2017-2018 | Past Announcements

Central Intelligence Agency

8/14/2017

High School Seniors, College Freshmen and Sophomores, U.S. Citizens, 3.0+ GPA, 1500 SAT / 21 ACT, commitment to work for the CIA, financial need.

Salary + up to $18,000 per year for tuition and fees.

NCWIT / corporate sponsors

11/6/2017 (Opens 9/1/17)

Young women at the high-school level for computing-related achievements and interests.

$500, laptop, engraved trophy.

Google

12/11/2017

High school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students pursuing a CS or CE degree in academic year 2017-2018.  Students from underrepresented groups in CS.  

$10,000 scholarship

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

1/15/2018
(Opens 11/2017)

U.S. citizens or permanent residents graduating from high school and planning on college.  2.4+ GPA, financial need, participation in an approved college-readiness program during grades 11 and 12.

Support for tuition, fees, books, room & board.

ESA

4/26/2018

US Citizens. High school seniors and undergraduates continuing studies. Female and minority students pursuing degrees leading to careers in computer and video game arts.  GPA of 2.75 or above on a 4.0 scale 

Up to 30 scholarships of $3,000 each.

• The applicant may be a college-level student providing certified proof of enrollment in a four-year accredited university or;

• The applicant may be a high school senior providing certified proof of enrollment at a four-year accredited university.

• The applicant must provide transcripts proving a cumulative minimum of 3.0 unweighted GPA.

• The applicant must maintain full-time enrollment of 12 credit hours or more per term.

Central Intelligence Agency

8/14/2017

High School Seniors, College Freshmen and Sophomores, U.S. Citizens, 3.0+ GPA, 1500 SAT / 21 ACT, commitment to work for the CIA, financial need.

Salary + up to $18,000 per year for tuition and fees.

IEEE Computer Society

9/30/2017 and 4/30/2018

Should be an active leader in an IEEE Computer Society Student Organization. "Applicants are required to have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 over 4.0, and be a full-time student as defined by his or her academic institution during the course of the award."

Up to $2,000

International Programs and Studies, University of Illinois

10/15/2017

Undergraduate students in at least the second year of study, 3.5+ GPA. This award recognizes a significant service or activity made by a current University of Illinois undergraduate student (U.S. citizen or international), resulting from their participation in an international study course or program sanctioned by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (including departmental overseas study programs, IPS study abroad program, overseas international projects, etc).  The international contribution can be a single activity or a service performed over a sustained period.

$500

Kelly Engineering Resources

TBA

(Most recent 10/14/2016)

Sophomores, juniors, and seniors enrolled in a College of Engineering and not graduating before June 2016. 3.0+ GPA.

$5,000 scholarship for the 2017 calendar year.

10/30/17

10/31/2017

A $10,000 award paid once with no strings attached. A Creative Cloud subscription membership for one year. An Adobe Research mentor. An internship opportunity at Adobe for the 2016 summer.

IEEE Computer Society

10/31/2017

Undergraduate students who are IEEE Computer Society members, 3.0+ GPA.

$500 (one award)

National & International Scholarships Program at Illinois

11/9/2017 by noon
(Info Session: Oct. 12;  Application workshop: Oct. 13)

College juniors who are U.S. citizens with a record of community service and a commitment to a career in public service are eligible. Public service includes government, uniformed services, public interest organizations, non-governmental research or educational organizations, public and private schools and other public service-oriented non-profit organizations.

One year funding for students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields.

National & International Scholarships Program at Illinois

11/27/2017 by noon
(Info Session: Oct. 19;  Application workshop: Oct. 20)

One or two year awards to students who demonstrate strong evidence of contributing to the technological advances of the United States. Current junior or exceptional sophomore students who are U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or resident aliens are eligible. Applicants should be committed to a PhD in the research fields of mathematics, sciences or engineering.

Each scholarship covers eligible expenses for undergraduate tuition, fees, books, and room and board, up to a maximum of $7,500 annually.

Admission to a master's degree program at a partner university. $30,000 stipend, with tuition arrangements varying by campus in Georgia and New Jersey. (Once Fellows are certified teachers at the end of the first year, they obtain salaried employment in high-need schools.) And more.

Be rising freshman, sophomore, junior or senior
Provide verification of enrollment at a United States university
Be registered as a full-time student the year after receiving the scholarship
Have a 3.5 GPA or higher
Submit a completed essay and all required documents by the application deadline

12/31/2017

Engineering Council

12/31/2017

Two scholarships - one to a freshman or sophomore and the other to a junior or senior- given to students who demonstrate involvement for the benefit of an engineering department or the college as a whole. To qualify, students must have at least a 2.5 GPA, demonstrated involvement for the benefit of an engineering department or the college as a whole, and be a student on campus for the following fall semester.

Scholarship

Engineering Council

12/31/2017

Recipients of this award are chosen based on their leadership skills, creativity, encouragement of others through activities, and dedication to the College of Engineering. To qualify, students must be enrolled in an engineering curriculum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (includes students in departments that are outside of but still affiliated with the College of Engineering), be a sophomore or junior (by number of years in attendance), and have a minimum GPA of 2.5.

Scholarship

ENTELEC

1/26/2018

US citizens or permanent residents or Canadian citizen.  Full time undergraduates majoring in one of several areas (including CS). 

$5,000

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

First: 10/17/17
Second: 11/30/17
Final: 1/31/2018

U.S. Citizens & permanent residents.  Bachelor's degree by 6/30/2018. 3.0+GPA.  Interested in teaching in STEM fields.

Funding to purse an M.S. in teaching.

2/9/2018

(Opens 10/25/2017)

Cargill, Incorporated

TBA

(Most recent 3/1/2017)

First and second year undergraduate students at select universities who demonstrate exemplary academic achievement, leadership potential and study in a field [including CS] relevant to Cargill's world of food, agriculture and risk management are eligible to apply.

10 scholarships to be awarded in the US, $2,500/year for up to two years.

3/6/2018

• Full-time female* undergraduate student going into her senior year or in a master’s program for the 2018-2019 school year
• pursuing a degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, or software engineering
• Attending school in the United States or India
• minimum GPA of 3.5
• Demonstrate strong leadership and communications skills
• Record of co-curricular activity and/or community service
• Be of good character

3/16/2018

(Open end 2/2018)

Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE)

3/31/2018

Varies, see ISPE website.

$1000-$1500

4/1/2018

(Opens 1/15/18)

AFCEA International

4/20/2018

Applications will be accepted from current eligible undergraduate level students majoring in STEM fields that meet the mission of AFCEA (listed below), to include Cyber Security, Intelligence and Homeland Security-related disciplines. 

Undergraduate candidates must be at least second-year college students enrolled as sophomores or juniors full-time in a four-year college or university at the time of application.

Online programs are eligible. A current overall GPA of 3.0 or higher in their current program at an accredited U.S. college or university required at the time of application.

Scholarship amounts are subject to availability of funding.

ESA

4/26/2018

US Citizens. High school seniors and undergraduates continuing studies. Female and minority students pursuing degrees leading to careers in computer and video game arts.  GPA of 2.75 or above on a 4.0 scale 

Up to 30 scholarships of $3,000 each.

Graduate students, and those in the final two years of an undergraduate program in electrical or computer engineering, computer science, or a well-defined computer related field of engineering.  IEEE Computer Society Membership required.

National & International Scholarships Program at Illinois

10/10/2017 by noon
Also must apply to Cambridge University by noon 10/11/2017.

Seniors and graduate students who are U.S. citizens under the age of 26 are eligible to apply. Must complete GRE test by November. Check additional criteria here.

One year of graduate study at Cambridge University, England, leading to a degree in engineering, mathematics, or the sciences.

10/24/2017

Reference Letter Due: 11/2/2017

U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Seniors and graduate students who have completed no more than 12 months of full-time graduate study by 8/1/2017. (So, typically seniors and 1st and 3rd semester graduate students.)  Must be registered with Fastlane.

NOTE: As of 2017, graduate students are limited to only one application to the GRFP, submitted either in the first year or in the second year of graduate school.

10/27/2017

(Opens 8/15/2017)

10/30/17

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

CODE 2040

11/19/2017

"The CODE2040 Fellows Program matches high performing black and latino undergraduate and graduate software engineering students with Silicon Valley start-ups for summer internships."

Paid internship, mentoring, workshops.

11/13/2017

(Opens 7/1/2017)

Google

11/14/2017 by noon EST

Current undergraduate or graduate student veterans who will be studying at a university in the United States for the 2017-2018 academic year.

$10,000 scholarship; attend Google Scholars retreat.

Admission to a master's degree program at a partner university. $30,000 stipend, with tuition arrangements varying by campus in Georgia and New Jersey. (Once Fellows are certified teachers at the end of the first year, they obtain salaried employment in high-need schools.) And more.

12/1/2017 by 5:00P EST

Google

12/11/2017

High school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students pursuing a CS or CE degree in academic year 2016-2017.  Students from underrepresented groups in CS.  

$10,000 scholarship

Google

12/11/2017 by 11:59P PST

Female students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studies in 2016-2017, who intend to enroll for 2017-18. Strong academic record.  Exemplify leadership and demonstrate passion for increasing the involvement of women in computer science.

$10,000 scholarship; attend Google Scholars retreat.

ASEE

12/31/2017

U.S. citizens. Graduating Seniors and 1st and 2nd Year Graduate Students. GRE required.

3 years of support for graduate study. Full Tuition + $30,000 yearly stipend.

1/10/2018
(Open 8/1/2017)

1/17/2018

1. Undergraduate seniors
2. Applicants with no more than B.S. or B.A. degrees who are not enrolled in graduate school
3. First-year graduate students (M.S. degree or Ph.D. students without an M.S. degree)

1/21/2018

TBA

(Most recent 12/20/2016)

No funding for 2018

(Most recent 3/10/2017)

2/1/2018

Insight offers four distinct Fellowships in a number of different locations. Please select only one program, which best aligns with your career transition goals. Select the location where you intend to live and work full-time after completion of the program. Select the start date that allows you to participate in the program full-time and accept a job offer immediately afterwards. Email questions to info@insightdatascience.com.

• Data Science  (for PhDs & Postdocs)
• Health Data Science  (for PhDs & Postdocs)
• Data Engineering  (for Bachelors, Masters, or PhDs)
• Artificial Intelligence  (for Bachelors, Masters, or PhDs)

2/6/2018 (application)

2/13/2018 (electronic references)

UIUC Student Affairs

2/15/2018

Requirements Vary.  Students/RSOs must be nominated by faculty, staff, or other students.

Varies.

3/1/2018

Vodafone

3/5/2018

(Opens: 10/10/2017)

The Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project™ (the “competition”) seeks to identify and fund the best innovations using wireless related technology to address critical social issues around the world. Project proposals must demonstrate significant advancement in the field of wireless-related technology applied to social benefit use. The competition is open to projects from universities and nonprofit organizations based in the United States. Although organizations must be based in the United States, projects may operate and help people outside of the United States.

Winners will be selected for awards of $100,000, $200,000, and $300,000 which will be paid in equal installments over three years.

3/6/2018

3/12/2018

(Opened 1/17/2018)

To support the Conference goals of celebrating diversity in computing, scholarships will be reviewed and evaluated by the Scholarship Committee according to three, main criteria:

• whether the applicant is a member of an underrepresented group,
• overall strength of the application and written essay,
• applicant’s level of accomplishment in computer science.

3/23/2018

ITI

3/26/2018

U.S. Citizens or permanent residents. Admitted full time on campus undergraduate or graduate students. College of Engineering undergraduate or graduate student with a focus on cyber or information security and privacy. See: https://publish.illinois.edu/cybersecurityscholars/

Up to 3 year scholarship covering tuition, room and board.  Internship opportunities.

3/30/2018

Hispanic heritage, U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, GPA 3.0+, be enrolled full-time during the 2016-2017 academic year, must apply for federal financial aid by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), must be pursuing first undergraduate or graduate degree.

• Fellowship applicants with the following majors will be given priority:  Mechanical Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Civil Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Computer Engineering; Geoscience
• Must plan to pursue a career in the fields/majors listed above
• Have a GPA of 3.5 or higher
• Be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States with a valid Social Security Number at the time of application. All legal permanent residents must submit a copy of their valid permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551 (not expired).

The Fellowship consists of five 1-hour meetings with a mentor (virtual or in person), participation in the Harvard-certified ExxonMobil mentee program (on-line), an exclusive curriculum to introduce Fellows to the organization and company career opportunities, and a $1,000 educational grant. In addition, there exists the possibility to interview for ExxonMobil positions (internships/full-time) upon successful completion of the Fellowship.

10/15/2017

10/31/2017

10/31/2017 by 5:00 PM PST

11/15/2017

(Opens 8/1/2017)

11/16/2017 by 5:00P EST

(Opens 8/2017)

• Be U.S. citizens at the time of application and be at least 18 years of age at the time of applying.
• Be enrolled full-time in a Qualified Graduate Program with the Ph.D. as their degree objective.
• Have obtained the Ph.D. candidacy at their home institution at the time of application and must have established a defined graduate thesis project and graduate thesis advisor.

• Stipend of up to $3,000 per month while at the host DOE laboratory.
• Up to $2,000 total reimbursement for in-bound and out-bound travel expenses to the host DOE laboratory only (i.e. not other relocation costs) if greater than 50 miles from their university.

TBA

(Most recent 11/21/2016)

Fellowships support graduate students in astronomy, chemistry, computer science, geology, materials science, mathematical sciences, physics, and their sub-disciplines, and related engineering fields: chemical, computer, electrical, environmental, mechanical. Fellows are sponsored by government agencies and federal laboratories. The fellowship offers support for up to six years.

NPSC welcomes applications from any qualified U.S. citizen who has the ability to pursue graduate work at an NPSC member institution.  Applicants at any stage of their graduate program may apply, as long as they will be available to accept two summers of paid internship.

$20,000 annual stipend.
Tuition and fees.
Paid summer internships.

Admission to a master's degree program at a partner university. $30,000 stipend, with tuition arrangements varying by campus in Georgia and New Jersey. (Once Fellows are certified teachers at the end of the first year, they obtain salaried employment in high-need schools.) And more.

12/1/2017

(Opens 8/1/2017)

12/1/2017

Symantec

12/1/2017

PhD students.  Preference will be given to students with a desire to work in an industrial research lab and those working on innovative research projects in areas related to Symantec's businesses such as security, cloud computing, virtualization, machine learning, data mining, etc. Recipients will also be selected based on their overall potential for research excellence and their academic progress to-date as evidenced by publications.

Provides up to $20,000 to cover either one year of tuition fees of the student, or to reimburse expenses incurred by the student to engage into research collaboration with Symantec (e.g. travel expenses, hardware, etc.).

U.S. citizens. Preference is given to members of underrepresented groups.  The dissertation fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.  Applicants should expect to complete the dissertation during the 2018-2019 academic year, but no later than fall 2019.

Supporting documents (including transcripts, verification forms, GRE scores, letters of recommendation, and host letters): January 9, 2018

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_166318

12/15/2017

(Professor recommendation by 12/13/17)

Eligible graduate students will have already completed their first year of Ph.D. level studies in the areas of computer science, computer engineering, system architecture, electrical engineering or a related area.

Fellowships support Ph.D. students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in the graphics and high-performance computing industries and who are investigating innovative ways of leveraging the power of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). NVIDIA particularly invites submissions from students pushing the envelope in artificial intelligence, deep neural networks, autonomous vehicles, and related fields. The fellowship offers support for one year.

Link Foundation

1/15/2018

Full time Ph.D. candidates. Preference will be shown to proposals dealing directly with simulation and training and which explore ideas not yet fully tested.

$28,500 grant for academic year and summer stipend.

France

1/16/2018

PhD students wishing to conduct research at a French lab for 4-9 months.  Applicant must engage in a co-supervised Ph.D., or seek a double degree with France.

1,400 Euros/month, travel support to France, Health Insurance.

1/22/2018

Graduate and professional students at Illinois are invited to submit entries consisting of an image and brief text that articulates how the image relates to the research. Entries will be judged by a multidisciplinary panel for connection between image, text, and research; originality; and visual impact.

1/29/2018

2/2/2018

A letter from the department head is required. Email Samantha Hendon to let her know that you're applying.

(Opens 10/1/2017)

Master’s students may receive two years of support; doctoral students may receive four years of support. IBHE has not yet finalized the stipend levels, but we anticipate ~$13,000 for new fellows and ~$15,000 for renewing fellows. Fellowships may also qualify for tuition waivers. For students holding up to a 50% assistantship, the fellowship may be held concurrently with the assistantship.        

2/28/2018

3/6/2018

3/6/2018

Each successful applicant (i.e., the host academic institution) will be awarded a total of up to $50,000. Of this amount, $35,000 is dedicated toward the fellow’s salary/stipend and related costs (e.g., fringe benefits or health insurance). The $35,000 allowance is intended to cover 12 months of such costs at the applicant institution’s discretion.

Up to $15,000 may be awarded to cover the student’s tuition and fees, research expenses, and related costs.

3/30/2018

4/11/2018

EXTENDED: 4/18/2018

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Coordinated Science Laboratory

4/20/2018

Contact Samantha if you have concerns about the deadline; there may be some flexibility.

Pre-doctoral program aimed at promoting interdisciplinary research in computational genomics. Fellows can be either computationally focused doctoral students with a biology co-advisor, or biologically focused doctoral students with a computational co-advisor. 

Fellowship recipients should propose projects that plan to leverage and help to advance the CompGen group of researchers and / or currently funded CompGen grants such as the NIH BD2K KnowENG project or the NSF-funded CompGen instrumentation award. For project examples, click here.

Pre-Proposal
9/6/2017 by 4:00 PM EDT

Full Proposal
1/10/2018 by 4:00 PM EST

10/1/2017

(Opens 8/1/2017

Sandia

11/1/2017

(Opens 10/1/2017)

Eligibility criteria include: the ability to obtain a DOE "Q" clearance; research in areas of interest to national security; the candidate must have been awarded a Ph.D. (minimum 3.5 undergraduate and 3.7 graduate GPA preferred) within the past 3 years at the time of application or will have completed all Ph.D. requirements by commencement of appointment (Oct. 2017); and, candidates seeking their first national laboratory appointment (pre postdoc internships excluded). Truman Fellowship candidates are expected to have solved a major scientific or engineering problem in their thesis work or will have provided a new approach or insight to a major problem, as evidenced by a recognized impact in their field.

$111,200 salary + benefits, 3 year appointment. 

Beckman Institute, UIUC

11/26/2017

Recipients of the fellows awards are expected to have a recent Ph.D. (received no earlier than December 2014) in an area of research relevant to Beckman Institute research and to be involved in interdisciplinary studies related to one of the Beckman Institute's research themes.

Fellows will be appointed for up to three years, beginning as early as July of their application year, and no later than December 31. Fellows receive $54,000 annually, plus benefits and a research budget.

11/30/2017

Sandia National Lab

12/1/2017

Applicants must have or soon receive a Ph.D. in applied/computational mathematics or related computational science and computational engineering disciplines. Applicants must have less than three years of post-doctoral experience.

This appointment is for a period of one year, with a possible renewal for a second year, and includes a highly competitive salary, moving expenses and a generous professional travel allowance.

IBM Research

1/16/2018

(Opens 11/14/2017)

Candidates must have received a Ph.D. degree after September 2012 or should expect to receive one before the fellowship commences in the second half of 2017 (usually in September).

The stipend is expected to be between $105,000 and $130,000