Scholarships in the United States for Nigerian students
The United States hosts more Nigerian international students than any other country outside Africa. Need-blind admissions at Harvard, MIT, Yale, Princeton and Amherst, full-funding PhDs across all STEM fields, and the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Berkeley, Michigan and Carnegie Mellon make the U.S. effectively fully funded for Nigerians who get in. Fulbright Foreign Student adds roughly a dozen Nigerian Masters and PhD slots each year.
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GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. USD 10,000 renewable for 3 additional years, maximum USD 40,000; not full-cost guarantee. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit infe
I-House Partial Room and Board Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by International House at UC Berkeley. Partial room/board only; amount unspecified; eligible room types: bunk-bed double, budget single, second-floor single, single. Subject to funds. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage
Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Up to USD 55,000/year last-dollar for 2–3 years; tuition, living, books/required fees; individualized. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
SMART Scholarship-for-Service
Full tuition · undergraduate / masters / phd · study in United States · offered by SMART / Scholarship America. Full tuition; USD 30,000–46,000 annual stipend; summer internships; compulsory one-for-one civilian government service after graduation. Not an unconditional grant. Funding exclusions and
Ron Brown Signature Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Ron Brown Scholar Program. USD 40,000 over 4 years; accredited four-year US institution; not necessarily full costs. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Make Your Mark Scholarship
Partial funding · study in United States · offered by LewerMark. USD 3,000; seven winners are one programme; submission costs not reimbursed; broad publicity/IP release. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Greenhouse Scholars Whole Person College Program
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Greenhouse Scholars. Last-dollar tuition up to USD 5,000/year; optional Flex Funding up to USD 6,000 annually; mentoring; accountability, service, internship and symposium requirements. Funding exclusions and conditions: See cove
Centre College Language Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Centre College. Up to USD 5,000 annually; combinable with general merit; partial funding. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Chick-fil-A Community Scholars
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States / Canada · offered by Chick-fil-A. Up to USD 25,000 one-time education expenses, disburseable over 1–6 years; leadership programme; past recipients excluded. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit in
Toyota Scholarship Program — Community Partners
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Toyota / Scholarship America. USD 7,500/year, renewable to USD 30,000 for four years; school expenses only; renewal conditional. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Elks National Foundation. USD 1,000–7,500/year for four years; top tier requires leadership weekend attendance. Not full funding. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Burger King Scholars Program
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States / Canada · offered by Burger King Foundation. USD 1,000–60,000 education-cost awards; maximum is exceptional award not standard. Employee/award tiers count as one family. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no ext
Northeastern State University International Non-Resident 50% Tuition Waiver
Partial funding · undergraduate / masters · study in United States · offered by Northeastern State University. 50% nonresident tuition only; in-state tuition and remaining nonresident amount payable. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Akindele F. Akinyemi Global Achievement Scholarship — EMU Africology Track
Partial funding · study in United States · offered by The GABA Foundation. USD 500; one award in the 2027 cycle. Partial scholarship, not full tuition or living-cost funding. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Equitable Excellence Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Equitable Foundation. USD 5,000/year renewable 3 additional years, up to USD 20,000; mentoring/workshop participation requirements. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Texas A&M University Bill and Rita Stout Academic Excellence Award
undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Texas A&M University. Amount unstated; one semester; no nonresident waiver. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by NOAA. USD 9,500/year for 2 years plus 10-week paid internship/travel/conference support; total value up to USD 40,000. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Dell Scholars Program
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. USD 20,000 flexible award plus laptop, books and support; partial funding. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship
undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Jackie Robinson Foundation. Scholarship and mentoring; amount not stated on checked application/programme pages. Do not infer USD 30 k from aggregators. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
University of Texas at Austin African Leadership Bridge Endowed Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by University of Texas at Austin. USD 5,000 plus nonresident tuition waiver; not all living costs. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Elechukwu Njaka Scholarship and Creative Research Award
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by University of Maryland, Baltimore County. USD 1,000 per recipient; two awards in 2026–2027. Partial scholarship; award places are not separate programmes. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Up to USD 30,000 graduate expenses; cannot duplicate other funding beyond costs. Public service for three of seven years after funded degree or repayment with interest. Funding exclusions a
University of Michigan AE Scholarship Fund for Undergraduate International Students
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by University of Michigan. USD 3,000–5,000 generally; tuition, housing, food, healthcare/emergency needs. Partial award, tax withholding possible. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inf
Hagan International Scholarship
Partial funding · masters / phd · study in United States · offered by Hagan Scholarship Foundation. USD 1,000 essentials plus up to USD 7,500/semester for 4 semesters (USD 30,000); partial need-based award; ongoing obligations. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no ext
Boise State University Global Broncos Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Boise State University. USD 2,400–9,800 nonresident tuition/fees waiver for one academic year; not full costs. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. Up to USD 7,500/year for tuition, mandatory fees, books, housing/meals after other aid; one or two years according to remaining semesters. Funding exclusions and
ISF Public Interest Law Scholarship
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States · offered by Islamic Scholarship Fund. USD 5,000–10,000; no full-cost promise. Business-law and unsupported fields excluded. Funding exclusions and conditions: See coverage and eligibility; no extra benefit inferred.
Allegheny College Trustee Scholarship
Allegheny College Trustee Scholarship: Automatically renewable for up to four years of full-time enrollment; no minimum renewal GPA. Deadline: 15 February 2027 (time and time zone not stated).
Rider University International-Eligible Academic Merit Scholarships
Rider University International-Eligible Academic Merit Scholarships: Partial academic merit funding; maximum four-year value depends on the award offer. Deadline: 15 January 2027 (time and time zone not stated).
Duquesne Libermann Scholarship
Duquesne Libermann Scholarship: Renewable for four years/eight semesters of undergraduate study. Deadline: Open — no closing date published on the official page.
Ripon College Academic Scholarship
Ripon College Academic Scholarship: Renewable academic merit support. The 2026–27 page quotes USD 30,000–40,000/year, but the 2027 amount is not confirmed. Deadline: Open — no closing date published on the official page.
Seattle Pacific University International-Eligible Merit Scholarships
Seattle Pacific University International-Eligible Merit Scholarships: Partial academic tuition merit; continuous full-time enrollment of 12 or more credits per quarter required. Deadline: 15 November 2026 (time and time zone not stated).
Arkansas State International Undergraduate Scholarship
Arkansas State International Undergraduate Scholarship: Undergraduate first-year/transfer scholarship. An older official programme PDF states renewal requires GPA 3.0 and 30 credits/year; confirm renewal in the current offer. Deadline: 1 November 2026 (time and time zone not stated).
Saint Martin’s International Undergraduate Academic Merit Scholarships
Saint Martin’s International Undergraduate Academic Merit Scholarships: Annual renewable undergraduate academic tuition support. Deadline: Open — no closing date published on the official page.
Tiffin International Academic Merit Scholarships
Tiffin International Academic Merit Scholarships: Scholarship support maintained at entry award level during enrollment; full-time required for full amount. Deadline: Open — no closing date published on the official page.
Mizzou International Honors and Merit Scholarships
Mizzou International Honors and Merit Scholarships: International merit tuition awards applied only to nonresident portion of tuition. Deadline: 1 December 2026 (time and time zone not stated).
Martin D. Jenkins Scholarship
Martin D. Jenkins Scholarship: Up to four consecutive years; award selection is competitive and funding-dependent, not guaranteed by Honors admission. Deadline: 31 January 2027 (time and time zone not stated).
Webster Academic Scholarship for International Students
Webster Academic Scholarship for International Students: Tuition-only academic support, renewable over eligible degree duration subject to full-time enrollment and award conditions. Deadline: Rolling — no fixed closing date published.
Carroll College International Academic Merit Scholarships
Carroll College International Academic Merit Scholarships: Renewable undergraduate academic merit support; freshman awards continue three additional years subject to satisfactory academic progress. Deadline: 28 February 2027 (time and time zone not stated).
St Thomas University Miami International Academic Scholarships
St Thomas University Miami International Academic Scholarships: Academic support renewable four years with satisfactory academic progress; may apply to tuition, fees, housing, meals. Deadline: Open — no closing date published on the official page.
Mississippi State International Academic Scholarships
Mississippi State International Academic Scholarships: Nonresident tuition scholarship, renewable up to 8 semesters for freshmen or 5 semesters for transfer entrants. Deadline: Open — no closing date published on the official page.
Southern Mississippi Freshman Academic Excellence Scholarships
Southern Mississippi Freshman Academic Excellence Scholarships: Academic tuition support renewable four years; full-tuition awards rise with tuition. Housing supplement is first year only. Deadline: 1 March 2027 (time and time zone not stated).
Montana State International Undergraduate Merit-Based Scholarship
Montana State International Undergraduate Merit-Based Scholarship: Tuition-only support, renewable if full-time nonresident status and GPA 3.0 maintained. Deadline: Open — no closing date published on the official page.
Montana State University Honors College Presidential Scholarship
Montana State University Honors College Presidential Scholarship: Up to eight fall/spring semesters; priority registration. Deadline: 1 December 2026 at midnight MST.
Wartburg International Scholarship
Wartburg International Scholarship: USD 13,000–20,500 per year; institutional grants applied to tuition under general aid policy. Renewable with cumulative GPA at least 2.0, within normal degree duration. Deadline: 15 November 2026 (time and time zone not stated).
University of Montana Academic Achievement Scholarship (UMAAS)
University of Montana Academic Achievement Scholarship (UMAAS): Undergraduate merit tuition support based on converted GPA; award amount not verified. Deadline: 15 June 2027 (time and time zone not stated).
Marietta College International Undergraduate Merit Scholarships
Marietta College International Undergraduate Merit Scholarships: Tuition-only merit support; named GPA-based tiers consolidated. Automatically renewable for four years, subject to published academic/enrollment requirements. Deadline: Open — no closing date published on the official page.
UNI International Scholars Award
UNI International Scholars Award: Renewable up to four years with continuous full-time enrollment and good standing. Deadline: Open — no closing date published on the official page.
Transylvania University Academic Merit Scholarships
Transylvania University Academic Merit Scholarships: Partial undergraduate academic merit scholarships. Deadline: Open — no closing date published on the official page.
Lawrence University Academic Merit Scholarships
Lawrence University Academic Merit Scholarships: Four-year renewable institutional merit support at same award level. Deadline: 15 January 2027 (time and time zone not stated).
Augustana College Academic Merit Scholarships (Presidential, Dean’s and Founders)
Augustana College Academic Merit Scholarships (Presidential, Dean’s and Founders): Renewable academic scholarships; GPA conditions vary by tier. Deadline: 1 April 2027 (time and time zone not stated).
Coe College Global Leadership Scholarship
Coe College Global Leadership Scholarship: Tuition amount at year of entry, renewable for three additional years at that amount plus a yearly USD 500 increase. Future tuition increases beyond that formula are not promised. Deadline: 15 February 2027 (time and time zone not stated).
APS Short-Term Resident Research Fellowships, 2027–28
APS Short-Term Resident Research Fellowships, 2027–28: USD 3,000/month for one to three months. Eligibility: U.S. citizens and foreign nationals eligible; PhD holders/equivalent, doctoral candidates past preliminary examinations, or degreed independent scholars requiring APS collections.
Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2027–28
Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2027–28: USD 70,000 stipend, medical insurance, USD 2,500 research support and USD 1,500 moving expenses for fellows relocating from outside Greater Boston. Eligibility: Humanistic research engaging environmental humanities; doctorate awarded on or after May 2024, or all degree requirements including defense completed by August 1, 2027. International scholars expressly eligible.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term Research Fellowships, 2027–28
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term Research Fellowships, 2027–28: USD 2,400 per month for one or two months. Eligibility: International scholars welcome. Doctoral candidates, postdoctoral and appropriately qualified independent researchers using AAS collections; named-fund subject and degree requirements vary.
Managing the Atom Fellowship, 2027–28
Managing the Atom Fellowship, 2027–28: Ten-month stipend of USD 50,000 predoctoral or USD 60,000 postdoctoral, with health insurance, discounted transit passes and shared office support. Eligibility: Worldwide applicants: dissertation-stage PhD candidates who have passed general examinations, recent PhDs, faculty and relevant professionals researching nuclear policy.
New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, 2027–28
New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, 2027–28: USD 5,000 for at least six weeks of collection research between June 1, 2027 and May 31, 2028. Eligibility: U.S. citizens and foreign nationals holding required U.S. government documents; researchers across history/humanities/social sciences and relevant scientific-history fields. Foreign nationals must consult MHS about stipend eligibility before applying.
UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, 2027–28
UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, 2027–28: Paid postdoctoral appointment; 2026 salary reference approximately $71,491; health benefits. Eligibility: Terminal degree before appointment; tenured UC mentor; campus residence. Non-US citizens and non-permanent residents may apply.
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology 2027
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology 2027: Up to USD360,000 over three years: USD85,000 annual stipend plus up to USD35,000 annual allowance for insurance/benefits and research. Up to USD2,000 of allowance can cover relocation, paid through host. Starts between July1 and October1,2027. Eligibility: U.S. citizens and foreign applicants expressly welcome. PhD/equivalent within three years before deadline, or completed by award start. Interdisciplinary basic plant research: move experti
Jansky Fellowship Program, 2027
Jansky Fellowship Program, 2027: Typical starting annual salary USD 75,000, plus USD 17,000 yearly research/travel allowance and employee benefits; two-to-three-year appointment. Eligibility: Any nationality; PhD in astronomy, astrophysics, physics, computer science or related field; normally no more than five years of postdoctoral experience at start, with justified career-break exceptions.
Cooke College Scholarship Program
Partial funding · undergraduate · study in United States or other accredited destination · offered by Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Up to USD 55,000/year last-dollar after institutional aid for tuition, living, books, required fees; amount individualized. Funding exclusions and conditions: See covera
RMIT Vietnam International Excellence Scholarships 2027
RMIT Vietnam International Excellence Scholarships 2027: Tuition reduction for entire programme;12 awards across 2027 semesters. Deadline: 18 January 2027 at 17:00 Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh.
Duke Kunshan Global Leaders Full Scholarship Award
Duke Kunshan Global Leaders Full Scholarship Award: Tuition; books/housing/insurance/meal subsidies; annual return airfare; one-time laptop stipend; essential costs of Duke study-away semester. Deadline: 2 November 2026 at 23:59 America/New_York.
H. H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Scholarship
H. H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Scholarship: Tuition scholarship, renewable subject to conditions until graduation. Deadline: Opening date/deadline not yet published.
AUS Financial Grants for New Students — Spring 2027
AUS Financial Grants for New Students — Spring 2027: Financial grant determined by demonstrated need and academic standing; shared-housing assistance may be available. Deadline: 10 December 2026 at 16:00 (time zone not stated).
FDU International Undergraduate Scholarships — US and Vancouver routes
FDU International Undergraduate Scholarships — US and Vancouver routes: Campus-specific institutional tuition awards; US and Vancouver amounts and renewal requirements are not interchangeable. See programme_variants for Vancouver Olsen/Dickinson tiers. Deadline: 1 December 2026 (time and time zone n
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