Physics scholarships and fellowships for women, covering particle physics, astrophysics, nuclear physics, condensed matter, and applied physics. Includes major national lab programs and international fellowships.
Deadline: February
Five annual scholarships of $10,000 each awarded to US citizen women pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in optics, photoni…
View details →Association for Women in Science
Deadline: February
A $2,500 scholarship awarded annually by the Association for Women in Science to an undergraduate woman studying physics, geophysi…
View details →AWIS / Society of Physics Students
Deadline: March
$2,500 annual award for an exceptional female physics or geoscience undergraduate who excels academically and demonstrates achieve…
View details →American Association of Physics Teachers
Deadline: February
A multi-round competition selecting and training the five-member US team for the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), progressin…
View details →The American Physical Society (APS) offers multiple awards including the Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Doctoral Dissertation Award. The Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships ($50,000/year) are highly competitive and include physics. NSF GRFP funds women in physics at the graduate level. The Society of Physics Students has undergraduate scholarship programs.
Yes — DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) placements at Fermilab, SLAC, CERN-affiliated programs, and other national labs are available and competitive for women graduate students. The DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship covers nuclear physics specifically.
The Brooke Owens Fellowship places women in aerospace/astrophysics internships at leading companies and institutions. NASA Internships are available at all career levels. The American Astronomical Society has fellowship and award programs for women in astronomy.