Scholarships for Women and Girls in STEM

The WIGSAT scholarship directory - covering undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, and re-entry funding for women and girls pursuing STEM education and careers.

By career stage

K-12 and pre-college

• Local and regional STEM competition prizes (Regeneron Science Talent Search, ISEF, etc.) - typically have gender-balanced selection
• Girl-specific STEM scholarship programs administered by national engineering societies
• State-level STEM scholarships for high-school students (especially for first-generation applicants)

Undergraduate

• Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Scholarship Program - one of the largest pools in engineering, $1M+ annually
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Scholarships
• Hispanic Heritage Foundation Engineering Awards
• L'Oreal-USA For Women in Science Fellowships
• Google Generation Scholarship - for first-generation students in CS and engineering
• Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship via AnitaB.org
• Tau Beta Pi Scholarships - engineering honor society
• See our high-school engineering scholarships guide and first-generation scholarships article

Graduate fellowships

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) - gender-balanced selection, the most prestigious early-career US fellowship
• NIH F31 and F32 fellowships - predoctoral and postdoctoral biomedical research
• OWSD PhD Fellowships - for women from least-developed countries pursuing PhDs
• Schlumberger Faculty for the Future Fellowships - for women from developing countries pursuing STEM PhDs internationally
• Fulbright Program STEM tracks
• L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talents Awards
• Country-specific national fellowships - see country pages for India, Korea, South Africa, etc.

Re-entry funding

• India KIRAN Women Scientist Scheme (WOS-A, WOS-B, WOS-C)
• UK Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowships
• South Korea WISET Re-entry Program
• Germany Wiedereinstieg in die Wissenschaft
• See our re-entry programs guide

By country

Country-specific scholarships are listed on the country pages in our directory. See the global map for the active scholarship infrastructure in any specific country.

Application tips

Most successful applicants combine multiple scholarship sources rather than betting on a single award. The application process compounds - applications for sophomore-year scholarships often become starting material for junior- and senior-year applications. Start early, build a portfolio, and treat the process as ongoing rather than as a one-time effort.

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