appointments at ORNL for master's and doctoral students doing thesis or dissertation research that sup…
View details →Brookhaven National Laboratory
Master's and PhD students work with Brookhaven Lab researchers for up to three months on projects that may support their thesis, w…
View details →A Government of Ontario graduate scholarship restricted to research-based STEM graduate programs, providing $5,000 per term up to …
View details →Leiden University
Partial tuition-fee scholarship of €10,000-€19,000 for non-EEA/EFTA students admitted to a full-time Leiden University Master's pr…
View details →University of Amsterdam
Deadline: 15 January
Merit scholarship for non-EU/EEA students starting a Master's programme at the University of Amsterdam, valued at the tuition fee …
View details →Uppsala University
Covers full tuition fees (not living costs) for academically talented non-EU/EEA/Swiss students admitted to a Master's programme a…
View details →Lund University
Merit-based scholarship covering 25-100% of tuition fees for top non-EU/EEA/Swiss applicants to Lund University Master's programme…
View details →Aalto University
Competitive 100% tuition-fee waiver for the highest-achieving fee-paying (non-EU/EEA) applicants to Aalto University Master's prog…
View details →Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund)
Ghana's Education Trust Fund awards fully funded postgraduate scholarships for Ghanaian citizens to study abroad, with fields prio…
View details →Aga Khan Foundation / Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)
The Aga Khan Foundation's International Scholarship Programme funds postgraduate study, including science and engineering fields, …
View details →Yenching Academy of Peking University
Yenching Academy, a fully funded postgraduate college at Peking University in China, offers a one-to-two-year interdisciplinary ma…
View details →Programa Nacional de Becas y Crédito Educativo (PRONABEC), Peru
Deadline: November 13, 2026
Peru's National Scholarship and Educational Credit Program funds Peruvian professionals to pursue master's or doctoral studies abr…
View details →Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENESCYT), Ecuador
Ecuador's national higher-education secretariat funds Ecuadorian citizens pursuing master's, doctoral, and postgraduate research s…
View details →Becas Carlos Antonio López (BECAL), Government of Paraguay
Paraguay's national scholarship program BECAL funds master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral study abroad, including a dedicated Scien…
View details →African Union / Pan African University
The African Union's Mwalimu Nyerere Scholarship Scheme, delivered through the Pan African University network hosted across African…
View details →National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (NSF)
Sri Lanka's National Science Foundation funds full-time postgraduate research leading to MPhil or PhD degrees for graduates regist…
View details →Radboud University
Radboud University awards up to 33 partial scholarships per year to non-EU/EEA students admitted to an English-taught Master's pro…
View details →Taiwan's Ministry of Education Scholarship covers tuition and a monthly living allowance (NTD 15,000-20,000) for foreign nationals…
View details →Maastricht University
Maastricht University awards 18 full scholarships per year to highly talented non-EU/EEA students admitted to a Master's programme…
View details →American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
AAPG's graduate geoscience competition in which university teams evaluate a real petroleum basin dataset and present to industry j…
View details →Deadline: 2027-01-10
Ten-week summer internship in managed care pharmacy for full-time PharmD students expecting to graduate in 2028 or 2029, with a st…
View details →Deadline: 2026-12-01
Provides $27,000 for 12 months to master's students in health, natural sciences, engineering and social sciences and humanities, a…
View details →Funds student and postdoctoral entrepreneurs to pilot, refine and commercialize the research or technology at the core of a start-…
View details →Architects Foundation
Deadline: 2027-01-08
Provides up to $10,000, renewable for up to 3 years, for students in the final year of a non-NAAB four-year program (or community …
View details →Nurses Educational Funds
Deadline: 2027-02-01
Merit-based scholarships for registered nurses pursuing master's, doctoral, or accelerated BSN-to-doctoral degrees in nursing, awa…
View details →Urban Land Institute
Deadline: 2026-11-18
Multidisciplinary teams of five graduate (or fourth-year undergraduate) students devise a development program for a real large-sca…
View details →Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
Deadline: 2027-02-15
VISTEC is accepting 2027 graduate applications from October 1, 2026 through February 15, 2027 in biomolecular science and engineer…
View details →Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Research internships of 2 to 12 months for bachelor's and master's students, arranged by contacting ISTA professors directly rathe…
View details →University of Copenhagen
All non-EU/EEA applicants to MA and MSc programmes are automatically considered for the Danish Government Scholarship, awarded on …
View details →Aarhus University
Tuition fee waivers for non-EU/EEA fee-paying students at the Faculties of Natural Sciences and Technical Sciences, with typically…
View details →A*STAR (Singapore)
Deadline: June 1 and December 1 (annual)
Enables overseas postgraduate and PhD students to conduct 1 to 2 years of research at A*STAR under joint supervision. Awardees rec…
View details →A*STAR (Singapore)
Deadline: May 1 and November 1 (annual)
Supports centre-to-centre collaborations by funding overseas postgraduate and PhD students for 1 to 2 year research attachments in…
View details →NSF program that funds U.S. universities to run traineeship programs combining interdisciplinary research with professional develo…
View details →Annual international forum where Nobel Laureates and young scientists gather for scientific exchange; young researchers apply via …
View details →Australia Awards provide postgraduate education, training and professional development opportunities for qualified Africans from e…
View details →University of Cambridge
Scholarships enabling individuals with outstanding academic potential to access education and research opportunities at the Univer…
View details →Ontario Student Assistance Program (participating Ontario universities)
Merit-based scholarship for master's and doctoral students at participating Ontario schools, worth $10,000 for two terms or $15,00…
View details →AAPG Foundation
Deadline: 2026-12-14
Grants of $500 to $3,000 for M.S. and Ph.D. students whose thesis research relates to petroleum and energy-mineral resources or en…
View details →Westlake University
Roughly one-month summer research placement in Westlake labs for international students completing or recently holding a bachelor'…
View details →Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia
A Malaysian Government initiative to attract international graduates with outstanding academic and co-curricular backgrounds to pu…
View details →DOST-SEI (page hosted by University of Santo Tomas)
DOST-SEI Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program scholarships for Filipino students pursuing full-ti…
View details →Cientifico Latino
Mentorship program helping prospective STEM master's and PhD applicants with one-on-one mentor guidance, feedback on written mater…
View details →Forensic Sciences Foundation (American Academy of Forensic Sciences)
Deadline: August 1 (abstract submission)
Award for the best paper by an AAFS Student or Trainee Affiliate on the reliability and validity of forensic techniques, processes…
View details →Forensic Sciences Foundation (American Academy of Forensic Sciences)
Deadline: July 31
A $1,850 grant, plus up to $1,400 for travel to present at an AAFS Annual Scientific Conference, for AAFS Student Affiliates compl…
View details →National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
NIOSH funds 18 university-based Education and Research Centers that provide graduate training, continuing education and outreach i…
View details →Paleontological Research Institution
Deadline: April 30 (annual)
An annual $500 award for a graduate student (master's or Ph.D.) pursuing research in any area of systematic paleontology, covering…
View details →Weizmann Institute of Science
The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel admits MSc, PhD, direct-PhD and MD-PhD students through its School of Science…
View details →Research Manitoba
Deadline: 2026-12-07
Provincial studentship awards that provide a one-year stipend to master's trainees conducting research in Manitoba, in Health, Nat…
View details →Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
Deadline: Mid-March (annual)
$6,000 fellowships from the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing to help students in U.S. graduate-level science writing…
View details →A nonprofit series of science communication workshops organized by and for graduate students in all fields of science and engineer…
View details →Society for Science
A full-time, paid 10- to 12-week science journalism internship at Science News in Washington, D.C., offered in spring, summer and …
View details →DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
DAAD's In-Country/In-Region Programme funds Master's and doctoral study for graduates from developing countries, especially future…
View details →International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS)
Deadline: April 15
EUR 2,000 split between up to two awards of up to EUR 1,000 each for final-year undergraduate and graduate student ISBS members do…
View details →American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
MSLP is ASHA's student leadership program for communication sciences and disorders students, offering leadership education and int…
View details →TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye)
Monthly scholarships for master's students in Turkiye across natural sciences, engineering, medical, agricultural and social scien…
View details →COLFUTURO
Loan-scholarship for Colombians pursuing master's or doctoral studies abroad at leading universities, with loans of up to USD 50,0…
View details →U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
The Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program supports PhD dissertation research at DOE national laboratories by providing…
View details →Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
$10,000 scholarship supporting pre-doctoral women conducting dissertation research expected to make important and original contrib…
View details →Administered with the National Research Council of the National Academies, this two-year fellowship supports U.S. postdoctoral sci…
View details →UK Research and Innovation
Deadline: September 8
A funded three-month internship placing UKRI-funded doctoral students with UK government and parliamentary host organisations to g…
View details →Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust
Deadline: January 29
Merit-based fellowship for final-year PhD candidates in all disciplines, including STEM, at U.S. universities; four awards of $28,…
View details →Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Deadline: Varies by nominating agency
Fully funded Master's and PhD scholarships for Commonwealth-country students to study in the UK across all fields including STEM, …
View details →TWAS PhD Fellowship Programmes is a other research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.…
View details →Top-up scholarships and co-supervised research projects that place PhD and masters students inside CSIRO research teams while they…
View details →Structured English-language doctoral programs run jointly by Max Planck Institutes and partner German universities, spanning physi…
View details →Germany's largest research organisation funds doctoral researchers and early-career scientists across its 18 national research cen…
View details →A programme allowing doctoral candidates to carry out their PhD research at RIKEN, Japan's national research institute, under the …
View details →Academia Sinica
An all-English PhD program run by Academia Sinica jointly with leading national research universities in Taiwan, offering doctoral…
View details →A fellowship scheme from Hong Kong's Research Grants Council for new full-time PhD students at eight participating universities, o…
View details →UNSW Sydney
A flagship PhD scholarship scheme at UNSW Sydney under which candidates are recruited onto advertised research projects aligned to…
View details →PhD scholarships offered by the Forrest Research Foundation with its five partner universities in Western Australia, open to resea…
View details →University of Glasgow
Deadline: Recruitment for September 2027 entry opens in autumn 2026
A University of Glasgow doctoral training centre offering fully funded four-year interdisciplinary PhDs that pair global challenge…
View details →A World Bank fellowship that places early-career researchers from developing countries at the Bank's Washington DC headquarters to…
View details →India's flagship doctoral fellowship for science and engineering, funded by the Ministry of Education and hosted across the IITs, …
View details →The doctoral half of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, and the route most people miss because the call is written for institutio…
View details →Doctoral funding from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Germany's largest and most selective scholarship foundation, for…
View details →Deadline: March 2 (submission window opens 5 January)
Since 1949 the Ezell Fellowships have supported graduate students enrolled in a full-time programme of study and training related …
View details →MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Doctoral scholarships from New Zealand's MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, worth NZ$38,500 a year ta…
View details →The Indo-French bilateral doctoral mobility fellowship, established in 2013 and jointly funded by India's Department of Science an…
View details →The Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund is the flagship programme of PASET, the Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, E…
View details →Chile's flagship national doctoral scholarship, awarded annually by the Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID) thro…
View details →Argentina's principal doctoral fellowship, awarded by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET). Th…
View details →Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
A two-month summer research placement in Japan for pre- and post-doctoral researchers from North America and Europe, run by the Ja…
View details →Croucher Foundation
The Croucher Foundation's doctoral award enables recipients to devote themselves to full-time study or research in the natural sci…
View details →Croucher Foundation
The companion award to the Croucher Foundation's doctoral scholarships, this studentship is tenable at academic institutions insid…
View details →Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC)
Deadline: August 28, 2026
Pakistan's Higher Education Commission funds MS/MPhil and PhD study at top-200-ranked universities abroad for Pakistani and Azad J…
View details →Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST), Morocco
Morocco's National Center for Scientific and Technical Research, jointly with the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Researc…
View details →Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology funds PhD fellowships and master's thesis grants for Nepali citizens registered in graduat…
View details →Dalhousie University
Deadline: 2026-10-16
Awards up to $42,000 per year for up to three years to outstanding doctoral students in any discipline, including sciences and eng…
View details →AMSI's national PhD and Masters by Research internship program that places postgraduate research students in short-term industry p…
View details →OeAD - Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
Deadline: 2026-12-01
Grant for postgraduates and post-docs under 35 to carry out short research stays at Austrian institutions in all fields. The curre…
View details →Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Deadline: 2027-01-08
PhD programme in biology, chemistry, neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, physics, data science and related fields with a …
View details →CEITEC Masaryk University
Interdisciplinary, internationally oriented PhD school in Brno, Czech Republic, built on a partnership of regional universities an…
View details →Scholarships valued at $50,000 per year for three years during doctoral studies, open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents an…
View details →Imperial College London
Full funding for tuition fees and a stipend for a 3.5 year PhD place at Imperial College London for high-performing undergraduate …
View details →Islamic Development Bank
Launched in 1992, the MSP supports Ph.D. studies and post-doctoral research in applied science and high technology to strengthen r…
View details →ANID (Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo, Chile)
Scholarship for Chilean citizens and permanent residents to pursue doctoral studies in any field in any country except Chile. Bene…
View details →Max Planck Society and German universities
Deadline: December 1
National graduate schools offering an integrated M.Sc./PhD track or direct PhD entry for bachelor's and master's graduates in Cogn…
View details →SACNAS
Three-part leadership workshop for STEM postdocs held around the SACNAS Annual Conference, covering team leadership, discernment, …
View details →Research Manitoba
Deadline: 2026-12-07
Studentship awards supporting PhD students in health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities as they…
View details →The Cyprus Institute
The Cyprus Institute offers merit-based financial support to prospective master's and PhD students as scholarships, graduate resea…
View details →Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Deadline: May 1 and November 1
The Dissertation Fieldwork Grant funds doctoral dissertation research in anthropology, explicitly including archaeology alongside …
View details →TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye)
Scholarships for PhD students in Turkiye across natural, engineering, medical, agricultural and social sciences (2211-A, 2211-C pr…
View details →TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye)
Funds two years of doctoral study abroad, up to $60,000 per year covering living expenses, tuition and health insurance, in design…
View details →TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye)
Supports PhD training for industry needs through university-industry cooperation projects of at least three PhD students. Funding …
View details →The AAUW American Fellowships, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), and Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships accept applicants from all STEM disciplines. The Society of Women Engineers Scholarships include multi-field awards. Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, Microsoft Scholarships, and many corporate programs are open to women in any STEM major.
Yes — several major programs target women re-entering STEM after a career break. Path Forward partners with companies including Amazon, Intel, and Spotify to run paid returnship programs. iRelaunch tracks opportunities across industries. The AAUW Career Development Grants specifically fund women re-entering the workforce or changing careers within STEM.
Top graduate-level cross-discipline awards include the NSF GRFP ($34,000/year stipend + $12,000 cost of education allowance), the Hertz Foundation Fellowship ($50,000/year), DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship ($36,000/year), and the National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. All accept women in any qualifying STEM field.