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Guides for funded bachelor's degree programmes for international students. Each guide covers eligibility, documents, benefits, and the full application process so you know exactly what to do.
Netflix Internship Program 2027 - Paid 12-Week Roles
Netflix runs a paid summer internship program in the United States, India, Poland and Japan, built around a 12-week placement that embeds you in a team rather than parking you on a side project. Most openings sit in Engineering and Data and Insights, with others across Content, Finance and Strategy, Marketing and Program Management. Netflix states the pay range on its own postings: the market range for internships is typically $40 to $85 an hour on the current Winter 2027 listings, quoted as total compensation. Eligibility is short. You must be enrolled at a university studying for a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree, and the program is meant for students going back to school for at least a semester afterwards. There is no closing date. Roles post from mid-August to early September and the intern recruiting season runs to the end of March, with applications reviewed as they arrive.
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.
American University EGLS Scholarship 2027 - Fully Funded
The American University EGLS Scholarship 2027 (AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship) covers all billable AU expenses, meaning full tuition, room and board, for two international students entering American University in Washington DC in Fall 2027. The award is renewable across four years of undergraduate study and is open to students in every major AU offers. Alongside the two full awards, AU offers up to eight AU EGL Partial Scholarships worth up to US $40,000 per year, drawn from the same applicant pool with no separate form. Applicants must need an F-1 or J-1 visa; US citizens, permanent residents and US dual citizens cannot apply. The Common Application and the AU EGLS essays are both due 15 January 2027.
Citadel Travel Grant 2026 - Fully Funded Conferences
The Citadel Conference Travel Grant sends students in quantitative fields to the world's top technical conferences with the bill paid. Citadel buys the full-access conference pass, books round-trip airfare and lodging through its own travel agency, hands out Uber vouchers for the airport and the week, and adds a meal stipend on top. Grace Hopper is the one exception, where the pass itself is not part of the grant. Eligible conferences run from Grace Hopper and NeurIPS to ICML, ICLR, ACL and the Global Physics Summit, and you can apply to as many as you like. The application is unusually light: an email address and a resume. For the 2026 round, Grace Hopper in Anaheim closes 25 September 2026 and NeurIPS in Sydney closes 5 October 2026. Citadel publishes no cash figure for the grant and there are no post-conference obligations.
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.
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.
FAO Schwarz Fellowship 2027 - $105K-$115K Over 2 Years
The FAO Schwarz Fellowship is a paid two-year post-graduate role at a nonprofit host organisation in Boston, New York City or Philadelphia. Fellows starting in summer 2027 receive total compensation of roughly $115,000 in Boston and New York or $105,000 in Philadelphia, plus the same benefits as entry-level staff at their host. Applications for the 2027-2029 cycle open on 1 November 2026 and close at 9:00 PM ET on 1 February 2027. You must be a college senior graduating between November 2026 and summer 2027 from an accredited four-year institution, and you must already be able to work in the United States, because host organisations cannot sponsor work visas.
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.
Berea College Scholarship 2027 - No Tuition, Fully Funded
Berea College charges no student tuition, and has not done so since 1892. Every admitted student receives the Tuition Promise Scholarship, which covers whatever tuition is left after federal, state, institutional and private aid has been applied. Tuition is listed at $56,900 for 2026-2027, and Berea funds as much of the $5,000 housing and $4,142 food charge as your FAFSA allows, which is why 85 per cent of the fall 2025 class paid nothing at all. From Fall 2027, the intake this guide covers, Berea guarantees 100 per cent of tuition, housing, food, fees and supplies for every enrolled student with no loans. Admission is restricted to students with high financial need and strong academic promise, and every student works at least 10 hours a week in the Labor Program.
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.
Alabama Presidential Scholarship 2027 - $28,000/Year
The Alabama Presidential Scholarship is the second-highest automatic merit award at The University of Alabama, and you never fill in a separate form for it. Out-of-state and international freshmen entering in 2027 get $28,000 per year on a 3.50 GPA with a 32 to 36 ACT or a 1420 to 1600 SAT. Alabama residents qualify a tier lower, from a 30 ACT or a 1360 SAT, and their award is the value of tuition rather than a fixed sum. The UA Undergraduate App doubles as the scholarship application, and the priority deadline for Summer and Fall 2027 entry is 4 December 2026.