International STEM programs are open to women worldwide, regardless of citizenship or country of study. These include global fellowships from UNESCO, L'Oréal, TWAS, and major tech companies, as well as programs that fund study or research in multiple countries.
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) / FS-ISAC
Computer Science
A scholarship of up to $10,000 for women pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in cybersecurity or information secu…
View details →AnitaB.org
Computer Science
$15,000 award presented on the mainstage at Grace Hopper Celebration for student women in technology who demonstrate exc…
View details →Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Mathematics
Deadline: February
Annual biographical essay contest in which students interview a woman or gender-minority mathematician and write about t…
View details →Society for Science / Regeneron
General STEM
Deadline: March
The world's largest pre-college science competition, bringing together 1,700+ student finalists from 60+ countries who h…
View details →Conrad Foundation / Space Center Houston
Engineering
Deadline: February
A global student innovation competition where high school and middle school teams develop solutions to real-world proble…
View details →FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
Engineering
Deadline: January
High school students in grades 9–12 design, build, and program industrial-sized robots in six weeks to compete in a them…
View details →USA Computing Olympiad
Computer Science
Deadline: January
A free online competitive programming competition offering contests across four divisions (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinu…
View details →Breakthrough Prize Foundation
General STEM
Deadline: September
An annual global science video competition where high school students create short videos explaining a challenging conce…
View details →ISACA Foundation
Cybersecurity
A global scholarship program from the ISACA Foundation for undergraduate and graduate students worldwide pursuing degree…
View details →Graduate Women New Zealand (GWNZ)
All STEM
Fellowship for outstanding New Zealand female graduates undertaking doctoral study, providing financial assistance and h…
View details →Major League Hacking
Computer Science
Deadline: Rolling
A 12-week remote program where participants contribute to open source projects, work on production software, and receive…
View details →Software Freedom Conservancy
Computer Science
Deadline: February
Three-month paid remote internships with free and open source software organizations for people subject to systemic bias…
View details →Linux Foundation
Computer Science
Deadline: Rolling
Connects students and open source newcomers with mentors from Linux Foundation-hosted projects including Linux kernel, K…
View details →Other
A postdoctoral fellowship for early-career researchers in the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computing …
View details →Other
Deadline: October
The flagship international exchange program of the U.S. Department of State, offering Study/Research and English Teachin…
View details →Biology
The Human Frontier Science Program offers Long-Term Fellowships for PhD holders in the life sciences and Cross-Disciplin…
View details →Biology
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences for up to two years, with internatio…
View details →Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Other
A fellowship enabling internationally recognized researchers of any nationality and discipline to carry out long-term re…
View details →Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Other
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science funds overseas postdoctoral researchers to conduct research at Japanese u…
View details →Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network
Biomedical
A program from the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network supporting early-career scientists worldwide pursuing bold, interdisci…
View details →Apple
Computer Science
An immersive one-week program at Apple headquarters for app-driven organizations founded or led by women, offering acces…
View details →Other
A continually updated directory of paid employer return-to-work programs (returnships) worldwide, many in STEM and techn…
View details →Mathematics Foundation of America
Mathematics
Deadline: February
A five-week academic summer program for mathematically talented middle and high school students (ages 13-18) from around…
View details →Amazon
Computer Science
A return-to-work program for women who have taken a career break of 12 months or more and are re-entering the workforce,…
View details →Cisco
Computer Science
Cisco's supported hiring program (Rejoin) for technical professionals in India and Australia returning after a career br…
View details →Engineering
A paid internship and mentorship program for undergraduate women and gender-minority students passionate about aerospace…
View details →Computer Science
A $10,000 annual scholarship for women pursuing undergraduate or graduate computer science degrees at accredited US or C…
View details →Carnegie Mellon University
Engineering
A 12-week summer research program at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute for outstanding undergraduate students from ar…
View details →Intel
Engineering
A scholarship of €3,000 for women enrolled in undergraduate engineering or computer science programs at Irish universiti…
View details →Computer Science
A €7,000 scholarship for women pursuing undergraduate or graduate computer science degrees at accredited universities in…
View details →Computer Science
Deadline: April
A global program where Google awards stipends to contributors to spend a summer working on open source software projects…
View details →Amazon
Computer Science
Deadline: September
Amazon's summer SDE internship places undergraduate and graduate students on engineering teams across AWS, retail, and o…
View details →Apple
Engineering
Deadline: December
Apple offers paid internships across hardware engineering, software engineering, machine learning, and design for underg…
View details →Jane Street
Mathematics
Deadline: November
Highly competitive paid internships in software engineering, trading, research, and quantitative finance, providing deep…
View details →Citadel / Correlation One
Data Science
Deadline: Rolling
A series of data science competitions hosted by Citadel and Correlation One, open to university students globally, where…
View details →ICPC Foundation
Computer Science
Deadline: October
The world's largest and most prestigious collegiate programming contest, where teams of three undergraduates compete in …
View details →Meta
Computer Science
Deadline: September
An annual international online programming competition hosted by Meta since 2011, where participants solve algorithmic p…
View details →NASA
Aerospace
Deadline: October
NASA's annual two-day international hackathon challenging participants of all skill levels to solve real-world problems …
View details →Biology
An undergraduate summer research program in science and biotechnology funded by the Amgen Foundation, placing students i…
View details →Engineering
A summer research internship placing undergraduates from North American, British, and Irish universities with research g…
View details →Vertical Flight Society
Aerospace
Merit-based scholarships of $4,000 to $6,000 awarded annually by the Vertical Flight Foundation, the philanthropic arm o…
View details →Physics
Scholarships from the Optica Foundation (formerly OSA) supporting undergraduate and master's students studying optics, p…
View details →Engineering
A global non-profit that arranges paid, on-site STEM (science, engineering, and technology) internships abroad for unive…
View details →IEEE Computer Society
Computer Science
Deadline: October
An academic excellence award co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and the Upsilon Pi Epsilon computing honor societ…
View details →Engineering
Supported by the SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Foundation, this merit-based scholarship goes to an incoming under…
View details →Engineering
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers awards undergraduate scholarships (including the Mandell and the Ro…
View details →Other
Since 1922, Sigma Xi's GIAR program has funded student-designed research projects across all STEM disciplines for both u…
View details →Engineering
The Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation offers numerous named scholarships to full-time undergraduate students majo…
View details →Engineering
The International Society of Automation's Educational Foundation awards scholarships to ISA student members enrolled in …
View details →BIOS, Arizona State University
Environmental Science
An NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in ocean and marine sciences at the Bermuda Institute of O…
View details →Mathematics
A paid trading internship at the market-making firm Optiver, offering hands-on training in options theory and live-marke…
View details →National Conservation Foundation
Environmental Science
Deadline: International competition in July
North America's largest high school environmental competition; teams are tested in aquatic ecology, forestry, soils and …
View details →Palantir
Computer Science
A $7,000 scholarship for women pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in computer science or a related technical fie…
View details →International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Physics
An IAEA fellowship providing up to €40,000 in total support for women pursuing a master's degree in nuclear science, eng…
View details →University of Cambridge
Other
A full-cost postgraduate scholarship for outstanding international students to pursue a one-year postgraduate degree or …
View details →Stanford University
Other
A fully funded, multidisciplinary graduate leadership program at Stanford University open to applicants worldwide pursui…
View details →Other
A STEM graduate fellowship sponsored by the governments of Australia, India, Japan and the United States (open to citize…
View details →ACM SIGHPC
Data Science
Deadline: May
A fellowship created by ACM's Special Interest Group on High Performance Computing to increase the diversity of students…
View details →Other
The Rhodes Scholarship, administered by the Rhodes Trust, funds postgraduate study at the University of Oxford across al…
View details →Meta
Computer Science
A two-year fellowship for exceptional PhD students conducting research in areas relevant to Meta's research agenda, incl…
View details →Microsoft Research
Computer Science
Deadline: November
Microsoft Research offers paid internships for PhD students to collaborate with world-class researchers on projects in A…
View details →Computer Science
Apple's AI/ML PhD fellowship supports emerging research leaders in computer science and machine learning with up to two …
View details →Major international programs include the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Fellowships, TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences) fellowships, UNESCO's MAB Young Scientists Award, and fellowships from Google, Microsoft, and other tech companies that are open globally.
Yes — programs listed as "International" accept applications from women in most countries. Some have specific regional priorities (e.g., programs focused on developing nations). Always check the eligibility section on the official program page for citizenship or residency requirements.
Many are — L'Oréal-UNESCO fellowships provide €15,000–20,000 for postdoctoral research. TWAS fellowships cover full research costs at host institutions. Tech company programs (Google PhD Fellowships, Microsoft Research) cover tuition and living stipends. Funding amounts vary by program and region.
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