STEM-related Scholarships and Fellowships
Notes
- *=requires nomination from Office of National Scholarships
- Qualifications for many competitive scholarships include: 3.5+ GPA, evidence of leadership, ambition, engagement in campus and community activities, writing, speaking and critical thinking skills. Some scholarships require research experience.
- Goldwater candidates must have research experience and aspire to a Ph.D. (or M.D./Ph.D.).
- Soros candidates must be newly naturalized citizens or the child of two naturalized parents.
- SMART program has a U.S. Department of Defense service requirement.
- Read eligibility requirements and application instructions thoroughly before submitting your application.
- American Council of Independent Laboratories Scholarship (Juniors+)
- Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (Educational foundation military/veterans, working and underrepresented students)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME student members)
- American Meteorological Society (freshmen+)
- American Nuclear Society (ANS student members)
- American Psychological Association Minority Fellowships (seniors+ in mental health research)
- American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE student members)
- CIC Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) (underrepresented students in science)
- Demonstration of Energy and Efficiency Development Scholarships (engineering students)
- Department of Homeland Security Scholarship (sophomores+)
- DOE Computational Science Grad Fellowship (CSGF) (seniors+)
- Environmental Engineering Geologist Scholarships (varies)
- EPA STAR Fellowships (sophomores or seniors+)
- Gates Cambridge Scholarship (seniors+)
- GEM Fellowship (minority engineering and physical sciences)
- *Goldwater Scholarship (sophomore or juniors)
- Hertz Graduate Fellowship (seniors+)
- Horizons: Women in Defense (juniors+, women)
- International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition (any student)
- KAUST Fellowship (seniors+)
- *Marshall Scholarship (all disciplines: U.K.) (juniors+)
- Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (DOE/FE) Summer Program (freshmen, minorities and women)
- Microwave Engineering / Medical Applications Fellowship (G)
- NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program (freshmen+)
- National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship (seniors+)
- NIH Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship (BESIP) (juniors)
- NIH Oxford/Cambridge (seniors+)
- NIH Undergraduate Scholarship (minority students)
- NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program (G)
- NOAA Hollings Undergraduate Scholarships (sophomores, NOAA mission-supported majors)
- NOAA/Nancy Foster Graduate Scholarship (seniors+ in marine or atmospheric science)
- National Physical Science Consortium (seniors+)
- NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (graduate students)
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (seniors+)
- National Space Club (juniors+)
- NVIDIA Graduate Fellowships (PhD computer science)
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education (research) (open)
- *Rhodes Scholarship (All disciplines: Oxford University, U.K.) (juniors+)
- Society for Exploration Geophysicists Foundation (freshmen+)
- Society of Physics Students (student members)
- Technical Minority Scholarship Program (minority students)
- Tylenol Scholarship (Health care professions) (Seniors+)
- Society of Women Engineers Scholarships (women engineering students)
- SMART Program (U.S. Department of Defense) (freshmen+)
- Soros Fellowships for New Americans (all disciplines) (new citizens and children of naturalized citizens)
- UAS7 Applied Sciences Study and Internships in Germany (undergraduates)
- *Udall Undergraduate Scholarship (environmentalists) (sophomores or juniors)
- Whitaker International Fellows Program (seniors and graduate students)
Health-related Scholarships and Fellowships
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing Scholarships
- Association of American Medical Colleges Financing Resources
- American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education
- American Health Information Management Foundation Scholarships (members may apply)
- American Medical Women’s Association Scholarships (members may apply)
- APF/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship (psychology)
- APF/Benton‐Meier Scholarship (psychology)
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Scholarship
- Association of Food and Drug Officials Scholarship Award
- Global Health Corps
- HRSA Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (Department of Health and Human Services)
- Indian Health Service Scholarship Program
- Kaiser Permanente Dolaras Jones RN Nursing Scholarship
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses
- National Health Service Corps
- NIH Fogarty International Center Global Directory of International Grants and Fellowships
- NIH Oxford/Cambridge Partnership
- NIH Tech Postbac (IRTA)
- NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (for students from disadvantaged backgrounds)
- NIH Academy
- National Medical Fellowsips
- Tylenol Scholarship
- UNCF Scholarships