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: 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 →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 →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: 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 →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 →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.