Opportunities for students in Math, Science, and Engineering

for engineering, see also:  http://engr.smu.edu/parents/scholarshiplist.html

Goldwater Scholarship                        www.act.org/goldwater
$7,500  Junior or sophomore, planning research career in science (not pre-med).  US citizen or resident alien; research experience; 3.70+ GPA.  SMU may nominate four.

NASA MUST Scholarship                http://scholarships.hispanicfund.org/applications/
To $10,000 tuition per year, plus $5,000 stipend for summer research at a NASA center.  First-yr or soph; US citizen; majoring in math, engineering, or physical science.  Deadline February 1.

Hertz Foundation Scholarship                    www.hertzfoundation.org
Graduating senior, to Ph.D. program in physics, math, chem, geology, or engrg; at select schools only.  Provides full tuition.

Morris K. Udall Scholarship                        www.udall.gov
$5,000    Apply as soph or junior.  Two types of scholarships:  1) environmental sciences or environmental public policy; 2) Native American students working toward tribal health care or tribal public policy.  SMU may nominate 6. 

National Defense Science/Engrg Grad (NDSEG)        www.asee.org/ndseg
Tuition + $30,000 stipend.  Graduating senior, citizen, going to Ph.D. program.  Deadline January.

AAPG Geology Graduate Grants                www.aapg.org
American Association of Petroleum Geologists. To $3,000 for research expenses, for graduate students researching petroleum and energy-mineral resources, or related environmental geology issues. Includes the William Gipson Named Grant, for SMU students only: http://foundation.aapg.org/gia/gipson_william.cfm  Apps accepted year-round; final ddl January 31.

ACS - SCI Scholar Interns                                www.acs.org
To $10,000 for 10-week summer internship. Sophomore or junior chem major, GPA 3.50.  Dec 15

AHETEMS Exxon-Mobil                                    www.ahetems.org/scholarships
$2,500 to Hispanic undergraduate major in EE, ME, or civil engineering.  Deadline April 1.

AHETEMS - NASA Internship                    www.ahetems.org
10-week summer research internship at NASA Space Flight Center in Alabama.  Soph, jr, or sr major in science, engineering, or math.  Deadline Febr. 1.

AHETEMS Verizon Scholarship                www.ahetems.org/scholarships
$5,000 to soph-jr in computer science or engineering or civil engineering.  Deadline April 1.

AMS Mass Media Fellowship      www.ams.org/programs/ams-fellowships/media-fellow
10-week paid summer internship for seniors in math, science, engineering, health, or social science. Placement in media organizations, learning to communicate science and technical subjects to the public.  January 15.

Argonne National Lab Internships                    www.dep.anl.gov
Undergraduate.  Research internships, all science/engineering areas.  Deadlines vary.

ASM Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship         www.asm.org
To $4,000 for 10-week summer research project with faculty mentor. Microbiology.  Deadline Feb. 1

AWIS  Internships                                           www.awis.org/careers
Association of Women in Science. Undergrad, soph +.  Summer, spring, fall internships at AWIS national office in Washington, D.C.  Spring and fall application deadlines.

ACS Scholars                                                  www.acs.org
American Chemical Society. To $5,000  African-American, Hispanic, Native American major in chemistry or biochemistry; not pre-med. Financial need.  March 1 

ASM Sarber Award                                        www.asm.org
$1,500 prize award for research excellence, to undergraduate researcher in microbiology.  Nom Oct 1.

APS Minorities Scholarships                          www.aps.org/programs
African-American, Hispanic, or Native American citizen or perm res. majoring in physics.  Deadline Feb.

CDM Engineering Scholars                            www.ahetems.org
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.  Paid summer internship at CDM, plus $6,000 scholarship for following academic year.  Undergrad, or graduating senior to pursue engineering master's.  Deadline Feb. 1.

Columbia Crew Scholarships                            www.tsgc.utexas.edu/grants
For science, math, engineering students planning space-related science careers.  March 15

Conservancy of Southwest Florida                    www.conservancy.org
Graduating senior (BS or BA, environmental science or biology).  6-month internship.

Dallas Geological Society                                www.cftexas.org
Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas. 

DOE, Department of Energy                            www.energy.gov/scholarships&internships.htm
Multiple internship programs; also STEM grants up to $4,000 for first-yrs, sophs, juniors, seniors.  Deadlines vary.

GRO Undergraduate Fellowships                    www.epa.gov/ncer/fellow
Apply as soph, environmental science major.  Tuition + junior summer internship in environmental research with EPA.

Fortescue, Electrical Engineering                    www.ieee.org
Graduating senior; perm res; EE major.  $24,000 for first year of MSEE degree.  Deadline November.

GEM                                    http://www.gemfellowship.org/apply/general_instructions.php
Graduating senior; minority; citizen; science/engineering major.  Full tuition, stipend, internship; to GEM schools only.  Deadline November 1.

Golden Key Awards                www.goldenkey.org
   GK Biomedical Science Award -- $5,000 pre-med,-vet,-dent, or biomed research.  Oct 15
   GK Math Scholarship -- $1,000.   GK member.   April 1
   GK Engineering Award -- $2,000.  March 1

Hispanic Science/Engineering                www.ahetems.org/scholarships
SHPE, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.  To $3,000 for undergraduate, grad student, or high-school graduating sr in science, engineering, or math.  Hispanic descent, US citizenship not required.  Deadline April 1.

Infectious Diseases Lab Fellowship            www.aphl.org/profdev
Co-sponsored CDC, APHL.  $30,000 One-year lab training fellowship in host lab.  February 1

Knowles Teaching Fellowship: Math, Science                www.kstf.org
Knowles Science Teaching Foundation.  To $150,000 over 5 yrs for those intending to teach high school science or math in the U.S., tuition/stipend support to enroll in secondary teacher credential program.  Requires BA or BS in science, math, or engineering. Apps open Sept 15

Leland Fossil Energy Fellowship                http://fossil.energy.gov/education/lelandfellowships
Travel cost and stipend for 10-week summer internship.  Women and minority students in Fossil Energy. Apply Sept-Janu.

MASDAR Institute                                      www.masdar.ac.ae
Full scholarship for Master or Ph.D. program at MASDAR Institute dedicated to alternative, sustainable energy.  In Abu Dhabi, with support from MIT. In world's first carbon-neutral, zero-waste city powered solely by alternative energy, mainly solar.  GRE 700 quant. min.  Rolling deadline

McKnight Prize in Chemistry                    www.utsouthwestern.edu/chemistryprize
To $2,000  To a senior, for specific laboratory research project.  Deadline October.

Microsoft Graduate Women's Scholarships    http://research.microsoft.com
$15,000 for first- or 2nd-yr grad student in CSE, EE, or Math.  Non-citizens may also apply.  Deadline Oct. 15

Microsoft Ph.D. Fellowships           http://research.microsoft.com
Full tuition/fees, plus $28,000 stipend, for 2 yrs.  Student starting 2nd or 3rd yr of PhD program in CSE, EE or Math.  Deadline Oct. 15.

NASA Aeronautics Scholarship               www.asee.org/nasaasp
To $15,000 per yr for undergrad; to $35,000 per yr for graduate support; plus paid summer internships.  Apply as soph (for ug) or as graduating senior.  Major in aeronautics-related field such as math, ME, EE, computer science.  Deadline March.

NASA USRP                                               www.epo.usra.edu/usrp
USRP = Undergraduate Student Research Program.  Paid internships at NASA centers:  summer, fall, or spring.  Fields: physical or life sciences; engineering; math; computer science.  Deadline = 9 months prior to start of internship session.

NIH Undergraduate Scholar Program            http://ugsp.nih.gov
To $20,000 per year + summer internship.  Apply as soph or junior.  Deadline February.

NIH Oxford/Cambridge Scholars                  http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov
M.D./Ph.D. program: two years at NIH, two years at Oxford.  Covers full tuition, stipend, and travel.

NASA: science internships, scholarships    https://solar.nasa.gov/web/public/main
Scholarships, fellowships, and summer internships for undergraduate and graduate students in science, math, engineering.  March 15

National Physical Science Consortium                www.npsc.org/students/info.html
$16,000 per year.  Senior applying to graduate studies in physics or engineering.  Deadline November.

National Society of Black Engineers      http://national.nsbe.org
Various scholarships, from $500 to $7,500.  Application deadline January.

NSF (GRFP)                                                www.nsf.gov/grfp
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Support for 3 yrs graduate study. Nov 1

ORAU (Oak Ridge)                                   http://see.orau.org/
Multiple programs.  Science, engineering.

ORSAS                                                    www.orsas.ac.uk
Graduating senior, all fields; to graduate research (research only, not coursework).

QEM Summer Science Internships                http://gemnetwork.qem.org
Apply as soph or junior.  10-week summer internships.  Sciences, engineering.  Deadline January.

REU (NSF Undergraduate Research)            www.nsf.gov/funding/
National Science Foundation.  Programs vary by site.

RISE Summer, Germany                www.daad.de/rise
Biol, chem, earth science, physics, engineering.  Summer research in Germany. Language generally not required. Deadline Feb 1.

SEG Geophysics                                        www.seg.org/business/foundation
Society of Exploration Geophysicists.  To $2,000  Undergrad in geophysics.  Deadline Feb 1.

Sigma Xi Research Grants                        www.sigmaxi.org
Up to $1,000 (travel, equip); undergraduate or grad.  Deadlines  Oct. 15 and March 15

Smithsonian, Garber Fellowship
Graduate students.  Travel, research expense.  Geology, astronomy, space science.  Deadline January.

SURF -- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
Stipends for summer research fellowships in sciences and engineering; multiple locations.  Deadlines February.

AAUW Selected Professions Scholarship        www.aauw.org
To $12,000  Female; minority; citizen; graduate student in math or engrg.  Deadline January.

Google Anita Borg Scholarship                 www.google.com/anitaborg
$10,000  Undergraduate senior or graduate student; female, 3.50+GPA, CSE major.  Deadline January.

Google UNCF                                             www.uncf.org/scholarships/
To $5,000 for graduate study, computer engineering or computer science.  Deadline May.

CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Award          www.cra.org
Computing Research Association $1,000 prize.  By departmental nomination, for outstanding research and potential.  Deadline October.

Horizons Scholarship, Women in Defense         http://wid.ndia.org/horizon/
Undergrad jr/sr or grad; citizen; need; career toward national security; 3.25+GPA; math, physics, computer science, engineering.  Deadline July 1.

KAUST Discovery Scholarship                            www.kaust.edu.sa
Open to sophs, jrs, seniors in Applied Math, Computational Science, CSE, ME, Materials Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EE, Applied Bioscience.  Provides full tuition, living stipend, computer allowance to complete undergrad degree; then full tuition to required enrollment for Master's degree at King Abdullah University in Saudi Arabia.  Deadline early November.

AIGC, American Indian Graduate Council            www.aigc.org
$20,000  American Indian; need; to start grad school in medicine or engineering.  Deadline June 1.

Society of Women Engineers                                http://www.swe.org
    SWE Gilbreth Scholarship    $5,000    Undergraduate female, engineering.  Deadline May.
    SWE Hewlett-Packard Scholarship   $1,000    Undergrad female, engineering.  Deadline February.
    SWE Admiral Grace Hopper Scholarship   $1,000  Undergrad female, engineering.  Deadline May.|
    Many additional scholarships; see the website.

Space Scholars, NDSEG                        www.vw.afrl.af.mil/SpaceScholars
Air Force research internship.  Graduating senior; citizen; science/engineering.  Deadline January.

Summer Undergraduate Research, Biology        www.cshl.edu/URP
Cold Spring Harbor Lab, 10-week summer research. Highly competitive.  Room/board, $4,000 stipend.  Soph or junior.  Deadline January 15.

Texas Space Grant STEM            www.tsgc.utexas.edu/stem
Scholarships to students in science, technology, engineering and math. Research interest.  January

UNCF Merck                                    www.uncf.org/merck/programs/
$25,000 + summer internship.  Undergrad junior; African-American; biomedical science.  Deadline Dec.

USDA                                                www.usdascholarships.com
US Department of Agriculture.  Undergraduate or graduate; all majors; 2.75+ GPA.  Full tuition + paid internship.  Must commit to work at USDA.  Deadline April.

Whitaker International Fellowship                www.whitakerawards.org
Full tuition, airfare, stipend for post-graduation academic year abroad.  Graduating senior or graduate student with B.S. in Biomedical Engineering.  Deadline January.

WTS Scholarships                                            SMU Office of National Fellowships
Undergrad and grad scholarships.  Women in Transportation.  $1,000.  Women planning career in a transportation-related field.  Engineering, public policy, urban planning...Deadline October.

Xerox Summer Internships                www.xerox.com   search "internship"

Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship        www.xerox.com   search "scholarship"
To $10,000.  Minority; all undergrad/grad levels; chem, physics, engineering.  Deadline September.