Current Student ResourcesNational Fellowship Calendar
To find additional fellowship opportunities, use this fellowship database and contact the Office of Fellowships for an individual advising appointment.
Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship
National deadline: Winter 2021
This scholarship seeks to increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education. Scholars receive up to $9500 per year in academic assistance for two years, and a ten-week full-time summer internship at a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration facility. Second-year students who are US citizens are eligible to apply.
Alliance Leadership
National deadline: Monday, February 1, 2021
The Leadership Alliance encourages students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, and humanities to pursue research careers in the academic, public, and private sectors. The program provides a rigorous research experience designed specifically for undergraduates interested in applying to PhD or MD-PhD programs. Students work for eight to ten weeks in the summer under the guidance of a faculty or research mentor at a participating Leadership Alliance institution. Through one-on-one collaborations, students gain theoretical knowledge and practical training in academic research and scientific experimentation. All participants make oral or poster presentations of their research at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium. Students receive a stipend, and travel and housing expenses are covered by the host institution. Second- and third-year students who are US citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply.
Amgen Scholars
National deadline: dates vary by opportunity
The Amgen Scholars program provides hundreds of selected undergraduate students with the opportunity to engage in hands-on research experience at many of the nation’s premier education institutions, including Caltech, Harvard, and Stanford. A signature component of the program is a mid-summer symposium, held in California, where students hear firsthand from leading scientists working in industry and academia. Second- and third-year students who are US citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply for US universities. Non-US citizens are eligible to apply for the Japan program.
Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship
Date to be confirmed.
Eligibility
Second and third year PhD students only.
Microsoft allows ECE to nominate three students.
Microsoft Graduate Women's Scholarship
Due: To be confirmed
Eligibility
First year female PhD students only. Cannot have already completed any graduate-level coursework prior to their first year in ECE. $15,000 stipend.
Microsoft allows ECE to nominate three students. Microsoft selects about 10 students each year.
IBM PhD Fellowship
Due: To be confirmed
IBM allows each unit in ECE to nominate two students. Nominations for the annual PhD Fellowship program begin the 3rd week of September and are accepted for five weeks. Notification of nominee status takes place in February of the following year.
Eligibility
PhD students who have completed at least one year of study in their doctoral program.
Global Health Corps Fellowship
National Deadline: Winter 2021
Eligibility
Mobilizing a global community of emerging leaders to build the movement for health equity. They place talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds in paid, high-impact roles in NGOs and government agencies in sub-Saharan Africa and the US. During the fellowship year, fellows collaborate, innovate, and create sustainable and impactful change. Applicants from a broad range of sectors and disciplines can apply for up to three positions that match their interests and skills from project management to monitoring and evaluation, engineering, communication and more. Graduating seniors and recent alums under 30 years of age are eligible to apply. Campus contact: Amy Kehoe amy.kehoe@northwestern.edu
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
National deadline: Dates vary by discipline.
Eligibility
In general, 1st and 2nd year students are eligible to apply.
Benefits
This fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution. US citizens and permanent residents who have completed no more than twelve months of graduate study are eligible to apply.
AAUW-American Fellowships
Date to be confirmed.
Eligibility
The purpose of this fellowship is to offset a scholar’s living expenses while she completes her dissertation. Fellows are not required to study in the United States. Students from any discipline are welcome to apply. Students who are US citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply.
Role Models for the Next Generation
Date to be confirmed.
Eligibility
Must be a woman; a citizen of a developing country; wish to pursue a PhD degree or Post-doctoral research in the physical sciences or related disciplines.
Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program
Date to be confirmed.
Eligibility
Applicants must be US citizens and either a first or second year graduate student, or an undergraduate senior at the time of applying. Benefits: Three years, $3,000 monthly stipend, and $2,000 travel for research at a national lab.
Graduate fellowships for Stem diversity
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Eligibility
US citizens doing PhD research.
Benefits
Tuition, fees, and stipend. Initially two-three years, renewable to six years.
Projects for peace
Campus Deadline: Monday, January 18, 2021
Eligibility
The Projects for Peace program enables undergraduates around the country to design grassroots “projects for peace” that use a summer to address global social issues. The grant provides up to $10,000 for a summer project focused on some dimension of enabling peace in a global world. At Northwestern, the Office of Fellowships facilitates the grant process. One Northwestern student is awarded the Projects for Peace grant each year. First-, second-, and third-year students are eligible to apply. Contact Jason Kelly Roberts at jason-roberts@northwestern.edu to learn more about this award.
US Teaching Assistantships at Austrian Secondary Schools
National deadline: Winter 2021 (Exact deadline has not been posted yet)
Eligibility
This program has provided college graduates from the United States with once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to work as secondary school teaching assistants in communities all over Austria. In addition to serving as valuable linguistic models in classroom English instruction, US teaching assistants are also valuable resources for firsthand information about the "American way of life" and serve as informal representatives of the United States. Graduating seniors and recent alums who are US citizens are eligible to apply. Contact Amy Kehoe at amy.kehoe@northwestern.edu to learn more about this award.
NVIDIA Graduate Fellowships
Due: To be confirmed
Eligibility
Students must have already completed their first year of PhD level studies. Must have majors in CS, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering or a related area. Benefits: 1 year, $25,000 stipend.
Founder Region Fellowship
Date to be confirmed.
Eligibility
Women who are advanced to candidacy and in the final two years of their doctoral program. Priority is given to students entering into the last year of their doctoral programs. Benefits: Fellowships of a minimum of $20,000 are awarded each year to female graduate students at universities within the boundaries of the region.
Josephine De Kármán Fellowship
National deadline: Sunday, January 31, 2021
Eligibility
De Karman fellowships are open to students in any discipline, including international students, who are currently enrolled in a university or college within the United States. Approximately eight fellowships, $22,000 for graduate students and $14,000 for undergraduate students, will be awarded for the regular academic year. Study must be carried out only in the United States and all funds must be expended there. Only third-year undergraduates and candidates for the PhD who will defend by the end of the fellowship year are eligible to apply. Contact Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe at e-pardoe@northwestern.edu to learn more about this award.
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
Due: National deadline Winter 2021 (exact new deadline not published yet).
Eligible
The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems. Graduating seniors, recent alums, master's, and first-year PhD students who are US citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply.
INTEL PHD. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM*
Eligibility
Ph.D. students within 18 months of graduation. Thesis topic defined and approved. Must have permanent unrestricted right to work in US Not open to students from embargoed or controlled countries (e.g., Iran, China, Russia, Ukraine). India OK.
Benefits
One year, full tuition, $24,000 stipend, $5,000 travel, internship opportunity.
William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India
Due: National deadline Winter 2021 (Exact deadline hasn't been published yet)
Eligibility
This fellowship is an immersive, ten-month volunteer service program matching young professionals with development organizations. Fellows work on scalable and sustainable development projects in the fields of education, livelihoods, technology and innovation, and public health. Through collaboration, fellows, mentors, and civil-society leaders form dynamic partnerships to capacity-build, exchange knowledge and skills, and share a mutual passion for advancing social and economic development. Graduating seniors and recent alums who are US citizens or permanent residents or who are Indian citizens are eligible to apply. Contact Amy Kehoe at amy.kehoe@northwestern.edu to learn more about this award.
Boren Scholarship
Campus Deadline Winter 2021
Eligibility
Boren Scholarships provide unique funding opportunities for US undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to US interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. In exchange for funding, scholars commit to working in the federal government for at least one year after graduation. Students who are US citizens are eligible to apply. Contact Stephen Hill at s-hill@northwestern.edu to learn about the campus application process.
UAS7 Study and Internship Program
Eligibility
Supports students for a full year studying and interning in Germany at universities of applied sciences. Two new programs offer shorter-term study and internship opportunities of 2-6 months. Research internships are available in a wide range of fields, from aeronautical engineering to logistics and management to nano-science. Campus contact: Stephen Hill s-hill@northwestern.edu
Fulbright UK Summer Institutes
National Deadline February 2021
Eligibility
The US-UK Fulbright Commission offers special Summer Institutes for US citizens to come to the United Kingdom on an academic and cultural summer program. Participants will get the opportunity to experience an exciting academic program at a highly regarded UK university, explore the culture, heritage, and history of the United Kingdom, and develop their academic ability by improving presentation, research, and communication skills. First- and second-year students who are at least 18 years old and have at least a 3.7 GPA and who are US citizens are eligible to apply. Jason Kelly Roberts jason-roberts@northwestern.edu
Semiconductor Research corporation Graduate Fellowship Program
Eligibility
US citizens or have permanent resident, refugee, or political asylum status in the US Are pursuing or planning to pursue a PhD degree with research relevant to microelectronics under the guidance of a GRC-approved faculty member.
ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational & Data Science Fellowships
Date to be confirmed
Eligibility
ACM SIGHPC and Intel are excited to announce a new international program of graduate fellowships, beginning in 2016. The goal is to increase the diversity of students pursuing graduate degrees in data science and computational science, including women as well as students from racial/ethnic backgrounds that have not traditionally participated in the computing field. The program will support students pursuing degrees at institutions anywhere in the world. Each fellowship recipient will receive a stipend prior to the start of their first academic term after August 1. The value of the stipend will be US$15,000 annually.
Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
Eligibility
Teams of 2 PhD students with innovative research ideas from select universities. See web page for the list of specific topic areas. Both team members must be enrolled in the PhD program.
Erasmus Mundus joint master degrees
National deadline dates vary by opportunity
Eligibility
An Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) is a prestigious, integrated, international study program, jointly delivered by an international consortium of higher education institutions. The EMJMD scholarship covers participation costs (including the tuition fees, library and laboratory costs, full insurance coverage and any other mandatory costs related to your participation in the degree program); it represents a contribution to travel and installation costs and includes a monthly subsistence allowance for the entire duration of study. Graduating seniors and recent alums are eligible to apply. Contact Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe at e-pardoe@northwestern.edu to learn more about this award.
Apriorit Scholarship Program
Eligibility
Apriorit offers an educational technology grant for high school seniors and graduate students in the USA, who have been enrolled at a college or university for a computer engineering or computer science program this year. We want to support young people passionate about IT and planning to build their career in this field. You can read more about this program on our Scholarship page: https://www.apriorit.com/student-scholarships Campus contact: Denys Samofan at prteam@apriorit.com