Fellowships

The American Chemical Society offers funding to advance the chemical sciences through research, education, and community projects. Their awards programs support excellence in chemistry and celebrate your achievements. 

Browse all opportunities and learn how to apply by clicking the link to the left. Award amounts, eligibility requirements, and deadlines for consideration vary. 

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for US graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals, and artists to study, conduct research, and/or teach English abroad. In addition, Critical Language Enhancement Awards are available to grantees for study of critical need foreign languages before or during their grant period. Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).

Must be citizens or nationals of the United States of America at the time of application, have a conferred bachelor's degree or equivalent, must meet the language requirements of the award to which they are applying, and demonstrate sufficient competency to complete their project and adjust to life in the host country.

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program honors the contributions of immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. Each year, we invest in the graduate education of 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—who are poised to make significant contributions to US society, culture, or their academic field. Each Fellow receives up to $90,000 in financial support over two years, and they join a lifelong community of New American Fellows.

There are strict eligibility requirements - including full-time status. You can learn more on their eligibility page.

Provides STEM students with the tools needed to pursue higher education and begin a rewarding career with the DoD. With a full scholarship, students pursuing STEM degrees will be able to focus on complex research to further the DoD's mission and create a lasting impact. Summer internships are performed at DoD facilities alongside scientists and engineers; these experiences prepare scholars for full-time employment and get them accustomed to working with the DoD. SMART is a one-for-one commitment; for every year of degree funding, the scholar commits to working for a year with the DoD as a civilian employee.

A citizen of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or United Kingdom at time of application, 18 years of age or older as of August 1, 2023, requesting at least 1 year of degree funding prior to graduation (which starts at the program start date), willing to accept post-graduation employment with the DoD, a student in good standing with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, pursuing a technical undergraduate or graduate degree in one of 21 STEM disciplines listed on the site, able to produce a Fall 2022 college transcript from a regionally accredited US college or university, OR be pursuing a graduate degree at a regionally accredited US college or university.

This program is designed to improve public understanding of science and technology by placing advanced science, mathematics, and engineering students in newsrooms nationwide.

Applicants must be a) enrolled as students (upper-level undergraduate or graduate); b) be a postdoctoral trainee; or c) apply within one year of the completion of a) or b). Applicants must be in life, physical, health, engineering, computer or social sciences or mathematics and related fields with outstanding written and oral communication skills and a strong interest in learning about the media.

The goal of the Summer Internships in Parallel Computational Sciences (SIParCS pronounced "sigh-parks") program is to make a long-term, positive impact on the quality and diversity of the people who will use, operate, and support 21st century supercomputers. SIParCS students serve as paid interns at NCAR’s Computational & Information Systems Lab (CISL) that provides supercomputing and data services for scientists studying the Sun-Earth System.

Graduate students who are continuing in graduate programs the following Fall are eligible.

The IDA Summer Associate Program provides students with a unique opportunity to use their quantitative and analytic skills to work on challenging real-world national security issues. The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is a not-for-profit corporation that operates Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs).

Highly qualified students with strong academic backgrounds.  Our preference for the program is graduate students; students must be returning to an academic institution in the fall to continue their educational pursuits. SAC seeks a variety of disciplines, including computer science, information technology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, operations research, aero/astronautical engineering, mechanical or electrical engineering, materials science, statistics, economics, as well as social and behavioral sciences, human resources, security, international relations, policy studies, and finance. Must be a US citizen.

The Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship is a full-time, 12-week summer fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University. The fellowship is a project-based training program designed to train responsible data scientists and ML/AI practitioners with strong skills in solving real-world social impact problems in collaboration with governments and non-profits and an understanding, excitement, and passion for solving problems with social impact.

The program is designed for current students and recent graduates and has accepted current undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, as well as recent graduates who are currently working. The program accepts U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens, including those with F-1 visas, and has sponsored J-1 visas.

Trains and prepares bioinformaticians and data science professionals to apply their expertise within public health and design tools to aid existing public health personnel in the use of bioinformatics. Fellows apply their skills to a range of important and emerging public health problems while gaining experience in areas including metagenomics, human genetics, algorithm/software development, microbial genomics, data science, and more. 

Applicants must have completed a master's or doctoral degree in bioinformatics or a related discipline by the start date of their fellowship.  Fellows should plan on starting July 1, but some flexibility in start dates may be considered to allow for degree completion. Applicants are required to have demonstrated education and/or experience in bioinformatics.   

Provides recent graduates a unique opportunity to develop and apply data science skills to important issues in national security. Fellows will investigate the ways newly available 'big data' methodologies contribute to national security and gain experience developing advanced data science tools.  They will use their critical thinking and analytic skills to work on challenging real-world national security issues.  In a collaborative team environment, Fellows perform data manipulation and statistical, econometric, predictive, descriptive, and other quantitative analyses to answer national security-related research questions. Fellows should expect to learn while creatively contributing to interdisciplinary project teams.

Candidates with a Bachelor’s or Master's in economics, statistics, operations research, mathematics, physics, computer science, data science, or related disciplines with a strong foundation in statistics and/or applied mathematics are encouraged to apply. Candidates must demonstrate experience with one or more programming language or statistical software used in research. Candidates must demonstrate strong written and oral communication skills. Ideal candidates are able to contribute to and support team efforts.

The fellowship will develop a network of science and technology experts committed to advancing innovation and collaboration in the private, public, and academic sectors, in their own nations and among Quad countries. The program will build a foundational understanding among Quad Scholars of one another’s societies and cultures through cohort-wide trips and robust programming with each country’s top scientists, technologists, and politicians. 

Be at least 18 years of age at the time of application. Be citizens or legal permanent residents of Australia, India, Japan, or the United States. Have a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in a STEM field by August 2023. Have a demonstrated record of superior academic achievement at the undergraduate level. If applicants are currently enrolled in a Master's or PhD program in the United States, they may apply if they will be enrolled in a qualified academic program during their time as a Fellow (i.e., August 2023 - May 2024).

Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD) was founded in 1989 “To increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in STEM fields, emphasizing recruitment of a diverse applicant pool.” Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD) is a partnership between federal agencies & laboratories, industry, and higher education institutions. GFSD has a strong partnership with the University of Southern California.

GFSD is open for application by all U.S. citizens regardless of race or gender. The GFSD fellowship supports full-time graduate study only (mostly Ph.Ds). GFSD’s goal is to increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in STEM fields, emphasizing recruitment of a diverse applicant pool. And applicants are talented: the average GPA of 2019 applicants was 3.7 and 19% had a GPA of 4.0 or above.