This is a very incomplete list of funding sources for undergraduate and graduate students, but it is a starting point with some of the major ones.
Acronyms
- CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service
- DOD: Department of Defense
- DOE: Department of Energy
- MolSSI: Molecular Sciences Software Institute
- NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NIH: National Institutes of Health
- NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NSF: National Science Foundation
External Compiled Lists
Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
- Barry Goldwater Scholarship
- Citizenship requirements: U.S. citizen from the 50 states or the District of Columbia; a U.S. national for those students nominated by institutions in Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; or a permanent resident.
- When: sophomore or junior year
Note: Must be nominated by university for the Barry
Goldwater Scholarship
- NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship
- Citizenship requirements: U.S. citizen
- When: sophomore or junior year
Graduate Students
- Microsoft Ada Lovelace Fellowship
- Location requirements: enrolled at a university in the United States, Canada, or Mexico. (No citizenship requirement.)
- When: fall of the second year of the PhD program
- Microsoft PhD Fellowship
- Location requirements: enrolled at a university in the United States, Canada, or Mexico. (No citizenship requirement.)
- When: summer before the third year of the PhD program
- NIH F31 and F31 Diversity
- Citizenship requirements: U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- When: Typically with 2-3 years remaining.
- 3 application cycles per year see here
- NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program
- No location/citizenship requirement
- When: After 1 year of graduate study, but with at least 1 year remaining
Both Undergraduate and Graduate Applicants
Note: Most of these fellowships are open to
undergraduate students within 1 year of matriculating who intend to pursue
graduate education. Any information provided is to help screen your initial
search–it may not be the most up-to-date eligibility criteria.
- DOD Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART)
- Citizenship requirements: United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or United Kingdom
- When: at least 1.5 years prior to graduation
- DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF)
- Citizenship requirements: U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens
- When: Final-year undergraduates and first-year graduate students
- DOD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG)
- Citizenship requirements: citizens or nationals of the United States
- When: Final-year undergraduates and first- and second- year graduate students
- Ford Foundation
- Citizenship requirements: All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, political asylees, and refugees
- When: when there are 3 years of study in a PhD program that remain the fall after an application cycle (i.e., before 3rd year)
- Hertz Foundation
- Citizenship requirements: citizens or permanent residents of the United States
- When: Typically before the start of the 2nd year of graduate study
- Point Foundation
- Location requirements: enrolled or intending to enroll at an accredited college or university based in the United States
- When: While enrolled (or intending to enroll) in undergraduate or graduate study
- Must be an “out” member of the LGBTQ+ community
- NOGLSTP Out to Innovate
- When: after at least 2 years of post-high-school education
- Must be an active supporter and participant in organizations promoting LGBTQ+ inclusion
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
- Citizenship requirements: United States citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States
- When: Once as an final-year undergraduate and once in the first OR second year of graduate school
- Resources:
Other Opportunities for Graduate Students and/or Post-Docs
- CAS Future Leaders
- Citizenship requirements: None
- When: As a current Ph.D. student or postdoctoral researcher
- Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates
- Citizenship requirements: U.S. citizen or a U.S. Legal Permanent Resident (Contact the Lindau Meeting Planners for academic partners outside of the US)
- When: After completing at least one year of graduate study, with at least two years in the program remaining
- Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
- Citizenship requirements: United States citizens, United States permanent residents, DACA recipients, refugees, asylees, and various visa classes
- When: During graduate/professional school or anytime 5 years after completing graduate studies