10 awards for the United States
America's flagship funding is graduate-level — Fulbright, Knight-Hennessy, Humphrey — run through embassies, foundations and the universities themselves.
The US awards in our catalog are graduate flagships: the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, run through Fulbright commissions and US embassies in your home country; Knight-Hennessy Scholars, Stanford's university-wide graduate programme; and specialist schemes like the Humphrey Fellowship and AAUW's fellowships for women. Each runs its own calendar, and Fulbright in particular starts in your home country roughly a year or more ahead.
For undergraduates, the picture is different and not captured by national schemes: US universities themselves are the funders, through merit awards and, at a small group of wealthy institutions, need-based aid open to international applicants. That search is university-by-university — which universities, and what your profile can realistically attract, is a conversation to have with your counsellor before you build a US shortlist.
7 fully funded · 3 partial or varies
United StatesAmerican Association of University Women
US$20,000–$50,000 for a year of full-time graduate study or research in the United States
United StatesAmerican University, Washington DC
Two full awards covering all billable expenses, plus up to eight partial awards worth up to US$40,000 a year
United StatesBerea College
Full tuition for all four years, with first-year room, board and fees also covered for international students
United StatesClark University
An annual scholarship of at least US$25,000, plus a US$2,500 stipend for a research project or internship
United StatesDuke University
Full tuition, room, board and fees for four years, plus funding for research, service and international experiences
United StatesEast-West Center, Honolulu
Tuition and fees at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, housing in an East-West Center residence and a partial funding contribution toward other expenses
United StatesUS Department of State
Tuition, living stipend, airfare and health cover, varying by country programme
United StatesUnited States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)
Tuition, a living stipend, return airfare, accident and sickness coverage and a settling-in allowance
United StatesU.S. Department of State
Fully funded ten-month programme: tuition, living allowance, insurance, travel and professional development funds
United StatesStanford University
Fully funded: tuition and fees for any Stanford graduate degree, a living stipend and a travel allowance
Scholarship terms, values and deadlines change every award cycle. Always confirm the current details on the official programme website, linked on each scholarship page, before you apply.
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Scholarships to study in the US — what students ask us most.
You apply through the Fulbright commission or US embassy in your own country — not to a US university directly — and each country sets its own eligibility, fields and deadlines, typically a year or more before study begins. Selected scholars get university placement support as part of the programme, with funding that covers tuition, living costs, airfare and health insurance for the award period.
Yes, but from the universities rather than national schemes: merit scholarships at many institutions, and need-based aid for international students at a small set of well-endowed universities. Both are competitive and university-specific. If undergraduate study in the US is the goal, plan the funding search alongside the university shortlist from day one — your counsellor can tell you where your profile has a realistic case.
The flagships do — Fulbright and Knight-Hennessy fund tuition and living comprehensively for the award period. University merit awards more often cover a portion of tuition, which matters in the US where total costs run high: always model the remaining gap across all four years (or two, for a master's) before accepting an offer.
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