USA Scholarships
January Scholarship Deadlines
January Deadlines
Scholarships and programmes with application deadlines in January. January tends to be a busy month for research council PhD studentships and for European masters awards starting the following autumn, so plan ahead and bookmark this page when the next cycle opens.
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.
IEEE-USA Government Fellowship 2027 - $100,000 in DC
IEEE-USA has been sending engineers to Washington since 1973, and more than 150 of its US members have now spent a year advising Congress or the State Department. Fellows get a stipend of $95,000 plus a $5,000 relocation allowance, paid in two lump sums, and run from 1 September to 31 August. Three tracks are open: the Congressional Fellowship, the Congressional Electric Grid Policy Fellowship, and the Engineering and Diplomacy Fellowship at the US Department of State. Eligibility is narrow and specific. You need a PhD, or a master's plus five years of full-time professional experience, you must be a US citizen, and you must be an IEEE member in good standing. You also have to live in Washington for the year, because the work cannot be done remotely. Application materials for the 2027-2028 year have not been posted yet, and the previous cycle closed in early January.
Yale University Scholarship 2027 - Need-Based Aid
The Yale Scholarship is the grant that sits at the centre of every Yale College financial aid offer, and the average one runs $75,220 a year. You never apply for it separately and you never pay it back. Yale reads first-year applications need-blind for every applicant anywhere in the world, then meets 100% of demonstrated need with grants rather than loans, regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Families earning under $100,000 with typical assets are usually asked to pay nothing at all, and that offer covers tuition, fees, housing, food and travel, plus hospitalization insurance and a $2,000 start-up grant in the first year. Under $200,000 and tuition alone is normally covered. The gate is admission: Single-Choice Early Action and QuestBridge close 1 November 2026, Regular Decision 2 January 2027, with financial aid documents following on their own priority dates.
UoPeople Scholarships 2027 - Tuition-Free US Degrees
University of the People is an accredited American online university that charges no tuition and no money for textbooks or course materials. What it does charge is a one-time $60 application fee and an assessment fee at the end of every course: $180 for undergraduate courses, $430 for M.Ed. courses and $490 for MBA and MS-IT courses. A full bachelor's degree comes to $7,260 and an MBA to $5,940. UoPeople scholarships exist to cover those fees, funded by partners including SAP, Intel, the Algorand Foundation and the Simone Biles Legacy Scholarship Fund, alongside country and refugee funds. There is no scholarship deadline. You apply for admission first, and once accepted you request a scholarship from the funding page in the Student Portal, where money is granted first-come, first-served and applied to your assessment fees until it runs out.
Northwestern University Scholarship 2027 - 100% Need Met
The Northwestern University Scholarship 2027 is the need-based grant Northwestern awards undergraduates entering in Fall 2027, and it is gift aid you never repay. Northwestern says plainly that it does not award scholarships based on academic merit, so every dollar turns on demonstrated need. The university meets 100 per cent of that need and packages no loans at all. Most families earning under $150,000 attend tuition-free, and most earning under $70,000 attend at no cost. Around half of all undergraduates hold a Northwestern University Scholarship, and more than $250 million went into undergraduate aid last year against a 2026-27 on-campus budget of $99,375. Apply for admission by 1 November 2026 for Early Decision or 4 January 2027 for Regular Decision, with aid forms due 1 December 2026 and 1 February 2027.
Brown University Scholarships 2027 - Need-Based Aid
Brown University Scholarships 2027 are the need-based awards Brown gives undergraduates entering in Fall 2027, and every dollar is gift aid that you never repay. Brown meets 100 per cent of demonstrated financial need for every admitted undergraduate and packages no loans at all under the Brown Promise. Families earning under $60,000 a year with assets under $100,000 pay nothing towards tuition, fees, housing or meals. Families earning up to $125,000 with typical assets have full tuition covered, worth $74,568 at the 2026-27 rate against a total cost of attendance of $99,984. Brown offers no merit, academic or athletic scholarships, so the whole award turns on the CSS Profile and the FAFSA. Apply for admission by 1 November 2026 for Early Decision or 5 January 2027 for Regular Decision, with aid forms due 2 November 2026 and 1 February 2027.