USA Scholarships
Scholarships in the USA - Study & Research Guides
Scholarships in the USA
The United States is home to many of the world's top-ranked universities and attracts students from every corner of the globe. Scholarship opportunities range from fully funded research positions to partial tuition awards at elite business schools. Below you'll find our guides for US scholarships, each covering eligibility, documents, benefits, and how to apply.
YES Scholarship 2028 - Kennedy-Lugar High School Exchange
The YES Scholarship, formally the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program, is a US Department of State exchange that brings high school students from nine partner countries to live with an American host family and attend a US high school for a semester. Airfare, the host family placement, a monthly stipend, health insurance and program activities are all paid for. The spring 2027 round closes between 15 and 23 September 2026 depending on the country, so this guide is set up for the next intake, which is expected to recruit around August and September 2027 for a program starting in early 2028.
Do Good Accelerator Fellowship 2027 - $2,000 Stipend
The Do Good Accelerator Fellowship is an 8-week, paid program at the University of Maryland, College Park for students whose social impact project is already running. Fellows get one-on-one coaching, skills workshops, workspace in Thurgood Marshall Hall and a $2,000 stipend on completion in fall or spring. The Fall 2026 round closes 14 September 2026, and the Spring 2027 round is expected to open in January with a mid-February deadline.
Supporting STEM Scholarship 2027 - $1,000 USA Award
The Supporting STEM Scholarship is a $1,000 annual award from HoshizakiIceMaker.com, hosted by B & G Refrigeration in Jacksonville, Florida, for US students studying science, technology, engineering or mathematics. One winner is chosen each year and the money is split evenly between the fall and spring semesters, paid straight to the school's financial aid office. Undergraduates already enrolled and high school seniors heading to a four-year accredited US university can both apply. The 2027 cycle closes on 30 June 2027, with the winner named in late July.
Notre Dame Provost Fellowship 2027 - $75,000 Postdoc
The Notre Dame Provost Fellowship 2027 is a two-year postdoctoral appointment in the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame. Eight fellows are hired for the 2027-2029 cohort, one each in Art, Art History and Design; English; German, Slavic and Eurasian Studies; Philosophy; Romance Languages and Literatures; Theology; the Initiative on Race and Resilience; and History and Philosophy of Science. Each fellow draws an annual salary of $75,000 plus $15,000 for research and training costs, gets office space, an assigned faculty mentor, and the option to teach without being required to. Applications go through Interfolio and close 1 December 2026 at 11:59pm EST, with decisions by 1 March 2027.
AAUW Research Publication Grant 2027 - $8,000 Award
The AAUW Research Publication Grant 2027, formally the American Short-Term Research Publication Grant, pays women scholars $8,000 in a single tranche to get a research manuscript ready for publication. The money covers drafting, editing, replicating research and answering reviewers, and can also go on housing, food and dependent care while you write. All fields qualify, with STEM researchers and those working on gender issues especially encouraged. You need a doctoral or terminal degree already in hand, US citizenship or permanent residency, and sole or first authorship on the manuscript. Applications open 17 August 2026 and close 30 September 2026 at 5pm ET, with awards announced in April 2027.
University of Florida Scholarship 2027 - Up to $80,000
The University of Florida Scholarship 2027 is the set of merit awards UF hands to admitted freshmen with no separate application. Presidential awards run $5,000, $8,000 or $10,000 a year, and out-of-state tuition waivers run up to $20,000 a year through the Gator Nation Scholarship, worth $80,000 across four years. Alongside them sit the invitation-only John V. Lombardi and Stamps scholarships for Honors admits, the need-based Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars package, and a $500 National Merit award. Roughly one in ten admitted freshmen gets a merit scholarship. Apply by the 1 November 2026 Early Action deadline for Fall 2027 entry, and offers land by mid-March 2027.
Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship 2027 - $78,000 Stipend
The Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship 2027 gives scholars, scientists, writers and artists nine months in Cambridge to finish an ambitious project, on a stipend of $78,000 plus $5,000 for project expenses. Fellows take up a full-time Harvard appointment as visiting fellows, get an office or studio in Byerly Hall, full Harvard Library access, and funded Harvard undergraduate research partners. Applications for the 2027-2028 year close 10 September 2026 at 5pm ET for the humanities, social sciences, creative arts, nonfiction and journalism, and 1 October 2026 for science, engineering and mathematics. Results go out by the end of March 2027, and the residency runs 1 September 2027 to 31 May 2028.
NPGH Global Health Fellowship 2027 - $67,824 Stipend
The NPGH Global Health Fellowship 2027 is a 12-month, NIH-funded research training year abroad, run by the Northern Pacific Global Health LEADERs consortium as part of the Fogarty International Center LAUNCH programme. Postdoctoral Fellows get a living stipend of $67,824 and $10,000 in research funds; predoctoral Scholars get $28,224 and $7,500. Health insurance, travel to and from the research site and an NIH orientation in Bethesda are all covered. You spend the year full-time at an approved site in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Cameroon, Peru, Thailand, Nepal or India with a mentor team on both ends. Applications for the 2027-2028 year close 15 September 2026 at 5pm Pacific, and fellowships begin 1 July 2027.
Yale Tobin Pre-Doctoral Fellows Program 2027 - Paid Predoc
The Yale Tobin Pre-Doctoral Fellows Program 2027 puts people with a bachelor's or master's degree into salaried, full-time research jobs at Yale for one to two years before they apply to a PhD in economics. Fellows are appointed as Postgraduate Associates, work under one or more named faculty mentors on a specific project, audit or take a Yale course each semester, and sit in a cohort of roughly 70 pre-docs. Yale sponsors J-1 visas for international fellows. There is no fixed deadline: projects are posted through the winter and reviewed on a rolling basis until each one is filled, with most positions starting in July to catch the multi-day orientation.
NIU Political Science Scholarship 2027 - Awards & Funding
The NIU Political Science Scholarship 2027 is the funding the Department of Political Science at Northern Illinois University puts in front of its own students, from named undergraduate scholarships awarded through the MyScholarships portal to graduate assistantships worth at least $14,000 a year for doctoral students. Undergraduates are matched to political science awards by filing one general application, which opens 15 November 2026 with a priority deadline of 31 January 2027. Graduate applicants apply to the MA or PhD by 15 January and are considered for assistantship support in the spring. Six named departmental graduate awards, including the Martin David Dubin Memorial Scholarship and the $1,000 Russell W. Smith Memorial Endowment, close on 1 March.
Amazon Tax Internship 2027 - 12 Weeks Paid in Seattle
Amazon's Global Tax team takes summer interns into real compliance and reporting work rather than shadowing, and the 2027 posting is live now. You spend 12 weeks between May and September 2027 in Seattle, working 40 hours a week across areas like US federal income tax reporting, cross-border withholding tax, state and local tax, US international tax and ASC 740 provision reporting, and you own a project end to end. Amazon lists starting pay for the Seattle role at $80,200 to $92,800 annualised, with benefits including 401(k) matching from day one and relocation assistance if you are eligible. The eligibility is narrow and specific: you must be enrolled in an accounting bachelor's or dual degree programme, preferably on a tax track, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028. One line ends most applications: Amazon states it is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
ACI Foundation Scholarship 2026 - $5,000 to $10,000
The ACI Foundation funds students heading into the concrete industry, and it runs more than thirty named awards through one shared student application portal with one set of core requirements. Scholarship recipients get a $5,000 educational stipend for tuition, residence, books and materials. Fellowship recipients get $10,000 plus paid travel to two ACI Conventions. Two Middle East awards sit alongside them at $7,000 and $5,000 with regional travel and certification included. The window is open now: applications opened on 1 July 2026 and close on 1 November 2026, with no late applications accepted. What you submit is compact but strict, a resume, a 500-word essay on your long-term career interest in concrete, official transcripts sent by the institution rather than by you, and two endorsements of which at least one must come from an ACI member. Fellowship finalists are interviewed in person at the spring ACI Concrete Convention, with travel paid.