Scholarships & Internships

APS Scholarships

APS/IBM Summer Internship for Undergraduate Women
These summer internships are salaried positions typically 10 weeks long at one of three IBM research locations. The deadline to apply for this internship has passed.

M. Hildred Blewett Scholarship
This scholarship for women in physics enables women to return to physics research careers after having had to interrupt that career for family reasons.  Applications for the 2010 scholarship are due June 4, 2010.

Any African-American, Hispanic American, or Native American U.S. citizen or permanent resident who is majoring or planning to major in physics, and who is a high school senior, college freshman, or sophomore is eligible to apply.

Other Awards

American Association of University Women
Fellowship and awards are offered in support of aspiring scholars, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.

American Association of Physics Teachers
The Barbara Lotze Scholarships for future teachers are available only to US citizens attending US schools.  Undergraduate students enrolled, or planning to enroll, in physics teacher preparation curricula and high school seniors entering such programs are eligible.  Deadline to apply is December 1. 

Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
AWIS offers awards to support women planning a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), especially in those disciplines where women are still significantly under-represented (computer sciences, engineering, mathematics, and physical sciences.  The awards are available to female undergraduate and predoctoral students.

Schlumberger Foundation
Faculty for the Future fellowships are awarded to women from developing and emerging economies who are preparing for PhD or postdoctoral study in the physical sciences, engineering and related disciplines to pursue advanced graduate study at top universities in their disciplines abroad.