USA Scholarships
February Scholarship Deadlines
February Deadlines
Scholarships and programmes with application deadlines in February. Some deadlines pass quickly, so bookmark this page to check back when the next cycle opens.
NPPF Still & Multimedia Scholarship 2027 - USA
The NPPF Still and Multimedia Scholarship, officially the Mary Lou Foy Still and Multimedia Scholarship, supports undergraduate and graduate photojournalism students who excel at still photography and multimedia storytelling at accredited four-year U.S. colleges. You apply once through the National Press Photographers Foundation Picter competition with a portfolio, professor recommendation, and CV essays. The 2027 cycle is expected to open in early December 2026 and close in early February 2027, with a $2,500 award paid to your bursar account or by check.
Kit C. King Graduate Scholarship 2027 - NPPF
The Kit C. King Graduate Scholarship, awarded through the National Press Photographers Foundation King/Lott fund, supports graduate students with talent in photojournalism who need financial help to continue study at an accredited four-year U.S. college or university. You apply once through the unified NPPF Picter competition with a portfolio, professor recommendation, and CV essays. The 2027 cycle is expected to open in early December 2026 and close in early February 2027, with a $2,500 award paid to your bursar account or by check.
TheDream.US National Scholarship 2027 - Up to $33,000
TheDream.US National Scholarship helps first-generation immigrant students with or without DACA or TPS pay for an associate or bachelor's degree at a Partner College. Awards cover tuition and fees up to $33,000 for a bachelor's or $8,250 for an associate degree, plus up to $6,000 for books, supplies, and transportation. Applicants need to have arrived in the US before age 16 and before November 1, 2020, hold a 2.5+ GPA, show significant unmet need, and cannot be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant. The 2026-27 round opens November 1, 2026 and closes February 28, 2027.
STC Scholarships 2027 - Society for Technical Communication
STC Scholarships from the Society for Technical Communication support undergraduate and graduate students who study technical communication, professional writing, UX content, or related fields. Up to four $500 awards (two undergraduate and two graduate) are granted annually, and winners may attend the STC Summit with complimentary registration. Apply through the STC scholarship page at stc.org with essays, two recommendations, and a transcript; the typical deadline is 15 February. Some databases incorrectly list lochgroup.com as the sponsor URL, but the authoritative source is STC in Arlington, Virginia.
SME Education Foundation Scholarship 2027 - $20,000
The SME Education Foundation Scholarship Program uses one online application to match graduating high school seniors and current college students with more than 60 manufacturing-focused awards. Eligible majors include associate and bachelor programs in engineering, technology, and other fields that feed advanced manufacturing. Awards typically range from $2,500 to $20,000, with merit and need-based options and some renewable packages. The 2027-2028 cycle is expected to open 1 November 2026 and close 1 February 2027 at scholarships.smeef.org, following the annual November-through-February window on smeef.org.
BCCC Workforce Creation Scholarship 2026 - Maryland
Baltimore City Community College launched Workforce Creation Scholarships to steer Baltimore City residents into high-demand degree, certificate, and workforce-shortage programs, covering tuition, fees, and books for eligible students who demonstrate financial need. Apply through the BCCC Foundation AcademicWorks portal; spring 2026 foundation applications are due 13 February 2026.
Nila Banton Smith Dissemination Grant 2027
The Nila Banton Smith Research Dissemination Support Grant from the International Literacy Association (ILA) awards up to $5,000 to members who turn literacy research into resources for educators, such as literature reviews, meta-analyses, monographs, or similar dissemination projects. Funds can support project expenses including limited salary support, and the work must finish within one year of the award. Applicants submit through ILA''s ScholarOne awards system. ILA''s 2027 awards cycle uses a 1 February 2027 submission deadline for grants listed on literacyworldwide.org.
UNDP Internship Programme 2027 - New York HQ Stipend
The UNDP Internship Programme places students and recent graduates inside United Nations Development Programme teams for six weeks to six months, and the New York headquarters is one of its duty stations. Past headquarters calls have covered UN system affairs, corporate and institutional law, programmes and projects law, and policy and advocacy on climate and security risk. Unlike several other UN internships, this one pays: an in-person intern who is not funded by a university, government, foundation or scholarship receives a monthly stipend set for the duty station, calculated as 45 per cent of the lowest level of the local NPSA salary scale. UNDP pays nothing else. Travel, visas, passports, accommodation, living costs and medical insurance are all yours. Vacancies appear on the UNDP Job Page through the year at post level IN, with no annual application round.
Tiffin University Dragon Flight Fellowship 2027
The Dragon Flight Fellowship is Tiffin University's four-year drone technology honors track in Tiffin, Ohio. Fellows earn FAA Part 107 certification in year one, then work real missions with the Ohio EPA, the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Seneca County Sheriff and Tiffin Fire/Rescue before finishing with a capstone project. The fellowship itself pays no separate stipend. It is an honors experience layered on top of a Tiffin merit scholarship, which runs from $13,000 to $20,000 a year for 2027-2028, and you must already hold one to be eligible. Applications close February 1.
Fulbright Foreign Student Program 2028 - Fully Funded
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program brings graduate students, young professionals and artists from more than 160 countries to the United States to take a master's or doctorate, or to run a research stay. The US Department of State funds it, IIE and AMIDEAST administer it, and roughly 4,000 grants go out every year. The grant carries J-1 visa sponsorship with the DS-2019 issued by IIE, funding toward tuition and living costs, a health benefit plan and enrichment activities, though the exact package is set country by country. There is no global application: you apply to the binational Fulbright Commission or the US Embassy in your own country, and each one publishes its own deadline. Indonesia closes on 15 February every year, Spain ran its last call from 15 January to 14 April.
NASA JPL Year-Round Internship 2027 - Paid STEM
The NASA JPL Year-Round Internship Program pays undergraduate and graduate STEM students to work on Lab at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the academic year and over the summer, with part-time and full-time terms offered all year. There is no single closing date. JPL accepts applications continuously, keeps each one active in its system for eight months, and lets mentors search that pool when they have a project to staff. Participants get a weekly monetary award, and full-time in-person interns whose university sits more than 50 miles from JPL also get a housing and travel allowance. The programme is open to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents enrolled at accredited U.S. universities, with a 3.0 GPA minimum and 3.5 preferred, and your first term has to run 10 weeks or more.
Harry S. Truman Scholarship 2027 - $30,000 Award
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship is the federal memorial to the thirty-third President and the best known graduate award in the USA for students headed into public service. Scholars receive up to $30,000 toward a graduate or professional degree, a required Leadership Week in Missouri, an optional summer in Washington DC, and a direct hiring authority with the federal government. You apply in your junior year, through your campus, and the Foundation picks one Scholar from each state plus up to 15 at-large Scholars. Nominations for the 2027 competition are due by 11:59 p.m. in your own time zone on 2 February 2027.