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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.
National College Match Scholarship 2027 - QuestBridge
The National College Match Scholarship is QuestBridge's route to a full four-year ride at one of 55 selective US colleges, from Harvard and Stanford to Pomona and Rice. You apply once, for free, and rank up to 15 partners. If a college picks you, the scholarship covers tuition, housing, food, books and travel with no loans and no parental contribution. Applications for fall 2027 entry close on 1 October 2026.
World Bank Treasury Internship 2027 - Paid Summer in DC
The World Bank Treasury Internship 2027 is a paid ten-week summer programme in Washington, DC for college students in the second-to-last year of a four-year degree who graduate between December 2027 and September 2028. Interns rotate through three of Treasury's 17 teams, earn $22.70 an hour net (non-US citizens) or $27.70 an hour gross (US citizens) for 400 hours, and can be offered a two-year Junior Analyst role afterwards. Any nationality can apply, and the World Bank sponsors the visa if you need one. Applications close on 30 September 2026 at 11:59 pm UTC.
FSU Humanities Center Fellowship 2027 - $1,000 Stipend
The FSU Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellowship gives up to 15 Florida State juniors and seniors a $1,000 research stipend, faculty-led workshops and a slot at the Undergraduate Humanities Symposium. The 2026-2027 round closed on 3 September 2026, and the 2027-2028 call is expected around early September 2027.
WACA Student Scholars Program 2026 - Free DC Conference
The WACA Student Scholars Program 2026 sends 25 undergraduates to the World Affairs Councils of America National Conference in Washington, DC, from 17 to 20 November 2026, at no cost to the student. WACA pays for conference registration, room and board, and gives each nominating Council $1,250 toward the scholar's travel and lodging. You cannot apply cold: one of WACA's 90 member Councils has to pick you as its single nominee first. You must be an undergraduate aged 18 or older at a local college or university, and students at schools in the Greater Washington DC area are excluded. Nominations and student applications close on Friday 25 September 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT.
Do Good Accelerator Fellowship 2027 - $2,000 Stipend
The Do Good Accelerator Fellowship is an 8-week, paid program at the University of Maryland, College Park for students whose social impact project is already running. Fellows get one-on-one coaching, skills workshops, workspace in Thurgood Marshall Hall and a $2,000 stipend on completion in fall or spring. The Fall 2026 round closes 14 September 2026, and the Spring 2027 round is expected to open in January with a mid-February deadline.
Supporting STEM Scholarship 2027 - $1,000 USA Award
The Supporting STEM Scholarship is a $1,000 annual award from HoshizakiIceMaker.com, hosted by B & G Refrigeration in Jacksonville, Florida, for US students studying science, technology, engineering or mathematics. One winner is chosen each year and the money is split evenly between the fall and spring semesters, paid straight to the school's financial aid office. Undergraduates already enrolled and high school seniors heading to a four-year accredited US university can both apply. The 2027 cycle closes on 30 June 2027, with the winner named in late July.
University of Florida Scholarship 2027 - Up to $80,000
The University of Florida Scholarship 2027 is the set of merit awards UF hands to admitted freshmen with no separate application. Presidential awards run $5,000, $8,000 or $10,000 a year, and out-of-state tuition waivers run up to $20,000 a year through the Gator Nation Scholarship, worth $80,000 across four years. Alongside them sit the invitation-only John V. Lombardi and Stamps scholarships for Honors admits, the need-based Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars package, and a $500 National Merit award. Roughly one in ten admitted freshmen gets a merit scholarship. Apply by the 1 November 2026 Early Action deadline for Fall 2027 entry, and offers land by mid-March 2027.
Yale Tobin Pre-Doctoral Fellows Program 2027 - Paid Predoc
The Yale Tobin Pre-Doctoral Fellows Program 2027 puts people with a bachelor's or master's degree into salaried, full-time research jobs at Yale for one to two years before they apply to a PhD in economics. Fellows are appointed as Postgraduate Associates, work under one or more named faculty mentors on a specific project, audit or take a Yale course each semester, and sit in a cohort of roughly 70 pre-docs. Yale sponsors J-1 visas for international fellows. There is no fixed deadline: projects are posted through the winter and reviewed on a rolling basis until each one is filled, with most positions starting in July to catch the multi-day orientation.
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.
Amazon Tax Internship 2027 - 12 Weeks Paid in Seattle
Amazon's Global Tax team takes summer interns into real compliance and reporting work rather than shadowing, and the 2027 posting is live now. You spend 12 weeks between May and September 2027 in Seattle, working 40 hours a week across areas like US federal income tax reporting, cross-border withholding tax, state and local tax, US international tax and ASC 740 provision reporting, and you own a project end to end. Amazon lists starting pay for the Seattle role at $80,200 to $92,800 annualised, with benefits including 401(k) matching from day one and relocation assistance if you are eligible. The eligibility is narrow and specific: you must be enrolled in an accounting bachelor's or dual degree programme, preferably on a tax track, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028. One line ends most applications: Amazon states it is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
ACI Foundation Scholarship 2026 - $5,000 to $10,000
The ACI Foundation funds students heading into the concrete industry, and it runs more than thirty named awards through one shared student application portal with one set of core requirements. Scholarship recipients get a $5,000 educational stipend for tuition, residence, books and materials. Fellowship recipients get $10,000 plus paid travel to two ACI Conventions. Two Middle East awards sit alongside them at $7,000 and $5,000 with regional travel and certification included. The window is open now: applications opened on 1 July 2026 and close on 1 November 2026, with no late applications accepted. What you submit is compact but strict, a resume, a 500-word essay on your long-term career interest in concrete, official transcripts sent by the institution rather than by you, and two endorsements of which at least one must come from an ACI member. Fellowship finalists are interviewed in person at the spring ACI Concrete Convention, with travel paid.
Michigan AI Explorers Program 2027 - PhD Prep Mentorship
The Michigan Artificial Intelligence Lab runs the AI Explorers Program to get talented pre-doctoral students into top PhD programmes, and it is built around output rather than lectures. Over six to nine months you work on mentored research with a weekly meeting, present progress at monthly cohort sessions, and attend monthly or bimonthly ACL mentorship sessions on research skills, career pathways and graduate admissions. You leave with two concrete things: one research paper ready to submit to a workshop, conference or journal, and a full graduate school application package covering statement of purpose, CV and research statement. Mentors are junior faculty, postdocs, senior PhD students and industry researchers, each taking one or two students. Applicants must be 18 or older by the start date, with preference for final-year Bachelor's and MS students. The 2026 round is closed and applications reopen in late 2026.