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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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.