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General fellowships

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in fields within the NSF’s mission. The GRFP provides up to three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research. The GRFP supports over 100 subfields.
Audience: Undergraduate students; graduate students (first- and second-year)
Deadline: Oct. 20

The Fellowship Program is open to full-time Ph.D. students (domestic and international) who are currently involved in ongoing research in topical areas represented by these fellowships. Students must be enrolled during the current academic year and studying computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system architecture or a related area. 
Audience: Graduate students
Deadline: Oct. 4

Siebel Scholars recognizes the most talented students at the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering, and energy science, forming an active, lifelong community among an ever-growing group of leaders. Each year, more than 90 exceptional students are selected as Siebel Scholars based on academic excellence and leadership potential. Each receives a $35,000 award toward their final year of graduate studies. Founded in 2000, there are over 1,400 Siebel Scholars today.
Audience: Undergraduate students; graduate students (final year)
Deadline: Check website

A two-year fellowship for Ph.D. students at North American universities pursuing research aligned to the research areas carried out by Microsoft Research. 
Audience: Graduate students (third year of Ph.D. studies)
Deadline: Aug. 14

Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google Ph.D. Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising Ph.D. candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply. We currently offer fellowships in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, East Asia, Europe, India, the United States and Canada. 
Audience: Graduate students
Deadline: Nov. 30

Through its 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, maximize the educational benefits of diversity and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation. 
Audience: Graduate students
Deadline: Dec. 17

GEM’s fellowship programs span the entire recruitment, retention and professional development spectrum. GEM’s principal activity is the provision of graduate fellowships at the M.S. and Ph.D. levels coupled with paid summer internships. GEM also offers fellowships without paid summer internships through the GEM University and Associate Fellowship programs.
Audience: Graduate students
Deadline: Check website

Fellowships that promote diversity

The programs and fellowships listed below are dedicated to providing underrepresented groups with opportunities for professional development.

The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) Graduate Student Fellows Program (GSFP) has as its primary goal to prepare Latina/o/x doctoral scholars for successful careers in academia. The GSFP also provides support to Latina/o/x scholars interested in pursuing careers within administration and policy in post-secondary education.
Audience: Graduate students enrolled in a doctoral program
Deadline: Check website

Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited U.S. institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women’s participation traditionally has been low. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Audience: Graduate students enrolled in computer/information sciences or engineering.
Deadline: Dec. 1

The goal of the Tapia Conferences is to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers and professionals in computing from all backgrounds and ethnicities to celebrate diversity, connect with others, obtain advice from a diverse set of individuals and be inspired.
Audience: Undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, researchers and computing professionals
Deadline: Check website

Conducted from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RIP), the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) support high schools and undergraduate students to participate in U.S. Department of Defense- and Army-sponsored research summer research programs.
Audience: High school students, undergraduate students
Deadline: Check website

Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) is the world’s largest gathering of women in computing. Every year, women technologists and the best minds in computing convene to highlight the contributions of women to computing. The AnitaB.org co-presents GHC with the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
Audience: Undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, researchers and computing professionals
Deadline: Check website

Participants in the Computing Research Association (CRA) Widening Participation (WP) Grad Cohort for Women spend two days interacting with about 20 senior female computing-related researchers and professionals who will share pertinent information on graduate school survival skills, as well as more personal information and insights about their experiences. The workshop will include a mix of formal presentations and informal discussions and social events. Those attending Grad Cohort for Women will be able to build mentoring relationships and develop peer networks that will form the basis for ongoing activities during graduate school and beyond.
Audience: Women students in their first, second or third year of graduate school in computer science and engineering or a closely related field, who are attending an institution in the U.S. or its territories, or an institution in Canada.
Deadline: Check website

Participants in the Computing Research Association (CRA) Widening Participation (WP) Grad Cohort Workshop for Underrepresented Minorities and Persons with Disabilities (URMD), will spend two days interacting with senior computing researchers and professionals who will share pertinent information on graduate school survival skills, as well as more personal information and insights about their experiences. The workshop will include a mix of formal presentations and informal discussions and social events. Those attending the Grad Cohort for URMD will be able to build mentoring relationships and develop peer networks that will form the basis for ongoing activities during graduate school and beyond.
Audience: Master’s and Ph.D. computer science and engineering students who are attending an institution in the U.S. or its territories or an institution in Canada
Deadline: Check website

The fellowship provides opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished new Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields and to partake of the American dream. The program was established in recognition of the contributions new Americans have made to American life and in gratitude for the opportunities the United States afforded the founders of the Fellowship, Paul and Daisy Soros.
Audience: Graduate students
Deadline: Check website

Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD) is a partnership between government agencies and laboratories, industry and higher education. All U.S. citizens can apply, regardless of race or gender. GFSD’s goal is to increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in STEM fields, emphasizing recruitment of a diverse applicant pool.
Audience: U.S. citizens
Deadline: Check website

International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate studies at accredited U.S. institutions are supported. Applicants must have earned the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree by the application deadline, and must have applied to their proposed institutions of study by the time of the application. Up to five International master’s/first professional degree fellowships are renewable for a second year; fellows will receive application information for this competitive program. Recipients are selected for academic achievement and demonstrated commitment to women and girls. Recipients return to their home countries to become leaders in business, government, academia, community activism, the arts or scientific fields.
Audience: Graduate students, postgraduate students
Deadline: Nov. 15

The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship is a highly competitive, portable fellowship that is awarded to U.S. citizens and nationals who intend to pursue a doctoral degree in one of 15 supported disciplines. NDSEG confers high honors upon its recipients and allows them to attend whichever U.S. institution they choose. NDSEG Fellowships last for three years and pay for full tuition and all mandatory fees, a monthly stipend and up to $1,000 a year in medical insurance (this excludes dental and vision insurance).
The NDSEG Fellowship is sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Army Research Office (ARO) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the direction of the director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E).
Audience: U.S. citizenship, graduate student (first and second year)
Deadline: Check website

The program fosters a community of energetic and committed Ph.D. students, alumni, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratory staff and other scientists who want to have an impact on the nation while advancing their research. Fellows come from diverse scientific and engineering disciplines but share a common interest in using computing in their research.
Audience: U.S. citizens or permanent residents, first-year Ph.D. students only
Deadline: Check website

Society of Women Engineering (SWE) scholarships support those who identify as a female/woman and are pursuing an ABET-accredited bachelor’s or graduate student program in preparation for careers in engineering, engineering technology and computer science in the United States.
Audience: Eligible to women only
Deadline: Check website