Physics scholarships and fellowships for women, covering particle physics, astrophysics, nuclear physics, condensed matter, and applied physics. Includes major national lab programs and international fellowships.
Deadline: February
Five annual scholarships of $10,000 each awarded to US citizen women pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in optics, photoni…
View details →Association for Women in Science
Deadline: February
A $2,500 scholarship awarded annually by the Association for Women in Science to an undergraduate woman studying physics, geophysi…
View details →AWIS / Society of Physics Students
Deadline: March
$2,500 annual award for an exceptional female physics or geoscience undergraduate who excels academically and demonstrates achieve…
View details →American Association of Physics Teachers
Deadline: February
A multi-round competition selecting and training the five-member US team for the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), progressin…
View details →CERN
Deadline: January
A prestigious international program at CERN in Geneva inviting undergraduate students in physics, computing, engineering, and math…
View details →American Physical Society
Deadline: February
Established in 1980, this American Physical Society scholarship supports African American, Hispanic American, and Native American …
View details →National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Deadline: February
A 10-to-12-week summer research program, running since 1959, in which undergraduates and graduating seniors conduct radio-astronom…
View details →Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Deadline: January
A 12-week paid summer internship at Fermilab for undergraduate sophomores and juniors majoring in physics, engineering (mechanical…
View details →California Institute of Technology
A ten-week summer research program inviting undergraduates in physics, astronomy, and engineering from any institution to advance …
View details →Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Deadline: February
A ten-week NSF-funded summer research program at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge, MA, pairing und…
View details →MIT Haystack Observatory
An NSF-funded summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford, MA, spanning radio a…
View details →Maria Mitchell Association
An NSF-funded summer astronomy and astrophysics REU on Nantucket, MA, hosted by the Maria Mitchell Association. Six undergraduates…
View details →Deadline: March
A suite of merit- and leadership-based scholarships from the Society of Physics Students for undergraduate physics and astronomy m…
View details →Scholarships from the Optica Foundation (formerly OSA) supporting undergraduate and master's students studying optics, photonics, …
View details →University of Washington
Deadline: February
A 10-week NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates at the University of Washington in Seattle, offering hands-on research…
View details →Chicago Quantum Exchange
Deadline: February
A 10-week residential summer research fellowship run by the Chicago Quantum Exchange placing undergraduates in Quantum Information…
View details →Space Telescope Science Institute
Deadline: January
A summer program at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore that employs about a dozen undergraduates each year to work…
View details →Lunar and Planetary Institute (USRA)
Deadline: December
A ten-week summer research internship operated by the Universities Space Research Association at the Lunar and Planetary Institute…
View details →Princeton University
Deadline: January
An NSF MRSEC-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates in materials science at Princeton, where students work on a mentored re…
View details →The American Physical Society (APS) offers multiple awards including the Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Doctoral Dissertation Award. The Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships ($50,000/year) are highly competitive and include physics. NSF GRFP funds women in physics at the graduate level. The Society of Physics Students has undergraduate scholarship programs.
Yes — DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) placements at Fermilab, SLAC, CERN-affiliated programs, and other national labs are available and competitive for women graduate students. The DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship covers nuclear physics specifically.
The Brooke Owens Fellowship places women in aerospace/astrophysics internships at leading companies and institutions. NASA Internships are available at all career levels. The American Astronomical Society has fellowship and award programs for women in astronomy.