USA Scholarships
Partial Funding Scholarship Guides
Partial Funding Scholarships
Not every scholarship covers 100% of your costs, but partial funding can still make a huge difference. The scholarships listed here cover a significant share of tuition or living expenses, reducing what you need to pay out of pocket.
Capital University Scholarship 2027 - $80,000 Award
Capital University in Columbus, Ohio hands every admitted full-time undergraduate the Main Street Scholarship, a minimum $80,000 applied over four years, which works out at $20,000 a year for up to eight semesters. On top of that sits the Capital Merit Scholarship, a stackable award set purely by weighted high school GPA and worth $2,000 to $8,000 a year, so a first-year student lands somewhere between $22,000 and $28,000 a year before need-based aid is added. There is no separate scholarship form. Your admission application is the scholarship application, and the offer letter arrives on the day you are admitted. Transfer students get their own GPA ladder up to $25,000, international students start at $29,000 a year, and Ohio residents under a $60,000 household income with a 3.5 GPA can reach full tuition and fees through the Capital Gateway Scholarship.
Harvard Free Online Courses 2027 - Audit 129 Courses
Harvard free online courses are gathered on one page of Harvard's Professional and Lifelong Learning site, where the free filter currently returns 129 online courses priced at $0. They come from across the university, with 48 from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 24 from the T.H. Chan School of Public Health and 22 from the engineering school, and they span 11 subject areas from Humanities to Data Science. There is no application, no committee and no closing date, because 125 of the 129 are open to start any day. The teaching is what costs nothing. On most of them a verified certificate is a paid extra, sampled between $149 and $299, and CS50 is the notable exception that hands out a free certificate of its own.
FIU DBA Scholarship 2027 - $8,000 One-Time Award
The Florida International University Doctorate in Business Administration Scholarship is a one-time $8,000 award from FIU''s Chapman Graduate School of Business, scoped to College of Business graduate students. It goes only to people who have just been admitted to the DBA program and have not yet started classes, so applicants and enrolled students are both shut out. FIU asks for a minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA in upper division undergraduate coursework and an aid-eligible immigration or residency status, which means US citizens, permanent residents and holders of other aid-eligible visa status. The money is split across the Fall and Spring terms of one academic year. The 2026-27 round closed on 26 July 2026 and FIU has not yet posted the next one.
FBI Honors Internship 2028 - Paid Summer Program
The FBI Honors Internship Program (HIP) is a paid, full-time internship that runs from June to August at FBI Headquarters, field offices across the United States and Puerto Rico, and the satellite campuses in Quantico, Huntsville and Pocatello. Interns are paid on the federal General Schedule, GS-5 for those who hold a bachelor's degree and are enrolled full-time in a graduate program, GS-4 for every other full-time student. Applicants must be US citizens, attend a US-accredited college or university full-time, hold and keep a 3.0 cumulative GPA, and pass the full FBI background investigation for a Top Secret clearance. The FBI states that 60 percent of interns receive a full-time job offer after graduation. The 2027 cycle closed on 5 March 2026 and the 2028 cycle dates have not been announced.
Google Cybersecurity Course 2027 - Certificate Guide
The Google Cybersecurity Course 2027 is the Google Cybersecurity Certificate, an eight-course professional programme built by Google security teams and taught on Coursera. It takes most people about six months at seven hours a week, assumes no degree and no prior experience, and ends with a shareable certificate plus preparation for the CompTIA Security+ exam. It is not free: Coursera charges $49 per month in the US and Canada after a 7-day free trial, so finishing inside six months costs most learners under $300. Financial aid is available on the page for anyone who cannot pay. Enrolment is open every day of the year with no application, no deadline and no selection round.
CSIS Internships 2027 - Paid Policy Research in DC
The Center for Strategic and International Studies runs paid internships in Washington, DC across its research programs, in the fall, spring and summer terms, for undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates. Interns are paid by the hour on a published scale of $18.40 for current undergraduates, $19.40 for hires holding a bachelor's degree and $20.40 for hires holding a master's, and they join the programming of the Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy alongside roughly 200 other interns a year. There is no single application and no single cutoff. Each program posts its own intern role on the CSIS careers portal, and the pattern CSIS publishes is February postings for the summer term, July for the fall term and October for the spring term. Work authorisation in the United States is the hard gate, since CSIS does not sponsor visas for interns, and housing is not provided.
Georgia Mining Foundation Scholarship 2027 - $500-$4,000
The Georgia Mining Foundation runs three separate scholarship tracks for Georgia students and hands out more than $40,000 a year between them. High school seniors heading to an accredited Georgia college can apply for a $500 award or one of the larger $1,000 awards, students heading to one of Georgia's technical colleges have their own $500 programme, and one senior a year wins the Endowment scholarship worth $1,000 a year across four years. Everything goes in the post on paper. The Foundation does not accept electronic copies, and the packet has to be postmarked by the deadline. The 2026 cycle closed in March 2026, and the 2027 packets are expected on the same page later in the year.
Harvard University MBA Scholarship 2027 - 75% of Tuition
The Harvard University MBA Scholarship is funded by the Boustany Foundation and granted once every two years to a single candidate joining Harvard Business School. It pays 75% of tuition fees and covers travel, accommodation and food for a compulsory two-month internship at the Foundation's office in Monaco. You can only apply once Harvard Business School has offered you a place, and the Foundation asks for a CV with a photograph, official GMAT scores and your acceptance letter. The next award goes to the class commencing Autumn 2027, with candidacies closing on 31 May 2027 and the winner named during June 2027.
NIAF Scholarship 2027 - $2,500 to $12,000 Awards
The NIAF Scholarship is the National Italian American Foundation's annual award programme for Italian American students at US colleges and universities. Individual awards run from $2,500 to $12,000, and the Foundation says it has put over $10,000,000 into scholarships since it was founded. One application matches you to every fund you qualify for, from business and STEM awards to funds for music, law, Italian studies and students from particular states. You need an active NIAF membership, a 3.5 GPA, US citizenship or permanent resident status, and full-time enrollment for Fall 2027. The application reopens on 1 December 2026 and closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on 1 March 2027.
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.
NRF Founders Engineering Scholarship 2027 - $13,000
The NRF Founders Engineering Scholarship is the Natural Refrigeration Foundation's award for undergraduate engineering students heading into the natural refrigeration industry. Applications for the 2027-2028 academic year are open now and close on 31 January 2027, with recipients expected to be announced in June 2027. A junior-year award pays $4,000 in two installments of $2,000. The senior-year award pays $9,000 in two installments of $4,500 for recipients who attended IIAR's Annual Natural Refrigeration Conference and Expo in the spring of their junior year, or $4,000 for those who did not, which puts the full package at up to $13,000 of tuition assistance. Funds go straight to your college. The award also covers conference registration, coach airfare, lodging and meals, and puts you in front of the people who hire in this field.
Iowa State University Scholarship 2027 - Up to $40,000
The Iowa State University Scholarship most international undergraduates chase is the International Merit Scholarship, awarded to first-year and transfer students assessed international tuition rates. First-year students can receive an Award of Achievement worth $5,000 to $10,000 a year, up to $40,000 across eight semesters, or an Award of Distinction worth $2,000 to $4,000 a year. Transfer students have their own smaller ladder that runs up to $20,000 over five semesters. Unlike the automatic International Student Excellence Award, the Merit Scholarship needs the OneApp scholarship application, and the Fall 2027 priority date for first-year applicants is 15 February 2027.