Some of the opportunities in this section are for undergraduate students and some are for graduate students. In many cases, undergraduates can apply for graduate fellowships while undergrads. The scholarships listed below have different deadlines and eligibility requirements, and they also vary from year to year for the same program. Make sure to check the details before applying and don't wait too long before starting an application because most require letters of recommendation or official transcripts that will take some time to collect.
Fellowships and Scholarships
- AFCEA Educational Foundation Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships
- Eligibility: Undergraduate, graduate students.
- AT&T Labs Fellowship Program
- Eligibility: Minority and women students who are U.S. residents or permanent residents and who are pursuing Ph.D. studies in computer and communications-related fields.
- BrainTrack Computer Science Scholarship
- Eligibility: Students currently taking classes in an appropriate computer science or IT degree program with at least one semester of studies completed.
- Computer Science Online (Funding Your Science Degree)
- Eligibility: Undergraduates, Graduates (please see site).
- DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowships
- Eligibility: U.S. residents or permanent resident aliens.
- DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program
- Eligibility: Undergraduate senior students or first-year or second-year graduate students.
- Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship
- Eligibility: Ph.D. students (can apply as seniors), U.S. residents or permanent residents.
- Ford Foundation Fellowships
- Eligibility: Predoctoral level, dissertation level, postdoctoral level.
- Gates Millennium Scholars
- Eligibility: Undergraduates (apply as high school seniors); U.S. residents or permanent residents; underrepresented minority; GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale; demonstrated financial need.
- Gilman International Scholarship
- Eligibility: undergraduate student applicant provides proof that he/she will be receiving a Federal Pell Grant and is applying to or has been accepted into a study abroad program eligible for credit by his/her accredited institution.
- Google Anita Borg Scholarships
- Eligibility: Undergraduate, graduate students.
- Hertz Foundation
- Eligibility: Graduate students.
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- Eligibility: Undergraduates (high school seniors can apply), graduate students.
- IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Program
- Eligibility: Ph.D. students; must be nominated by faculty member.
- Information Assurance Scholarship
- Eligibility: 18 years of age or older and U.S. resident.
- Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship
- Eligibility: Undergraduates, graduate students.
- Microsoft Scholarships
- Eligibility: Undergraduates.
- NAE Fellowships
- Eligibility: Graduate students.
- NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for Engineering Graduate Students
- Eligibility: U.S. resident or permanent resident.
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
- Eligibility: Undergraduates, graduate students.
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Eligibility: Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a doctoral degree.
- National Gem Consortium Fellowship
- Eligibility: Under-represented graduate students.
- National Physical Science Consortium
- Eligibility: Graduate students.
- National Science and Defense Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG)
- Eligibility: Graduate students (can apply as seniors). U.S. residentship required.
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- Eligibility: Undergraduate (can apply as high school senior) and graduate students.
- Sandia National Laboratories Truman Fellowship
- Eligibility: Undergraduate, graduate students.
- Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC) Undergraduate Scholarships
- Eligibility: U.S. residents, undergraduates.
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships
- Eligibility: Undergraduate, graduate students.
Research Internships
- CRA-W Distributed Mentor Program: Summer research internships for undergraduates.
- NASA Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP)
- NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program: Research internship program (typically in the summer).
- Google Engineering Summer Internship