STEM Scholarships

Scholarships provide students with opportunities to attend college, advance their knowledge and skills for workforce preparedness, and help them prepare for both academic opportunities and financial challenges after transfer.

You can apply for Foothill College sponsored scholarships and scholarships offered through outside organizations.

Tips and Strategies

Internet Search

First, SLI is keeping a running spreadsheet of scholarship and internship opportunities and deadlines by month. This is a dynamic sheet, so bookmark it in your browser and come back from time to time.

Another good start for finding STEM internships is to do an internet search with the following key terms:

"STEM scholarships for community college students"
"undergraduate student scholarships in STEM"
"STEM scholarships for x group" (x = any specific identity such as "women," "Latino/a/x," or "Black/ African American")

Online Guides

10 Sites to Kick off Your Scholarship Search from U.S. News and World Report
Community College Scholarships from Scholarship Points
13 Best Tips for Winning College Scholarships from Money.com
12 Essential Tips for Winning More Scholarships from Going Merry
STEM Scholarships from Unigo
A Guide to STEM Scholarships from CollegeVine
Comprehensive Scholarship Guide by Study.com
Your Ultimate 2022 Scholarship Guide by novoresume.com

Scholarship Listings

Foothill College Opportunities

There are resources at Foothill that are a good place to start:

Scholarships page with Financial Aid
Scholarships listed through the Foothill-De Anza district's AcademicWorks website:
- External scholarships
- Internal scholarships at Foothill and De Anza Colleges (see complete list below)

Foothill College Scholarship	Amount	# of awards	Notes	Deadline
Angel Memorial Scholarships	$500.00	2	Chemistry, financial need	2/18/22
Ann Davis Memorial Scholarship	$500.00	1	Allied Health program, overcome hardship	2/18/22
Association of Women in Science	$1,000.00	1	women in STEM	2/18/22
Biological Science/ Health Science Scholarship	$500.00	4	strong commitment to STEM (bio/health sciences)	2/18/22
Business/ Computer Science Scholarship	$500.00	4	majoring in business or CS	2/18/22
CIO Community of Practices Scholarship	$1,000.00	1	pursuing IT, CS, related bachelor's, financial need	2/18/22
Foothill Cutler Myo Min Family STEM Scholarship	$1,000.00	2	strong academics, STEM major, financial need	2/18/22
Deborah M. Dexter Scholarships in Science	$1,000.00	3	associate degree for transfer in core science (bio, phys, chem), financial need and interest in teaching science	2/18/22
Environmental Horticulture Scholarships	$500 1,200.00	3	enrolled in horticulture program	2/18/22
Galin Family Math Scholarship	$1,000.00	1	math major, intent to transfer	2/18/22
Galina Family Scholarship	$1,500.00	20	health care, Allied Health programs, financial need	2/18/22
Marisol Lopez Scholarship Endowment for Dental Assisting	$1,000.00	1	dental assisting program	2/18/22
Workforce/Career Scholarship	$500-1000	5	rad tech, vet tech, financial need	2/18/22
Yelena Chianurov Scholarship Endowment for Dental Hygienists	$1,000.00	1	dental hygiene program, financial need	2/18/22
International Scholarship for STEM Majors	$1,000.00	1	STEM and giving back to community	2/18/22
Prip Memorial Scholarship - Merit	$500-1000	varies	physics - selection by physics faculty	2/18/22
Prip Memorial Scholarship - Obstacles	$500-1000	varies	physics, passion for STEM, overcame obstacles	2/18/22
Seelbach Memorial Scholarship	$1000	2	math, financial need considered	2/18/22

External Opportunities

Here are some websites to check out for listings of scholarships:

STEM Scholarships for Students from Access Scholarships
21 Scholarships for Engineering Students from Access Scholarships
12 Scholarships Designed for STEM Students from Peterson's
The Ultimate Guide to STEM Scholarships for Women in 2020 from Nitro
STEM-Field Scholarships & Internships from fastweb
Scholarships for Latinx students (including some STEM-focused) from Best Colleges
Scholarships & Resources for Hispanic & Latinx Students from edumed.org
Ongoing spreadsheet of opportunities curated by SLI.

And here are some specific scholarships that may be of interest to STEM students.

Name of Scholarship	Description	Deadline
Latinos in Technology Scholarship	For Latino(a) students who have a declared major in a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related field	March
Silicon Valley Foundation scholarships	listing of scholarships for students by different criteria	varied by opportunity
Google scholarships	listing of scholarships by different identity groups	varied by opportunity
BHW Scholarship	women in STEM undergraduate or graduate study	April
Microsoft Tuition scholarships	for STEM students in 4 year college or university
Study.com STEM scholarships for women	scholarships for women in STEM and other related resources	April