STEM Awards

The NOAA Hollings Scholarship

The NOAA Hollings Scholarship Program seeks to increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education and foster multidisciplinary training opportunities. Applicants must be second-year undergraduates.

The Program will fund those named Hollings Scholars with funding for their two remaining years of undergraduate study, conference attendance, site visits to NOAA research facilities, and a paid 10-week summer research internship. Because of the Program's broad mission, applicants from all fields of study are welcome to apply.

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Deadline:

• Friday, January 31, 2025

The Udall Undergraduate Scholarship

The Udall Undergraduate Scholarship recognizes future leaders in environmental, Tribal public policy, and healthcare fields.

Applicants must be second or third-year undergraduates and fall into one of two categories:

1. A demonstrated commitment to the environment and stewardship of public lands
2. A demonstrated commitment to issues of Tribal governance or health care in the United States.

UF may annually endorse up to four applicants in each of the two above categories for the national competition.

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Campus Deadline:

• Early Spring 2025

The Goldwater Scholarship

The Goldwater Scholarship recognizes second and third-year undergraduates who are committed to research careers in non-clinical STEM disciplines.

Note that this competition requires prospective applicants to set up an account on the Goldwater website and complete a basic pre-application. Following pre-application approval, applicants will gain access to the full Goldwater application. The full application is due by the campus deadline, so please plan accordingly.

UF may endorse up to six applicants for the national competition annually.

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Campus Deadline:

• Mid-Fall 2024

DAAD-RISE

DAAD-RISE offers fully-funded STEM research internships in Germany during the summer for undergraduates attending American universities, regardless of citizenry. In the selection process, applicants are carefully matched with doctoral students and researchers whom they assist and who serve as their mentors.

In addition to a living stipend, all research interns present their research at a culminating conference in Germany.

Explore DAAD-RISE.

Deadline:

• Mid-Fall 2024

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program was created in the aftermath of World War II as a means of fostering mutual understanding between nations and cultures. Over 75 years later, nearly 140 countries conduct cultural exchange with the U.S. through this prestigious program.

The U.S. Student Program has three main grant types:

• English teaching
• Earning a graduate degree
• Forming an independent research project

All Fulbright grants cover travel and a living stipend, though additional grant offerings are on a grant-by-grant basis. Applicant qualifications (degree level, any knowledge of host language, etc.) are also on a grant-by-grant basis.

Applicants must meet the campus deadline in order to be scheduled for a feedback session with the campus committee. This campus committee is made up of UF faculty with Fulbright experience, ideally in the applicant's host country or nearby country. Applicants will regain access to their applications after the feedback session, allowing them to revise their applications based on feedback from the campus committee.

Explore the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Campus Deadline:

• 5pm ET on Friday, August 23, 2024

The Churchill Scholarship

The Churchill Scholarship was established to fulfill Sir William Churchill’s vision of deepening the US–UK partnership to advance science and technology on both sides of the Atlantic. Applicants must be rising seniors or newly graduated alums interested in pursuing a STEM Master’s degree at the University of Cambridge. The scholarship covers all expenses for the year at Cambridge, including tuition and residency at Churchill College.

UF may endorse up to two applicants for the national competition annually.

Applicants to the Churchill Scholarship are expected to apply for the Marshall and Gates Cambridge Scholarships and consider the applicability of their graduate plans to the Rhodes and Mitchell (on hiatus for 2024) Scholarships, as well as the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Explore the Churchill Scholarship.

Campus Deadline:

• Early Fall 2024

Cambridge Application Deadline:

• Mid-October 2024 (typically)

The Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship

The Hertz Foundation's Graduate Fellowship is awarded annually to the nation’s most promising graduate students in science and technology. Hertz identifies innovators with the greatest potential to create transformative solutions to the world's most urgent challenges. The Fellowship funds graduate study in the hard sciences at the applicant’s choice of tenable schools.

Applicants should show evidence of exceptional creativity, a broad understanding of physical principles, and outstanding potential for innovative research.

Explore the Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship.

Deadline:

• Mid-Fall 2024

The Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs

The Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximizing the educational benefits of diversity, and increasing the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

Fellowships continue to be offered annually for the Dissertation and Postdoctoral phase of research-based (not practice-oriented) Ph.D. or Sc.D. study, each with varying deadlines.

Explore the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program.

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