Amgen Scholars U.S. Program |
Open to sophomores, juniors, and non-graduating seniors. Provides financial backing for STEM majors to research in prestigious university laboratories across the country during the summer. Each of the ten schools has different deadlines, but most occur in February. |
Barry S. Goldwater Scholarship |
(requires institutional nomination): For sophomores and juniors interested in a research career in mathematics and the sciences. Institutional Deadline: December 1; Scholarship Deadline: late January. |
Harry S. Truman Scholarships |
(requires institutional nomination): For juniors planning to attend graduate or professional school. Applicants’ professional plans should include public service, e.g., in government, education or non-governmental forms of public service. Institutional Deadline: December 1. |
Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship |
(requires institutional nomination): This scholarship is for sophomores pursuing an Associate’s degree who would like to transfer to a 4-year program. The institutional deadline is September 1. |
Morris K. Udall Scholarship |
(requires institutional nomination): For sophomores and juniors pursuing environmental studies and public policy and/or to Native American and Alaska Natives in fields related to health care and tribal public policy. Institutional Deadline: January 15. |
NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program |
Funds students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are interested in biomedical, behavioral, or social science health-related research careers. As part of the program, recipients must either work at the NIH over the summer or work at the NIH following graduation (both are paid). Deadline: March |
Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship |
Offers funding and preparation to students interested in international affairs who would like to enter the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service. Application deadlines occur in September. |