Nationally Competitive Awards
Iowa State University provides high-achieving undergraduate and graduate students with information and guidance on preparing for competitive, national and international level fellowship and scholarship opportunities. This includes - but is not limited to - funding for undergraduate and graduate study, study abroad, and internships. These awards are primarily merit-based, and successful candidates typically exhibit outstanding academic, leadership, and service experience. See the University Honors Program's Nationally Competitive Awards page for more information.
Included here is a short list of some of the research-focused awards available:
- Amgen Research Scholars
- Association of American Medical Colleges Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- Brooke Owens Fellowship for Undergraduate Women and Gender-Minority Students in Aerospace
- DAAD Rise Program (Germany)
- Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program
- Fulbright
- Goldwater Scholarship
- Hertz Fellowship
- National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship
- SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program