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.
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.