Undergraduate Study
Listed below are some of the undergraduate study awards available to MSU students. Scholarships and fellowships marked with an asterisk (*) require an institutional endorsement, meaning applications to these awards must be submitted through the Distinguished Student Awards Office.
If you intend to apply to one of the these awards, please fill out an Intent to Apply Form. For any questions not answered in the Scholarships and Fellowships FAQ, or to schedule an appointment, please contact the DSAO through our email studentawards@msu.edu.
All Fields
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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Oct. 5 & Mar. 7 | All | Enables American students to gain proficiency in diverse languages and cultures, skills that are critically important to their academic and career development. | Undergraduate students | U.S. citizens or permanent residents | No |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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December 29 | Humanities, Social Sciences | Funds study abroad by U.S. undergraduate students in world regions critical to U.S. interests. This scholarship requires a language component. | Undergraduate students | U.S. citizen or permanent resident, 3.3+ GPA, | Yes |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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September 19 (11:59 PM ET) | Foreign Service | Funding for a 2-year graduate program relevant to the foreign service | Seniors/ Recent Graduates | U.S. citizen, 3.2+ GPA | No |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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November 16 (Nov. 1 for MSU feedback) | Foreign Language | Study Abroad/ Summer language study | Undergraduates | U.S. citizen | No |
Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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STEM | Funding for 2 years of undergraduate study, and a paid summer internship | Sophomores | U.S. citizen, 3.3+ GPA | No |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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Late January | Fields relevant to environmental science | Funding for 2 years of undergraduate study and paid summer internship | Sophomores and Juniors (must have two years of undergraduate study remaining) | U.S. citizen, 3.0+ GPA | No |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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September 17 | Disciplines relevant to foreign affairs and public policy | Funding for senior year and first year of graduate study | Seniors and first year graduate students | U.S. citizen, 3.2+ GPA | No |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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September 26 - Noon | Studies relevant to international affairs, political and economic analysis, management, and science policy. | Funding for first and second years graduate study | Seniors | U.S. citizen | No |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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January 19 | Environmental studies or Native American leaders | Funding for 1-2 years of undergraduate study | Sophomores and Juniors | U.S. citizen or permanent resident, 3.0+ GPA | Yes |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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Early November | International Development or Foreign Service | Funding for 2 years of graduate study | Seniors or recent graduates | U.S. citizen, 3.2+ GPA | No |
STEM
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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January 17 | STEM | Provides up to four years of financial support for students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex problems in science and engineering. | Senior undergraduates, first-year graduate students, or those matriculating into graduate school for fall 2024 | U.S. citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents | No |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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November 1 | STEM | Funding for 1-2 years of undergraduate study | Sophomores and Juniors | U.S. citizen or permanent resident, 3.7+ GPA | Yes |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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December 1 | STEM | Funding for up to five years of undergraduate study, paid summer internship, and other benefits | Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors | U.S. citizen, 3.0+ GPA, age 18+ | No |
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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Early April | Biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related fields | Competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research. | Be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time undergraduate student at an accredited four-year college or university | U.S. citizen, 3.3+ GPA, demonstrate financial need | No |
Campus Deadline | Disciplines | Purpose | Open To | Eligibility | Endorsement Required |
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March 27 | Committed to a career in Public Service | Financial Aid, Summer Funding, Travel Stipend | Current Sophomores | U.S. citizen or permanent resident | No |