RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS

For more information on foundation scholarships click here!

• Hispanic Scholarship Fund
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Foundation
• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
• NACE Foundation Academic Scholarship
• MALDEF-Scholarship Resources

• UC Berkeley Scholarships
• UC Irvine Scholarships
• UCLA Scholarship Resource Center
• CSUDH Scholarships
• CSULA Scholarships
• CSULB College of Engineering Scholarship
• CSULB College of Natural Science and Mathematics
• Cal Poly Pomona Scholarships

Scholarship	Website	Award	Requirements	Deadline
Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship	Cooke	up to $40,000/year	Current Sophomores transferring to a 4-year university in the Fall.  Must have GPA of 3.5 or higher.	Oct. 25
Association for Women in Mathematics	AWM	Varies	Available to STEM students, both male and female.  Students must interview and write about a woman in mathematics.	Jan 31
PG&E Better Together STEM Scholarships	PG&E	Varies	STEM Majors, exhibit Leadership and financial need	Feb. 5
PG&E Employee Resource Group (ERG) Scholarship	PG&E ERG	$1000-$5000	STEM Majors, exhibit Leadership and financial need (See each individual ERG for other guidelines)	Feb 5
UC Berkeley Achievement Award Program	UCB AAP	$6,000 per year and a laptop	Students transferring to UC Berkeley in the Fall from low income.	Feb
Buildium Scholarship Program	Buldium	$2500	Engineering, or Computer Science program (Software Building company)	Deadline differs each semester.
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)	SWE	$1000-$15,000	Minimum 3.0 GPA for Sophomore and above applicants.	Feb 15

• Compton College STEM Club
• NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars

City	Institution	Subject	Website	Pay	Eligibility	Deadline
Berkeley, CA	UCB	Biotech, nanotech Robotics	Link	$3,400/9weeks	enrolled in community colleges	Jan 29
Clairmont, CA	Harvey Mudd College	Intelligent Music Software, Evolution of Verified Software, Robotics	Link	$5000/ 10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior
Berkeley, CA	UCB	Engineering-bioengineering, Chemical engineering, electrical engineering, material science and engineering, Science and engineering; Sciences- biochemistry, biophysics, chemistry	Link	$4500/ 9 Weeks	rising junior and seniors	Jan 31 (early is better)
Los Angeles, CA	USC	Earth Science, GeoScience, Earthquake Information Technology	Link	$5000/ 8 Weeks	sophomores, juniors, or seniors in the coming fall	Feb 19
Irvine, CA	UCI	Internet-of-things, smart communities, cyberphysical systems, infrastructure resilience, smart manufacturing, smart buildings, IoT networks,	Link	$4000/8wks	Sophomores, juniors, and non-graduating seniors enrolled in 2- and 4-year colleges	Jan 31
San Diego, CA	UCSD	3D Mapping for archaeological sites	Link	$5000	Fresh-Junior	Feb 16

 

City	Institution	Subject	Website	Pay	Eligibility	Deadline
Pomona	Cal Poly	UAV Technologies	Link	$4500/9 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	March 1
Cleveland,Ohio	Cleveland State University	Rehabilitation Engineering/ Biomedical engineering	Link	$5000/10weeks	Community College students encouraged to apply!	March 1
Berkeley, CA	UCB	Biotech, nanotech Robotics	link	$3,400/9weeks	enrolled in community colleges	Jan 26
Corvallis, Oregon	Oregon State University	Environmental Science Eco-Informatics, mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering, computing infrastructure	Link	$5000/ 10 Weeks	rising junior and seniors	Feb 2
Berkeley, CA	UCB	engineering-bioengineering, Chemical engineering, electrical engineering, material science and engineering, Science and engineering; Sciences- biochemistry, biophysics, chemistry,	Link	$4500/ 9 Weeks	rising junior and seniors	Jan 31
Fort Collins, CO	Colorado State University	X-ray optics, lithography, microscopy, nanotechnology, laser science, electrical and computer engineering, physics	Link	Yes	Soph-Senior. 2.8gpa	Feb 15
Ames, Iowa	Iowa State University	Biocatalysts, Biorenewables, Biorenewable Chemicals, Chemical Catalysts, Industrial Chemicals	Link	$4500/10weeks +travel and housing	Community College students encouraged to apply!	Feb 15

 

City	Institution	Subject	Website	Pay	Eligibility	Deadline
Palo Alto	Stanford	Pre Med	Link	yes	Community College students	Feb 28
New York, New York	Columbia University	Pre-PhD , Pre MD/PhD or Pre Masters in Public Health, Health Disparities	Link	yes/ 10 Weeks	rising junior and seniors	Jan 31
Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	Pre Med, Pre Dental	Link	yes/ 6 Weeks	Fresh-Sophomore	Mar 1
Davis, CA	UCD	Pre Med	Link	Yes	Fresh-Sophomore	March 2

 

City	Institution	Subject	Website	Pay	Eligibility	Deadline
Urbana Champagne, IL	University of Illinois	phenotypic plasticity, the phenomenon of a single genotype producing multiple phenotypes depending on environment	Link	$5500/10 weeks, travel, housing, and food allowance	community college students only	Mar 15
San Francisco	California Academy of Sciences	Biology, biodiversity, the origins and diversification of life, phylogenetic systematics and evolutionary biology	Link	$5175/8 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 15
Tucson, AZ	University of Arizona Biosphere	environmental and earth systems science	Link	$5000/ 10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	March 1
Las Vegas, NV	UNLV	Microbiology microorganisms from diverse habitats such as hot springs, the deep terrestrial subsurface, hypersaline lakes, arid soils, and ephemeral water sources.	Link	$5750/ 10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	March 3
Los Angeles, CA	USC	Earth Science, Geoscience, Earthquake Information Technology	Link	$5000/ 8 Weeks	sophomores, juniors, or seniors in the coming fall	Feb 1
Catalina Island, CA	USC	Coastal Ocean Process	Link	yes/ 8 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Jan 1-Feb-16
San Francisco	UCSF	"Pre PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Bioengineering Biological and Biomedical Informatics Biomedical Sciences Biophysics Cell Biology Chemistry and Chemical Biology Developmental Biology Epidemiology and Translational Research Genetics Neuroscience Oral and Craniofacial Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics "	Link	$4000/10weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 1
San Francisco	SFSU	Pre PhD Ecology, Evolution and Developmental Biology.	Link	$5500/ 10 Weeks	Rising Soph and Juniors	Feb 18
Silicon Valley	SETI Institute	astronomy, astrophysics, biology, astrobiology	Link	$5000/ 10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 1
New York, New York	American Museum of Natural History	Evolutionary Biology, Physical Science	Link	$5000/ 10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 18
New York, New York	Columbia University	Pre-PhD or Pre Masters Public Health, Health Disparities	Link	yes/ 10 Weeks	Transfer Students	Jan 31
San Diego	Scripps	Oceanography, Engineering, Climate Research, Physical Oceanography, Geosciences, Geophysics, Atmospheric Chemistry, Marine Chemistry, Marine Biotechnology & Biomedicine, Marine Biology	Link	$6000/ 10 Weeks		March 5
San Francisco	Gladstone	Promoting Underrepresented Minorities Advancing in the Sciences (PUMAS) Internship Program Cardiovascular Disease Virology & Immunology Neurological Disease Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine	Link	$6,000/9 weeks	enrolled as a community college student whose planning on transferring to a 4-year institution to pursue a B.S. in a STEM field	March 1

 

City	Institution	Subject	Website	Pay	Eligibility	Deadline
New York, New York	Columbia University	Bio-Statistics,	Link	$2800 /4 weeks	Fresh-Junior	March 2
San Bernardino, CA	Cal State San Bernadino	geometry, combinatorics and knot theory	Link	$4000/ 8 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 21
Corvallis, Oregon	Oregon State University	Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, including Number Theory, Probability, and Algorithms	Link	$4000/8 Weeks	Fresh-Junior Mostly Juniors	Feb 21
Tempe, AZ	Arizona State Univ. MTBI	Applied Mathematics	Link	$4000/ 8 Weeks	At least one year of calculus	Jan 31
Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	Mathematics	Link	$4000/ 8 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 10
San Diego CA	San Diego State	Mathematics	Link	$4000/8weeks	Fresh-Junior	March 2

 

City	Institution	Subject	Website	Pay	Eligibility	Deadline
Puerto Rico	Arecibo Observatory	Radio Astronomy, Solar System Radar, Atmospheric Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Link	$5000/10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 1
Madison, WS	University of Wisconsin -Madison	Astronomy and Astrophysics	Link	$5600/10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 1
Ithica,NY	Cornell	Astronomy and Astrophysics	Link	$6500/10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 4
Westford,MS	MIT Haystack Observatory	Astronomy, Space Physics, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering	Link	$5000/ 10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 1
Flagstaff, AZ	Northern Arizona University	Physics, Astronomy, Geological Survey	Link	$5600/ 10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Jan 31
Davis, CA	UCD	chemistry, energy, catalysis, materials, biotechnology	Link	$5000/ 10 Weeks	fresh-juniors	Feb 5
Los Angeles, CA	USC	Physical, Organic, Material, and Biological Chemistry	Link	$4000/ 8 Weeks	rising junior and seniors (possibly sophomores)	Feb 15
Pasadena,CA	CalTech	gravitational radiation from astrophysical sources, including laser interferometry, optical components, electronics, servo controls, complex mechanical systems	Link	yes/ 10 Weeks	fresh-Junior	Feb 5
Davis, CA	UCD	condensed matter, biophysics, complex systems, nuclear physics, high energy physics and astrophysics	Link	$4700/10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 14
New York, New York	American Museum of Natural History	Evolutionary Biology, Physical Science	Link	$5000/ 10 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 5
Menlo Park, CA	SRI International	Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Mass spectrometry, biomedical optics, combustion chemistry, energy transfer in collisions, terrestrial and planetary atmospheric processes, laser tecction, microfluidics, spectroscopy of molecular dissociation	Link	$5000/ 12 Weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 16
Manhattan, KS	Kansas State	Laser-Matter Interactions at the Nanoscales, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Condensed/Soft Matter and Biological Physics,	Link	$5400/10 weeks	Fresh-Junior	Feb 16

 

Helpful links for career exploration in STEM

Occupational Outlook Handbook 
This handbook is hosted by the US Department of Labor, it provides information on what workers do; the work environment; education, trainings, and most importantly the job outlook. 

iONFurture 
Lets you explore these careers, find the ones  the best match your interests and then play your way to your dream STEM future.

O*NET OnLine
The O*NET Program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. 

ExploreHealthCareers.org
Helps those interested in a career in health.

AISES (American Indian Science & Engineering Society)
www.aises.org

ACES (American Society of Civil Engineers)
www.aces.org

AES (Audio Engineering Society)
www.aes.org

ANS (American Nuclear Society)
www.ans.org

ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education)
www.asee.org

BMES (Biomedical Engineering Society)
www.bmes.org

IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc)
www.ieee.org

ISA (International Society for Measurement and Control)
www.isa.org

ISPE (International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering)
www.ispe.org

NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers)
www.nspe.org

NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers)
www.nsbe.org

SAE (Society of Automotice Engineers)
www.sae.org

SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers)
www.shpe.org

SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)
www.sme.org

SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering)
www.spie.org

SWE (Society of Women Engineers)
www.swe.org

A Guide for Women in STEM: Closing the Gender Gap