Mathematics programs for women including scholarships for pure math, applied mathematics, statistics, and data science. Covers undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral programs.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A free two-week residential summer mathematics program at MIT for high-achieving high school students from underrepresented backgr…
View details →Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Deadline: September
Annual prize recognizing women undergraduates who demonstrate exceptional talent and promise in mathematics. Named after AWM found…
View details →Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Deadline: February
Annual biographical essay contest in which students interview a woman or gender-minority mathematician and write about their caree…
View details →Mathematical Association of America
Deadline: April
The pinnacle of the AMC competition series — a two-day, nine-hour proof-based exam for approximately 293 top-scoring US high schoo…
View details →Mathematical Association of America
Deadline: November
The nation's leading math competition pipeline for K-12 students, with AMC 8, AMC 10/12, and AIME serving as qualifying rounds for…
View details →Boston University
Deadline: February
A six-week residential summer program at Boston University encouraging strongly motivated high school students (ages 14-18) to exp…
View details →Ross Mathematics Foundation
A six-week intensive residential summer program designed to encourage motivated pre-college students to explore mathematics throug…
View details →Mathematics Foundation of America
Deadline: February
A five-week academic summer program for mathematically talented middle and high school students (ages 13-18) from around the world…
View details →A free five-week summer program from Jane Street for graduating high school seniors who have faced barriers to advanced STEM educa…
View details →Jane Street
Deadline: November
Highly competitive paid internships in software engineering, trading, research, and quantitative finance, providing deep exposure …
View details →Mathematical Association of America
Deadline: December
The most prestigious undergraduate mathematics competition in North America, featuring a notoriously difficult six-hour proof-base…
View details →The Actuarial Foundation
Deadline: February
A renewable scholarship from The Actuarial Foundation supporting high school seniors pursuing careers in mathematics and the actua…
View details →SLMath (formerly MSRI)
Deadline: February
A six-week summer mathematics research program at SLMath (formerly MSRI) in Berkeley for undergraduates who have completed two yea…
View details →Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
An eight-week summer research program run by SIAM and funded by the Simons Foundation, establishing five sites across the United S…
View details →A paid trading internship at the market-making firm Optiver, offering hands-on training in options theory and live-market simulati…
View details →Indiana University Bloomington
Deadline: February 1, 2026
An NSF-funded summer mathematics REU at Indiana University Bloomington where undergraduates work on research projects under facult…
View details →Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Deadline: September
Annual award recognizing outstanding PhD dissertations by female mathematical scientists. Up to three prizes of $500 each presente…
View details →The Simons Dissertation Fellowship supports full-time PhD students in mathematics departments at US institutions who are in the la…
View details →Citadel
Deadline: February 28, 2026
Citadel's Global Quantitative Strategies awards three PhD fellowships (mathematics/statistics, physics, and computer science/elect…
View details →The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) offers multiple scholarship and fellowship programs. The Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding undergraduate woman in mathematics. NSF Graduate Research Fellowships fund women in mathematics at the graduate level. Several universities offer named scholarships for women in their math departments.
Yes — MIT MathROOTS (now at mathroots.mit.edu) is a two-week residential program for high-achieving high school students from underrepresented backgrounds. Canada/USA Mathcamp is open to exceptional students aged 13–18. The Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS) at Boston University admits talented high schoolers annually.
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Mathematical Sciences support early-career mathematicians. The AWM-NSF Travel Grants help women attend conferences. Sloan Research Fellowships ($75,000 each) are awarded to exceptional early-career faculty in mathematics and related fields.