We’re compiling links as we hear about more and more opportunities. Please email us at sps.wustl@gmail.com if you know of something we can add to the website. Also, if any links have expired, please do a Google search to find these opportunities!
For prospective physics undergraduates:
- Wash. U. Compton Fellowship for the Physical Sciences and Mathematics (half to full cost)
- Danforth Scholarships (leadership and service, partial to full tuition)
- Ervin Scholarships (leadership and service, partial to full tuition)
- Rodriguez Scholarships (leadership and service, partial to full tuition)
- Need-based financial aid at Wash. U.
- Other merit- and need-based Wash. U.-funded scholarships for freshman applicants
- Missouri Bright Flight Scholarships (in-state students)
- Access Missouri Scholarships (in-state students)
- Enterprise Holdings Scholarships (freshman and transfer students; at least 10% go to graduates of St. Louis high schools and community colleges)
- A+ Scholarships (in-state students with a 2.5 GPA and other requirements can go to community college for free)
- Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarships (for students transferring from the St. Louis Community College system)
- Army and Air Force ROTC (the military pays for 100% of your college costs if you agree to enlist for a certain period of time after college)
For current and graduating undergraduates:
At Wash. U.
- Wash. U. Physics Department Fellowships and Prizes
- Greg Delos Fellowship
- Summer Physics Fellowships
- Robert Varney Prize
- Nishi Luthra Senior Prize
- Sigma Pi Sigma Honor Society (selected graduating seniors)
- Florence Moog Fellowship (Wash. U. sophomores, half tuition)
- English honors (distinction, high distinction, highest distinction) in the physics major (bottom of page)
- Other Wash. U. school-year fellowships (mainly civic, humanities)
- Other honors
- Harriet K. Switzer Leadership award (senior women)
- Campus life excellence in leadership awards
- Shepley and Hayes awards (graduating seniors)
- Holobaugh honors (LGBT leadership)
- James E. McLeod awards (black students)
- Academic awards in Arts & Sciences (for each department)
- Phi Beta Kappa (liberal arts honor society)
Outside of Wash. U.
- Goldwater Scholarship (sophomores and juniors, $7500)
- Udall scholarship (sophomores and juniors, $5000)
- Astronaut Scholarship (juniors and seniors, $10,000)
- National Society of Physics Students (SPS) Scholarships
- APS – LeRoy Apker Award (physics research)
- AWM – Schafer Prize (women in math)
- AMS – Morgan Prize (math research)
- Math, science, and engineering competitions
- APS – list of scholarships
- Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
- Other National Fellowships
- Scholarships for underrepresented groups
Research Scholarships/Fellowships:
- SPS Summer Opportunities List
- More summer opportunities for students underrepresented in physics
- Office of Undergraduate Research – Conference Travel Award
- Boren Scholarship for summer STEM study abroad
- Office of Undergraduate Research- Summer Undergraduate Research Awards and other Funding Opportunities