Scholarships & Internships

APS Scholarships

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. 

APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women
The internship is a salaried position at an IBM research location and is designed to encourage women students to pursue graduate studies in science and engineering.  This internship will not be offered in 2009.

APS Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors
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. 

Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
Two awards are offered: (1) a predoctoral program award for advanced students in the natural and social sciences, (2) the Kirsten R. Lorentzen award for college sophomores or juniors studying physics or geoscience.