USA Scholarships
Fully Funded Scholarship Guides
Fully Funded Scholarships & Fellowships
Every guide listed here covers an opportunity that pays for tuition, living costs, or both. No partial funding. These scholarships and fellowships handle the major expenses so you can focus on your studies or research.
Hoover Fellowship 2027 - $169,950+ Salary at Stanford
The Hoover Fellowship is a salaried research post at the Hoover Institution on the Stanford University campus, running one to three years with no teaching load. The 12-month base salary range is $169,950 to $230,000 plus a $20,000 annual housing allowance. Applications for the 2026-2027 round close at 11:59 PM PT on 17 November 2026.
NITMB Fellows Program 2027 - 3-Year Chicago Fellowship
The NITMB Fellows Program gives early-career researchers three years in Chicago to build mathematics and theory around biological questions, with a salary, research and travel stipends, an office in the John Hancock Center, and no teaching load. Applications run through MathJobs from 1 September 2026 and close on 15 November 2026 for full consideration.
Weinstein JAMS Fellowship 2027 - Up to $20,000
The Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship sends dispute resolution professionals from outside the United States to spend one to four months in the USA, learning from American mediators, courts and universities before taking that knowledge home. The JAMS Foundation approves awards of up to $20,000 per fellow. Applicants may not be citizens of the United States. The 2027 cycle closes on 6 November 2026.
Cornell University Scholarship 2027 - Full Need Met
The Cornell University Scholarship is the grant sitting inside every Cornell financial aid offer, and you never apply for it on its own. Cornell meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for all eligible undergraduates, and nearly 50% of undergraduates receive a Cornell grant that is never repaid. Families earning up to $75,000 with typical assets get grants, scholarships and work-study covering the full cost of attendance, with zero expected parent contribution and no loans. Up to $125,000 and tuition is covered. There is no merit aid and no athletic scholarship at Cornell, so admission is the only gate. For autumn 2027 entry, Early Decision closes 1 November 2026 and Regular Decision 2 January 2027, with the CSS Profile opening on 1 October 2026. International students are eligible and have 100% of need met, but admission for them is need-aware rather than need-blind.
University of Miami Stamps Scholarship 2027 - Full Ride
The Stamps Scholarship is the biggest award the University of Miami hands out, and it is a genuine full ride rather than a tuition discount. It covers tuition and fees, on-campus housing, a meal plan, University health insurance, textbooks and a laptop allowance for eight semesters, ten if you are in a five-year degree programme, and it adds a $12,000 enrichment fund that you direct yourself towards research, study abroad or internships. With the 2026-27 cost of attendance sitting at $98,872 for a student living on campus, the package is worth close to $400,000 across four years. There is no separate scholarship form. The catch is the admission plan: only students admitted through Early Decision I or Early Action, both closing 1 November 2026, are considered, and unlike several other UM premier awards this one is open to every first-year applicant regardless of citizenship.
Gabelli Presidential Scholarship 2027 - Full Tuition
The Gabelli Presidential Scholarship is the largest merit award Boston College gives an incoming freshman: full tuition for four years, funded summer programs, and a place in the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program that has run since 1991. Around 18 students are invited each year, and 74 are enrolled across the four class years. There is no separate scholarship application. You apply to BC for first-year admission by the priority scholarship deadline of 1 November 2026, and every application filed by that date is considered automatically, whether you choose Early Decision I, Early Decision II or Regular Decision. International students are eligible. BC sets no minimum GPA or test score, though selected scholars usually sit in the top 1 to 2 percent of the national freshman applicant pool.
Duke Karsh International Scholarship 2027 - Fully Funded
The Duke Karsh International Scholarship is the full-ride award Duke University gives to international students entering as first-years, and it is one of the few US undergraduate scholarships that pays the whole cost of attendance for four years. It covers tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, any demonstrated need above those costs, and three summers of funding for research, unpaid internships and other work that pushes your academic plans forward. Duke named 10 Karsh Scholars from 10 countries in the Class of 2030, part of 43 merit scholars in total. There is no separate scholarship application. You apply to Duke for first-year admission, tick the financial aid interest box, file the CSS Profile, and the Office of University Scholars and Fellows picks the scholars from the admitted international pool. Early Decision closes 2 November 2026 and Regular Decision 4 January 2027 for Fall 2027 entry.
Hertz Fellowship 2027 - Up to $250,000 for a PhD
The Hertz Fellowship is the hardest doctoral award in American science to win and one of the most generous. Fellows get up to five years of support worth as much as $250,000: a $38,000 nine-month personal stipend, the full tuition equivalent at any of more than 50 US universities, and $5,000 a year more if they have dependent children. It is open only to US citizens and permanent residents heading into or just starting a PhD in the applied physical and biological sciences, mathematics or engineering. The 2027 application opened on 31 August 2026 and closes on 30 October 2026, with references due 2 November. Nineteen fellows were chosen from more than 1,450 applicants last cycle.
NASA Hubble Fellowship Program 2027 - $87,500
The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program funds 24 new astrophysics postdocs for the 2027 class, paying $87,500 in year one at a US host institution of your choice, with up to three years of support, a $21,000 research budget and health insurance. Open to any nationality. Applications close 28 October 2026.
Boeing Internship 2027 - Paid 10-12 Week US Program
Boeing runs one of the largest paid internship programmes in US aerospace, and the Summer 2027 postings are live now across engineering, business, supply chain, finance, human resources, IT and data analytics. Placements run full-time for 10 to 12 weeks between mid-May and September, at more than 30 US sites from Everett and Seattle to Arlington, Saint Charles, Huntsville, Wichita and Oklahoma City. Eligibility is short and strict: you must be a currently enrolled college or university student with an expected graduation date on or after August 2027, and you must be free to work full-time for the whole block. Two lines decide most applications. Boeing will not sponsor an employment visa for these roles, and export control rules mean many of them require US Person status. Summer 2027 postings state that applications will be accepted until 23 October 2026.
Stanford Science Fellowship 2027 - $98,000 Stipend
The Stanford Science Fellowship pays early-career natural scientists a $98,000 annual stipend for three years of postdoctoral research at Stanford, plus up to $10,000 a year for research and up to $2,500 for relocation. Open to all nationalities. Apply through Academic Jobs Online by 16 October 2026.
Big Ten Smithsonian Fellowship 2027 - $45,000 Stipend
The Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship pays PhD candidates at BTAA universities a $45,000 yearly stipend, prorated, plus up to $5,000 for research to spend 3 to 12 months at the Smithsonian with a staff advisor. Tenure starts between June 2027 and May 2028. Apply through SOLAA by 15 October 2026.