Please keep in mind that this selection of scholarships and fellowships is not comprehensive. To learn about more opportunities, use the searchable database GrantsNet available through the American Association for the Advancement for Science web site. GrantsNet will help you find funds for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education.

Advancing Hispanic Excellence in Technology, Engineering, Math, and Science (AHETEMS) Scholarship Program is designed to enhance and achieve the potential of Latino students pursuing degrees in engineering, math and science. Merit-based and need-based scholarships are awarded, in the amount of $1,000 - $5,000, to deserving Latino/a high school graduating seniors, undergraduate students, and graduate students who demonstrate both significant motivation and aptitude for a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

American Geological Institute Minority Participation Program Geoscience Student Scholarships seeks to develop the professional corps of underrepresented ethnic-minority students in the geosciences. Recipients of AGI Geoscience Student Scholarships are provided with small financial awards and matched with a mentor from the geoscience community to foster whole professional development of the awardee. Each award will consist of both scholarship support as well as support for professional development experiences for successful candidates. Professional development experiences that qualify include field camp, professional society memberships, and/or travel and registration to a professional meeting of one of AGI's member societies.

Association for Women in Science Educational Foundation awards three types of fellowships: namely predoctoral (for advanced graduate students), Lorentzen (for college sophomores and juniors studying physics or geoscience), and college (for high school seniors). Awards are $1,000.

GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists is open to all molecular biologists that have been awarded a Ph.D. during the previous calendar year. To enter students have to submit a 1000-word essay of their work by August 1. One Grand Prize winner and four regional prize winners will be selected. Each winter will be flown to Stockholm, where they will meet some of the Nobel Prize laureates, and visit GE Healthcare and Uppsala University. The Grand Prize winner will receive $25,000 and have their essay published in the journal Science. Regional winners will receive $5,000 and have their essays published in the online version of Science.

K-State at Salina ELITE Scholarship Program Must be seeking an Engineering Technology degree in: Computer Systems Technology, Construction Engineering Technology, Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology or Web Development Technology.

M. Hildred Blewett Scholarship enables early-career women to return to physics research careers after having had to interrupt those careers for family reasons. The scholarship consists of a one-year award of up to $45,000 (applicants can apply in a subsequent year for one additional year of support). Allowed expenses include dependent care (limited to 50% of the award), salary, travel, equipment, and tuition and fees. Applicants must have an affiliation with a research-active educational institution or national lab. While no matching contribution from the institution is required, institutional support would be viewed as evidence of support for the applicant.

The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) is widely known as the nation's largest private source of scholarships for African American, American Indian and Latino women and men in engineering. Over 15 percent of all minority engineering graduates since 1974 have received scholarship support from NACME and are now leaders in government, industry and academia. NACME encourages students seeking scholarship support to visit the NACME partner institutions' sites for information on the various resources for financial aid.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Association (NASA) Science and Technology Scholarship Program is a scholarship-for-service program will provide both scholarship and internship opportunities to undergraduate students pursuing degrees in engineering, mathematics, computer science and physical/life sciences. This competitive program seeks students who excel in science, technology, engineering or mathematics to compete for a full scholarship of up to $20,000 per year - in exchange for a commitment to work full-time at a NASA center or one of its affiliates upon graduation. Additional stipend support of up to $10,000 per year will be provided to support a required internship or research experience at a NASA center or affiliate.

The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG) is sponsored by the Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program This program is intended for U.S. citizens at or near the beginning of their graduate studies in science and/or engineering programs. The fellowships are for three year tenures. The stipends begin at $30,500 for first year fellows, $31,000 for second year fellows and $31,500 for third year fellows. Full tuition and fees and a health insurance allowance are included as part of the program.

The National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides students with three years of financial support including a $30,000 annual stipend and $10,500 cost-of-education allowance. U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens at or near the beginning of research-based graduate studies in the Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Engineering, Geosciences, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology, and Social Sciences fields are eligible to apply.

The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) is a ten week summer research opportunity for undergraduate Juniors & Seniors, and Graduate students, under the guidance of a mentor, at a participating Navy Laboratory. The stipend amounts for the program are $5,500 for undergraduate students and $6,500 for graduate students. U.S. citizenship required; Permanent residents accepted at certain labs.

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is open to U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents and offers a competitive stipend as well as insurance, relocation, and travel allowances. This program offers one to three year postdoctoral fellowships designed to increase the involvement of scientists and engineers from academia and industry to scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Navy. This program has a rolling admission.

The Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) is an eight week summer research opportunity at participating Office of Naval Research laboratories for high school students who have completed at least grade 9, and are at least 16 years of age (for most Laboratories), and a U.S. citizen. A graduating senior is eligible to apply. The stipend for the summer program is $1,500 for new students; $1,550 for returning students.

Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Education Program provides scholarships and fellowships to students including an annual salary, full tuition, and other normal educational expenses. The purpose is to promote the education, recruitment and retention of undergraduate and graduate students in science, mathematics and engineering studies. The SMART Education Program is open only to citizens of the United States, and students must be at least 18 years of age to be eligible. There is an employment obligation to the Department of Defense with this education program.

The Siemans Teacher Scholarship initiative was launched in March 2005 in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and the United Negro College Fund, to encourage minority students to consider careers teaching math and science. Over a five year period, the Siemens Foundation will provide $1 million in scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in education, and enrolled at the historically black colleges and universities that are members of the two organizations. The funds will be administered by the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and the UNCF - which will be awarded based on academic merit and financial need.

Wendell G. Mohling Foundation Scholarship for Teachers is awarded to a Kansas science teacher to attend a National Science Teachers Association Conference.