Earth has benefited greatly from research and innovation
Our understanding and development on earth has benefited greatly from research and innovation in the fields of geoscience, chemistry, astronomy, paleontology and physics. If you're majoring in a physical science, there are infinite scholarship opportunities for you here.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, geoscience and environmental science job opportunities are expected to increase approximately 20% by 2020. There is an immediate need for scientists in the United States to advance technology, medicine, and atmospheric and astrological awareness.
If you're interested in applying for physical sciences scholarships, view your options below.
Top 4 Physical Sciences Scholarship Topics
- Chemistry
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- Paleontology
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- Physics
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- Planetary Astronomy and Science
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101 Matching Scholarships
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- 2000
A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: May 2 | Amount: $1,000-$2,000
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
- 2500
AFCEA General Emmett Paige Scholarships
Deadline: May 1 | Amount: $2,500
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
- 2000
AFCEA General John A. Wickham Scholarships
Deadline: May 1 | Amount: $2,000
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
- 0
AFCEA Ralph W. Shrader Diversity Scholarships
Deadline: April 22 | Amount: Varies
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
- 3000
AFCEA ROTC Scholarships
Deadline: February 19 | Amount: $2,000-$3,000
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
- 1000
Aida White Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: January 31 | Amount: $1,000
Pinellas Education Foundation
- 24000
AMS / Industry / Government Graduate Fellowships
Deadline: March 31 | Amount: $24,000
American Meteorological Society
- 15000
AMS Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science
Deadline: March 31 | Amount: $15,000
American Meteorological Society
- 3000
AMS Minority Scholarship
Deadline: March 31 | Amount: $3,000
American Meteorological Society
- 0
AMS Named Scholarships
Deadline: March 31 | Amount: Varies
American Meteorological Society
- 0
Analytical Engineering, Inc. (AEI) Scholarship
Deadline: January 13 | Amount: Varies
The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County
- 1000
Asian Pacific Community Fund - Verizon Scholarship Awards Program
Deadline: January 31 | Amount: $1,000
Asian Pacific Community Fund
- 4000
ASNE Scholarship Program
Deadline: February 29 | Amount: $3,000-$4,000
American Society of Naval Engineers
- 3000
Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Educational Awards
Deadline: December 31 | Amount: $1,000-$3,000
Association for Women in Science
- 10000
Astronaut Scholarship
Deadline: Varies | Amount: $10,000
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
- 3000
August and Eleanor Streater Mathematics and Science Scholarship
Deadline: March 18 | Amount: $3,000
The Wells County Foundation, Inc.
- 5000
Banatao Filipino American Education Fund
Deadline: February 20 | Amount: $5,000
Asian Pacific Fund
- 1000
Battery Division Student Research Award
Deadline: March 15 | Amount: $1,000
Electrochemical Society
- 2500
Boeing Company STEM Scholarship
Deadline: March 16 | Amount: $2,500
Independent Colleges of Washington
- 2500
Build U. Scholarship
Deadline: November 1; April 1 | Amount: $2,500
Buildium
- 2500
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: May 31 | Amount: $2,500
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
- 900
Campbell "Buck" McIntyre Scholarship
Deadline: February 1 | Amount: $900
Decatur County Community Foundation
- 10000
Carolyn Watson Opportunities Scholarship
Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $10,000
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
- 1000
Chuck Reville, K3FT Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: April 30 | Amount: $1,000
Foundation for Amateur Radio, Inc.
- 0
Collegiate Inventors Competition
Deadline: June 15 | Amount: Varies
National Inventors Hall of Fame
- 500
David G. Casavan Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: January 29 | Amount: $500
Ventura County Community Foundation
- 50000
Davidson Fellows Scholarships
Deadline: February 8 | Amount: $10,000-$50,000
Davidson Institute for Talent Development
- 500
Dennis Crowe Science Scholarship
Deadline: February 1 | Amount: $500
Decatur County Community Foundation
- 5000
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes
Deadline: November 10 | Amount: $5,000 stipend plus airfare and living expenses
National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes
- 1500
Elizabeth and Sherman Asche Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: June 1 | Amount: $1,500
Association on American Indian Affairs
- 3000
Excellence in Engineering, Mathematics or the Sciences Scholarship
Deadline: May 1 and October 25 | Amount: Up to $3,000
Institute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad)
- 5000
ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Math and Science Scholarship
Deadline: April 15 | Amount: $5,000
ExxonMobil
- 1000
Father James B. Macelwane Annual Award in Meteorology
Deadline: June 12 | Amount: $1,000
American Meteorological Society
- 60000
Fellowship Award
Deadline: March 15 and August 15 | Amount: $50,000-$60,000 plus expenses
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
- 25000
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for Minorities
Deadline: January 10 | Amount: $25,000
Fellowships Office
- 0
Francisca C. Vrona Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: March 15 | Amount: Varies
Barry Community Foundation
- 2500
Freshman Undergraduate Scholarship
Deadline: March 31 | Amount: $2,500
American Meteorological Society
- 2000
GAHCC Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: April 30 | Amount: $2,000
Hispanic Scholarship Consortium
- 0
GEM MS Engineering Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 15 | Amount: Varies
The National GEM Consortium
- 0
GeoEye Foundation Award for the Application of High-Resolution Digital Satellite Imagery
Deadline: October 18 | Amount: Up to $20,000 in imagery value
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society
- 1000
Gertrude S. Goldhaber Prize
Deadline: March 1 | Amount: $1,000
Brookhaven Women in Science
- 2000
Gladys Anderson Emerson Scholarship
Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $2,000
Iota Sigma Pi (ISP) ND
- 3000
GlaxoSmithKline Company Science Achievement Award
Deadline: Varies | Amount: $3,000
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
- 10000
Gorgas Scholarship Competition
Deadline: January 6 | Amount: Up to $10,000
Alabama Junior Academy of Science
- 44000
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 4 | Amount: Up to $44,000
National Science Foundation
- 1250
Heinlein Society Scholarship Program
Deadline: May 15 | Amount: $1,250
Heinlein Society
- 1
Hertz Foundation's Graduate Fellowship Award
Deadline: October 28 | Amount: Up to full tuition plus stipend
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
- 1750
Horkheimer/Smith Youth Service Award
Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,750 plus travel expenses
Astronomical League
- 15000
HSF/Marathon Oil Corporation College Scholarship Program
Deadline: October 1 | Amount: Up to $15,000
Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)
- 3000
Hubertus W. V. Willems Scholarship For Male Students
Deadline: 0 | Amount: $2,000-$3,000
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- 0
Jack Dannenhoffer Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies
Oregon Office of Student Access and Completion
- 1000
Jeff Warner Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: March 25 | Amount: $1,000
The Troy Foundation
- 3000
Jerome Evenson Scholarship
Deadline: February | Amount: $3,000
Arlington Community Foundation
- 999
Jessica Lynn Wantz Memorial 4-H
Deadline: March 3 | Amount: $500-$999
Henry County Community Foundation
- 5000
John J. McKetta Scholarship
Deadline: June 15 | Amount: $5,000
American Institute of Chemical Engineers - (AIChE)
- 1200
Kylen C. Bares Memorial Scholarship Fund
Deadline: April 1 | Amount: $1,200
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
- 20000
L'Oreal Canada For Women in Science, with the Support of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO
Deadline: March 25 | Amount: $20,000
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
- 3000
Lambeth Family Scholarship
Deadline: March 1 | Amount: $3,000
Seattle Foundation
- 0
MAES Scholarship Program
Deadline: April 30 | Amount: Varies
Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists Inc. (MAES)
- 5000
Making the Future Scholarship
Deadline: March 31 | Amount: $5,000
Cognizant
- 1000
Maude and Harvey Goehring Scholarship
Deadline: February 1 | Amount: $1,000
Community Foundation of Henderson County
- 4500
Medtronic Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: Varies | Amount: $4,500
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
- 1500
Members-at-Large Reentry Award
Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,500
Iota Sigma Pi (ISP)
- 5000
MESBEC Program
Deadline: March 15, April 30 and September 15 | Amount: $500-$5,000
Catching the Dream
- 3000
Mikkelson Foundation Student Scholarship Program
Deadline: April 14 | Amount: $3,000
Mikkelson Foundation
- 1
Minnesota Academic Excellence Scholarship
Deadline: Varies | Amount: Up to full tuition
Minnesota Office of Higher Education Services
- 1000
Minority Affairs Committee Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement
Deadline: July 1 | Amount: $1,000
American Institute of Chemical Engineers - (AIChE)
- 20000
National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: November 30 | Amount: $20,000
National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC)
- 1
NDSEG Fellowship Program
Deadline: December 12 | Amount: Full tuition plus fees, stipend and medical insurance
Department of Defense, American Society for Engineering Education
- 2000
Paul and Ellen Ruckes Scholarship
Deadline: May 31 | Amount: $2,000
American Foundation for the Blind Scholarship Committee
- 5000
Payzer Scholarship
Deadline: February 28 | Amount: $5,000
EAA Aviation Center
- 25000
Proton Energy Scholarship Program
Deadline: February 20 | Amount: $25,000
Proton OnSite Scholarship Program
- 3000
RBC Wealth Management Colorado Scholarship
Deadline: March 5 | Amount: $3,000
Denver Foundation
- 0
RISE - Research Internships in Science and Engineering
Deadline: January 15 | Amount: Varies
German Academic Exchange Service
- 2000
Robert E. Altenhofen Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: October 31 | Amount: $2,000
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society
- 0
Roth Family Scholarship Fund
Deadline: March 9 | Amount: Varies
Blackford County Community Foundation
- 1000
Science Student Grant
Deadline: December 1 | Amount: $1,000
Foundation for Science and Disability
- 5000
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
Deadline: October 15; March 15 | Amount: $5,000
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
- 0
SMART Scholarship
Deadline: December | Amount: Varies
American Society for Engineering Education
- 2000
Society of American Military Engineers, Albuquerque Post Scholarship
Deadline: March 1 | Amount: $2,000
New Mexico Engineering Foundation
- 500
STEM Scholarship Program
Deadline: January 1 | Amount: $500
Widespread Electrical Sales
- 0
Steven J. Muir Scholarship
Deadline: March 15 | Amount: Varies
Tau Kappa Epsilon Educational Foundation
- 1000
Supporting STEM Scholarship
Deadline: July 30 | Amount: $1,000
Hoshizaki Ice Maker
- 5000
Tech High School Alumni Association/W.O. Cheney Merit Scholarship
Deadline: March 15 | Amount: $5,000
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc.
- 0
The AK Steel Foundation STEM Scholarship
Deadline: March 31 | Amount: Varies
The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
- 0
The Albert L. & June B. Powers Scholarship
Deadline: April 1 (College Applicants); May 1 (High School Seniors) | Amount: Varies
Concord Carlisle Scholarship Fund
- 3000
The Mikkelson Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: April 14 | Amount: $3,000
The Mikkelson Foundation
- 0
The Vinod Jalan Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: April 1 (College Applicants); May 1 (High School Seniors) | Amount: Varies
Concord Carlisle Scholarship Fund
- 0
Thomas Drummond Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: March 6 | Amount: Varies
Bay Area Community Foundation
- 400
Thomas H. Dunning, Sr., Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: March 15 | Amount: $400
Tau Kappa Epsilon Educational Foundation
- 0
Timothy L. Taschwer Scholarship
Deadline: March 15 | Amount: Varies
Tau Kappa Epsilon Educational Foundation
- 5000
Trevor D. Leser Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: March 6 | Amount: $5,000
Bay Area Community Foundation
- 5000
Unitil Scholarship Fund
Deadline: March 14 | Amount: $5,000
Unitil
- 3000
Verda Mclendon Scholarship
Deadline: April 1 | Amount: $3,000
Community Foundation of Jackson County
- 0
West Virginia Engineering, Science, and Technology Scholarship
Deadline: Unknown | Amount: Varies
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission PROMISE Scholarship
- 2000
William A. Fischer Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: October 31 | Amount: $2,000
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society
- 2000
William Fairburn, Jr. and Cynthia Fairburn Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: January 29 | Amount: $2,000
Ventura County Community Foundation
- 0
William James and Dorothy Bading Lanquist Fund
Deadline: February 18 | Amount: Varies
Hawaii Community Foundation - Scholarships
- 10000
William R. Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship
Deadline: January 31 | Amount: $10,000
American Radio Relay League Foundation
- 3000
Women in STEM Scholarship/BHW Scholarship
Deadline: April 15 | Amount: $3,000
The BHW Group
- 1000
YASME Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: January 31 | Amount: $1,000
American Radio Relay League Foundation
