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Note that most fellowships listed below support PhD study but some fellowships (GEM, JPFP) are open to students pursuing MS study. A few (Google UNCF, SMART) support undergraduate study. Most of these fellowships listed below require US citizens or Permanent Residents unless specified. Note that SMART requires military services.

Conference Travel Scholarships

• (Minority Oriented) Deadline: check the website. Google Travel and Conference Grants
  • Deadlines:
    • VLDB: Very Large Database Conference 2015 (deadline: June 15, 2015)
    • Conference on Computer and Communications Security, October 2015 (deadline: July 17, 2015)
    • Society of Women Engineers (SWE) National Conference (deadline: July 31, 2015)
    • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) National Conference (deadline: August 21, 2015)
  • Eligibility: A student being African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, persons with disabilities, women and veterans
  • Minimum GPA: N/A
  • Award: Free conference registration and a $500 prepaid gift card that can be retroactively used toward airfare and accommodation costs, where applicable (will be awarded onsite at the conference).
• Deadline: check the website. Microsoft Conference Scholarships
  • Eligibility: Be enrolled full-time in a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD program at a 4-year college or university in North America.
  • Award: covers the cost of conference registration and a lump sum amount towards travel, hotel and other related expenses.

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College scholarships for African-American students you need to know about

UNCF SCHOLARSHIPS, PROGRAMS, INTERNSHIPS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

National Society of Black Engineers Scholarships

Oracle STEM Scholarships

• Deadline: check the website. Microsoft STEM tuition scholarship
  • Eligibility: Be enrolled full time in a bachelor’s degree program at a four-year college or university in the United States, Canada or Mexico at the time you submit the application.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0
  • Award: full or partial tuition covered for one academic year
  • Deadline: mid April. Development Fund for Black Students in Science and Technology (DFBSST)
    • Eligibility: African-American, undergraduate student majoring (or intending to major) in a technical field of study (i.e., engineering, math, science, etc.), Be enrolled (or identify his or her intention to enroll) at a listed HBCU, and Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
    • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0
    • Award: up to $2,000 per year
  • Deadline: mid Sept. UNCF/Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Awards
    • Eligibility: An undergrad or graduate student as US Citizens and Permanent Residents, being Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Alaskan, or Hispanic, having tuition (or tuition related) expenses not covered by scholarships/grants (excluding loans)
    • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0
    • Award: between $1,000 and $10,000
  • Deadline: end Sept. Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship
    • Eligibility: An undergrad or graduate student as US Citizens and Permanent Residents, being Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Alaskan, or Hispanic, having tuition (or tuition related) expenses not covered by scholarships/grants (excluding loans)
    • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0
    • Award: between $1,000 and $10,000
  • Deadline: around mid Nov Ford Diversity Fellowship. Intended for minorities.
    • Eligibility: seniors or graduate students
    • Minimum GPA: not specified
    • Stipend: $19,000. 3 years (within a 5 year period)
  • Deadline: around mid Nov GEM Fellowship. Intended for minorities. (early consideration: Oct 1)
    • Eligibility: MS - junior/senior undergrads; PhD - those with or pursuing an MS degree.
    • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0 for pursuing PhD; 2.8/4.0 for pursuing MS
    • Stipend: PhD - $14,000; MS - $10,000, PhD - 5 years; MS - 3 semesters (Tuition and fees need to be agreed to be paid by member institutions)
  • Deadline: around end Nov National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences (CS falls into scope)
    • Eligibility: seniors or 1st year PhD students (emphasis on underrepresented minorities & women)
    • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0
    • Stipend: $21,000. 4 years
    • Note: It was originally designed for women and minorities, but they often consider white males to be minorities.
  • Deadline: Dec. UNCF/Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Awards
    • Eligibility: UNCF/Merck hands out at least 15 scholarships each year to African-American juniors who are enrolled full time in any four-year college or university in the U.S. and are studying computer science or a related science or engineering field, and must be eligible for and commit to a summer internship at a Merck facility.
    • Minimum GPA: 3.3/4.0
    • Award: a scholarship recipient’s department is eligible for a grant of up to $10,000, based on the leftover portion of the scholarship after the student’s education expenses are paid.
  • Deadline: around Mid Jan. The Gates Millennium Scholars Program
    • Eligibility: minority students entering as full-time, first-year students studying computer science, or other STEM or non-STEM majors.
  • Award: good-through-graduation full-ride scholarships
  • Deadline: around Mid Jan. The Generation Google Scholarship
    • Eligibility: An undergraduate or graduate student intending to enroll in upcoming academic year, underrepresented group: African American, Hispanic, American Indian, or Female
    • Minimum GPA: N/A
    • Award: $10,000 for upcoming academic year
  • Deadline: close to end Jan. The Google Lime Scholarship
    • Eligibility: An undergraduate or graduate student intending to enroll in upcoming academic year, being a disability student.
    • Minimum GPA: N/A
    • Award: $10,000 for upcoming academic year
  • Deadline: Mid Feb???. Harriet G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP). Info. Application Site Intended for minorities and women.
    • Eligibility: qualified minorities enrolled in a technical degree program at the bachelor level or above.
    • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0
    • Stipend: PhD - $14,000; MS - $10,000, PhD - 5 years; MS - 3 semesters
  • Stipend: $22,000 for PhD and $16,000 for MS. Annual tuition offsets are $8500 per year
• Deadline: April 30, 2013?? Google United Negro College Fund Scholarship. Intended for African American
  • Eligibility: Junior/Senior Student, Graduate Student. The program offers "last dollar" scholarships based upon unmet financial need for students
  • Minimum GPA: 3.5/4.0
  • Stipend: $10,000
• Qualcomm “Q” Awards of Excellence
• Deadline: Jan 31, 2010 AT&T Labs Fellowship Program, Intended for minorities and women.
  • Eligibility: senior or 1st/2nd grad students
  • Minimum GPA: not specified
  • Stipend: $2380 per month, paid for 10 months of the year, plus a $500 book allowance (requiring summer internship during the student's first summer in the program)

Women Oriented

• Deadline: around end Nov National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences (CS falls into scope)
  • Eligibility: seniors or 1st year PhD students (emphasis on underrepresented minorities & women)
  • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0
  • Stipend: $21,000. 4 years
  • Note: It was originally designed for women and minorities, but they often consider white males to be minorities.
• Deadline: around mid Jan. The Google Anita Borg Scholarships (no US citizenship requirement)
  • Eligibility: a female senior student or graduate student
  • Minimum GPA: 3.5/4.0 or 4.5/5.0
  • Stipend: $10,000. 1 year.
• Deadline: Feb 15, 2013???. Harriet G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP). Info. Application Site Intended for minorities and women.
  • Eligibility: Seniors
  • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0
  • Stipend: PhD - $14,000; MS - $10,000, PhD - 5 years; MS - 3 semesters
• Stipend: $22,000 for PhD and $16,000 for MS. Annual tuition offsets are $8500 per year
• Deadline: Jan 31, 2010 AT&T Labs Fellowship Program, Intended for minorities and women.
  • Eligibility: senior or 1st/2nd grad students
  • Minimum GPA: not specified
  • Stipend: $2380 per month, paid for 10 months of the year, plus a $500 book allowance (requiring summer internship during the student's first summer in the program)

General

• Deadline: around early Nov. Hertz Foundation Fellowship. (Advice for applying for graduate science fellowships: NSF, NDSEG, Hertz)
  • Eligibility: Seniors and PhD graduate students
  • Minimum GPA: not specified but seem to have high expectation on GPA
  • Stipend: $28,000/9 months or $33,000/9 months for 5 years
  • Note: the fellowship supports PhD students at a list of universities, including Illinois.
  • Deadline: around end Oct NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (Advice for applying for graduate science fellowships: NSF, NDSEG, Hertz)
    • Eligibility: Seniors or 1st/2nd year grads
    • Minimum GPA: not specified
    • Stipend: $30,000 + extras for 3 years (within a 5 year period)
  • Deadline: around end Nov National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences (CS falls into scope)
    • Eligibility: seniors or 1st year PhD students (emphasis on underrepresented minorities & women)
    • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0
    • Stipend: $21,000. 4 years
    • Note: It was originally designed for women and minorities, but they often consider white males to be minorities.
  • Deadline: around early/mid December National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) (NDSEG Fellows do not incur any military or other service obligation) (Service Requirement) (Advice for applying for graduate science fellowships: NSF, NDSEG, Hertz)
    • Eligibility: Seniors or first year grads (near beginning of PhD studies)
    • Minimum GPA: not specified
    • Stipend: Year 1 $30,500, Year 2 $31,000, Year 3 $31,500. in addition to full tuition and required fees
  • Deadline: around mid Dec ASEE/DOD Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program (Service Requirement)
    • Eligibility: Undergrad or Grad Students
    • Minimum GPA: 3.0/4.0
    • Stipend: $25,000 - $41,000 per year + Tuition and related educational fees
    • Research Internship and Service Requirement: required to complete the internship and post-graduation service with the DoD
  • Deadline: around early Jan DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSFG)
    • Eligibility: 1st/2nd year graduate students. Exceptional senior undergraduates who can meet all the listed requirements may also apply.
    • Minimum GPA: not specified
    • Stipend: A yearly stipend of $32,400 + Full tuition and required fees, up to 4 years
  • Deadline: around early Jan Symantec Graduate Fellowship
    • Eligibility: Undergrad or Grad Students
  • Deadline: around early Jan DHS Graduate Fellowship (Service Requirement)
  • Eligibility: Seniors or first year grads (near beginning of PhD studies)
    • Minimum GPA: BS 3.30/4.00 (If you are currently enrolled (as of the application deadline) in graduate school, you must have 3.30/4.00)
    • Stipend: $2,300/month for 12 months up to 3 years; Full tuition and mandatory, nonrefundable fees paid
    • Research Internship and Service Requirement: A 10-week, continuous, off-campus research internship at DHS or a DHS-affiliated facility will be required during the summer between your first and second year appointments. Service Requirement: A one-year, post-completion service commitment is required.

Minority Summer Programs for Freshmen

• Deadline: around March Google Computer Science Summer Institute (CSSI)
  • Eligibility: Be enrolled in a 4-year BA/BS program, entering sophomore year in Fall 2009
  • Minimum GPA: not specified

Minority Oriented for High School Students

• Deadline: early March. Blacks at Microsoft (BAM) Scholarships
• Deadline: end July. BlueCross BlueShield CIO Scholarship
• Deadline: early Nov/early Jan. Ron Brown Scholar Program

Department Nominations

• Deadline: late Oct IBM PhD Fellowship (no US citizenship requirement)
  • Eligibility: Ph.D. students
• Deadline: early Oct Microsoft PhD Fellowship (no US citizenship requirement)
  • Eligibility: Starting 2nd/3rd year in PhD program in the Fall semester of the year