Top Scholarships for Graduate Students

Top scholarships for graduate students with upcoming deadlines

Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship

The Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in a career as a foreign correspondent. You must submit a cover letter, a resume, and a 500 - word writing sample to be considered for this award. Deadline: 12/1/25
Award Amount: $3,000 - $4,000

DoD SMART Scholarship Program

The DoD SMART Scholarship Program is available to undergraduate and graduate students. You must be pursuing a technical degree in one of the 21 STEM disciplines, have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and be able to participate in summer internships and willing to accept postgraduate employment at the Department of Defense to be eligible for this award. Recipients of this full - tuition award will also receive an annual stipend of $30,000 to $46,000. Deadline: 12/5/25
Award Amount: Full - Tuition

MdNect Medical Student Scholarship

The MdNect Medical Student Scholarship is open to medical students attending a USA - accredited medical school. Deadline: 12/15/25
Award Amount: $2,500 - $5,000

AECOM Academic Scholarship

The AECOM Academic Scholarship is available to graduate students who are pursuing an engineering degree in innovative solutions to improve drinking water in urban communities. Deadline: 12/20/25
Award Amount: $5,000

Fall 2025 Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes

The Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes is open to registered Fastweb members who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. You must log into your Fastweb account to obtain your personal referral link. For each person who registers for Fastweb via your personal referral link during the Promotion Period, you and your referral will be entered as a pair into the current drawing. Deadline: 12/31/25
Award Amount: $1,000

My Big Audacious (MBA) Dream Giveaway

The My Big Audacious (MBA) Dream Giveaway is open to female students who are planning to pursue an MBA within the next five years. To be considered, you must submit a 250 - word essay explaining what an MBA would mean for you and your career. Deadline: 12/31/25
Award Amount: $1,000

El Pomar Fellowship

The El Pomar Fellowship is available to graduates of four - year institutions who have a Colorado connection. You must demonstrate strong leadership potential and capabilities, a strong work ethic, the ability to work as a member of a team, and an interest in community development to be considered for this award. Deadline: 1/8/26
Award Amount: Varies

Union Plus Scholarship

The Union Plus Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students. You must be a current or retired member of a participating union, or the spouse or dependent child of a member to be eligible for this award. Deadline: 1/31/26
Award Amount: $500 - $4,000

NAJA Graduate Scholarship Program

The NAJA Graduate Scholarship is available to students who are pursuing studies in a field which addresses the special needs of children and youth. You must be a resident of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, or Tennessee to be eligible for this award. Deadline: 2/1/26
Award Amount: Varies

Daniel M. Jobbins Scholarship

The Daniel M. Jobbins Scholarship is available to full - time graduate students. You must be conducting (or recently have completed) research regarding mosquitoes or ticks, their biology, and / or practical control to be eligible for this award. Deadline: 2/13/26
Award Amount: $1,000

Lighthouse Guild Graduate School Scholarship

The Lighthouse Guild Graduate School Scholarship is available to students who are legally blind. You must be pursuing a Master's, PhD, or any other post - Baccalaureate degree to be considered for this award. Deadline: 2/28/26
Award Amount: Varies

Melanie Foundation Scholarship

The Melanie Foundation Scholarship is available to students who are pursuing a doctoral or master's degree in the mental health field. To be considered, you must demonstrate past involvement in extracurricular, volunteer, research, and / or career - related activities. Deadline: 3/5/26
Award Amount: $2,500

Siebel Scholars Program

The Siebel Scholars Program is open to the most talented students at the world's leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering, and energy science. Deadline: Varies
Award Amount: $35,000 Find more scholarship matches specific to your field of study, grad-school year, and more by creating a free Fastweb profile. Many college graduate students secure fellowships or assistantships as a method of paying for their advanced degree. Grad students apply for an assistantship or fellowship at the program department level, or college level (for instance the College of Science and Technology at XYZ University). Both opportunities help students fund a graduate-level degree while providing practical field experience. Jump to Top Scholarships for Graduate Students

What is a graduate assistantship?

Like work-study programs, an assistantship provides money and/or tuition reimbursement to help grad students pay for college. However, a graduate assistantship program includes work tied directly to your graduate degree or area of interest. A graduate student working an assistantship will, in most cases, be working for the college or university they're attending. Assistantships are considered part-time paid work.

What is a graduate fellowship?

A graduate student fellowship earns a stipend, or payment, and/or a tuition waiver as they work on a grad-level research project related to their field of study. Many grad students select a faculty member to work alongside on the assigned research project; this is often called their faculty adviser. Fellowship funding could be provided by private organizations or through universities. Even after securing a fellowship or assistantship, graduate students still find a financial gap exists as they plan to pay for their master's degree.

I'm a Graduate Student. Is it too late to apply for scholarships?

There are many scholarship opportunities for graduate students. A first-, second-, third- and even, fourth-year grad student has access to scholarships to help them pay for an advanced degree. Some colleges offer graduate school scholarships specific to graduate programs, too.

What's the easiest scholarships grad students can apply for?

Between research, thesis proposals, lectures, and reading, students pursuing a master or doctorate degree are busy! Grad students are in survival mode. Yet these advanced-level college students are searching for ways to pay for graduate school so that funding their degree doesn't feel like a full-time job. Fastweb's Featured Scholarships are some of the easiest scholarships grad students can apply for. In addition to graduate fellowships and assistantships and/or student loans, there are other forms of financial aid available for grad students. Scholarships are a form of financial aid you're not required to pay back!