Biology Scholarships

3378 scholarships

$500,000 largest award

Nov 12, 2026 next deadline

Our catalog lists 3378 active awards for Biology students — scholarships, grants, fellowships, and other student funding. Awards range up to $500,000. Each listing links to the official application so you always apply through the real sponsor — never a paid middleman.

Biology scholarships and grants often reward more than grades. Professional associations, employers, and university departments fund students who show genuine commitment to the field — through projects, internships, competitions, or community work. Tailor each essay to the sponsor's mission rather than reusing one generic statement.

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Regeneron Science Talent Search — due Nov 12, 2026
Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship — due Nov 15, 2026
Jack Kent Cooke College Scholarship — due Nov 18, 2026
Dell Scholars Program — due Dec 01, 2026
Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team — due Dec 01, 2026

Biology scholarships

National Institutes of Health's Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP) — National Institutes of Health

Amount varies · Deadline —

National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program Fellowships — National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program

Amount varies · Deadline March

The Vipin Agrawal Memorial Scholarship — Vipin Agrawal Fund

Up to $8,000 · Deadline —

Kris Knudson Memorial Scholarship — University of Alaska Anchorage

Up to $750 · Deadline —

Toyota STEM Scholarship — Toyota in partnership with UNCF

Up to $10,000 · Deadline —

Postdoctoral Fellowships for Basic Scientists Program — Parkinson's Foundation

Up to $124,000 · Deadline March

Brown Hudner Navy Scholarship — Delaware Student Success

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-03-01

For A Bright Future STEAM Scholarship

Up to $10,000 · Deadline —

R.I. Gillette, Gladys C. Anderson and Karen D. Carsel Memorial — American Foundation for the Blind

Up to $3,500 · Deadline —

Lieutenant General Douglas D. Buchholz Memorial Scholarship — AFCEA International

Up to $2,000 · Deadline —

Kendra Smith Scholarship — The First Nation Group Foundation Inc.

Up to $10,000 · Deadline January

Lola Ellis Robertson Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

Latinos in Technology Scholarship — Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Up to $30,000 · Deadline February 29.

LoopEd Scholarship — DoorLoop

Up to $3,000 · Deadline —

Paul Robert Gouin, MD, Memorial Scholarship Fund — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

Beyond Tomorrow Scholarship — Beyond Tomorrow Foundation

Up to $25,000 · Deadline —

Reuben Lee Kwai Brandt Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

Lyle Carlson Wildlife Management Scholarships — University of Alaska

Amount varies · Deadline —

Schulich Leader Scholarships — Schulich Foundation

Up to $120,000 · Deadline —

Link Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program — National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution

Up to $9,000 · Deadline May 1; November 1.

Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP) Scholarship — Headwaters Foundation, Inc.

Amount varies · Deadline —

AACN Nursing Student Scholarship — American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-02-15

Jack M. Nagasaka Memorial Scholarship — Redlands Community Scholarship Foundation

Up to $300 · Deadline February

Thermo Fisher Scientific Antibody Scholarship Program 2024 — Thermo Fisher Scientific

Up to $10,000 · Deadline May

American Lung Association Senior Research Training Fellowships (RT) — American Lung Association in the District of Columbia

Up to $32,500 · Deadline —

Maureen E. Nolan-Cahill Memorial Scholarship — University of Alaska

Amount varies · Deadline —

Max M. Burger Endowed Scholarship in Embryology — Marine Biological Laboratory

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MBL Pioneers Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

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Florence C. Rose and S. Meryl Rose Endowed Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

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USS Kamehameha Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

Vipin Agrawal Memorial Scholarship Fund — Vipin Agrawal Memorial Scholarship Fund (VAMSF)

Up to $2,000 · Deadline —

Warren Nakupuna Ah Loo Memorial Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

Thomas B. Grave and Elizabeth F. Grave Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

Hakes Brothers Scholarship Fund — Albuquerque Community Foundation

Up to $6,000 · Deadline —

Breakthrough T1D Postdoctoral Fellowships — Breakthrough T1D

Amount varies · Deadline —

Frank Morrell Endowed Memorial Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

Milton L. Shifman Endowed Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

Istock Family Scholarship — Biological Station University of Michigan

Amount varies · Deadline March

David and Deborah Clark Fellowship — Organization for Tropical Studies

Up to $5,200 · Deadline —

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) — National Science Foundation (NSF)

Amount varies · Deadline —

Dole Food Fellowship — Organization for Tropical Studies

Up to $5,200 · Deadline —

The E. Alexander Bergstrom Memorial Research Award — Association of Field Ornithologists

Up to $1,500 · Deadline —

LIFE Scholarship STEM Enhancement — University of South Carolina

Amount varies · Deadline —

UNCF/Merck Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowships — United Negro College Fund

Up to $92,000 · Deadline —

ARFUTURE — ADHE Scholarship Application Management System (SAMS)

Amount varies · Deadline —

Emily P. Foster Fellowship — Organization for Tropical Studies

Up to $5,200 · Deadline —

Murrietta Circuits Scholarship Opportunity — Murrietta Circuits

Up to $500 · Deadline —

F. Christian and Betty Thompson Fellowship — Organization for Tropical Studies

Up to $5,200 · Deadline —

USGA/Chevron STEM Scholarship Program — United States Golf Association

Amount varies · Deadline —

Qualcomm San Diego Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics — The San Diego Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline March

Girls in Stem (GIS) Scholarship — RKT Publishing LLC

Up to $500 · Deadline —

RTK Scholars Program

Up to $1,500 · Deadline 2027-05-31

ADA Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship Award — American Diabetes Association

Amount varies · Deadline —

ADA Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship Award — American Diabetes Association

Amount varies · Deadline —

Women in Conservation Science Scholarship

Up to $4,000 · Deadline 2027-06-08

ExtremeTerrain Student Scholarship

Up to $2,500 · Deadline 2027-06-15

Shape Plus Fitness Scholarship — Shape Plus

Up to $1,500 · Deadline August 1. 2025

Ventana Ocean Conservation Scholarship

Up to $3,000 · Deadline 2027-07-15

National Institute of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program (NIH — National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Public Health Service

Up to $20,000 · Deadline —

Rosie Walks Human–Wildlife Coexistence Scholarship — Rosie Walks LLC

Up to $500 · Deadline —

Virginia Heinlein Memorial Scholarship — Heinlein Society

Up to $2,500 · Deadline 2027-04-01

African American Network of the Carolinas Scholarship — Foundation for the Carolinas

Up to $2,000 · Deadline —

WIT North America — Palantir

Amount varies · Deadline —

The Lambeth Family Scholarship — Seattle Foundation

Up to $5,000 · Deadline February

NDSGC American Indian Scholarship — North Dakota Space Grant Consortium

Up to $2,500 · Deadline —

PixelPlex Bi-Annual STEM Scholarship — PixelPlex

Up to $2,000 · Deadline —

William Randolph Hearst Educational Endowment — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

American Lung Association Clinical Patient Care Research Grants (CG) — American Lung Association in the District of Columbia

Up to $50,000 · Deadline —

Quad City Engineering and Science Council Scholarship (QCESC) — Quad City Engineering and Science Council

Up to $3,000 · Deadline 2027-01-27

L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Amount varies · Deadline —

Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program — Life Sciences Research Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline —

Lillian and Murray Slatkin Fellowship — Organization for Tropical Studies

Up to $5,200 · Deadline —

Arthur and Barbara Pape Endowment — Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences

Amount varies · Deadline —

Herbert M. Saylor Memorial Scholarship — Sonoma County Mycological Association

Up to $2,500 · Deadline —

Beekhuis Scholarship — Delaware Community Foundation

Up to $4,000 · Deadline 2027-03-15

Palmetto Fellows and LIFE Scholarship STEM Enhancement — State of South Carolina

Up to $2,500 · Deadline —

Hannah T. Croasdale Fellowships — Phycological Society of America

Up to $1,500 · Deadline January 1; April 14.

CCF Improving Cancer Care Grants — Conquer Cancer

Amount varies · Deadline —

Horace W. Stunkard Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

Amona and Suzel Ho STEM Leaders Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

Little Helpers 1000 Scholarship — Little Helpers

Up to $1,000 · Deadline 15th February 2026

Julia and Blake Lovette Memorial Scholarship for the Study of the — North Carolina Community Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline March

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program — National Science Foundation

Up to $34,000 · Deadline —

Comparative Effectiveness Research Professorship (CERP) — Conquer Cancer

Up to $500,000 · Deadline —

NSBRI First Award Fellowships — National Space Biomedical Research Institute

Amount varies · Deadline —

Army Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) — U.S. Army Health Care

Amount varies · Deadline —

Our World Underwater Scholarship Society North American Rolex — Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society

Up to $25,000 · Deadline —

CSSA Research Grants Program — Cactus and Succulent Society of America

Up to $1,500 · Deadline —

Peace Frogs Fellowships — Organization for Tropical Studies

Up to $500 · Deadline —

Emilie Hobbs Memorial Scholarship — Northern Indiana Community Foundation, Inc.

Amount varies · Deadline July

William Randolph Hearst Educational Endowment — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

Indian Health Service Professionals Program — Indian Health Service U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Amount varies · Deadline —

Paul and Ellen Ruckes Scholarship — American Foundation for the Blind

Up to $2,000 · Deadline —

Dr. Yvonne Barnett STEM Scholarship

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-02-28

Rexford Daubenmire Fellowship — Organization for Tropical Studies

Up to $5,200 · Deadline —

Percy and Laura Conrad Memorial Scholarship — Community Foundation for Southwest Washington

Up to $5,000 · Deadline —

Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship — Hertz Foundation

Up to $38,000 · Deadline —

Pfizer Endowed Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/PhD and other — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Amount varies · Deadline —

J.P. and Madeline Trinkaus Endowed Scholarship in Embryology — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

NYS Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Incentive Program Scholarship — HESC

Amount varies · Deadline —

Healthcare Technology Scholarship — Unknown

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Dr. Lori Ann Kim Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program — NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Up to $42,000 · Deadline December 22.

Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship — CollegeWhale

Up to $1,000 · Deadline —

Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund Scholars — Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund

Amount varies · Deadline —

Eric N. Jacobsen Memorial Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

BPW Foundation Career Advancement Scholarships — Business and Professional Women's Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline —

Francis and Phyllis Chun Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

Parkinson's Foundation Clinician Research Awards — Parkinson's Foundation

Up to $200,000 · Deadline —

C. Lalor Burdick Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

Primate Conservation Grants — Primate Conservation, Inc.

Up to $5,000 · Deadline —

California Waterfowl Association College Scholarships — California Waterfowl Association

Up to $2,000 · Deadline —

Hawai'i Island New Knowledge Fund — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

John and Elisabeth Buck Endowed Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

RSDSA Research Grants — Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association

Amount varies · Deadline —

Caswell Grave Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

Beekhuis Scholarship — Beekhuis

Up to $4,999 · Deadline 2027-03-15

Tourette Association of America Research Grant Awards — Tourette Association of America

Up to $150,000 · Deadline —

Ronald Phillips Memorial Science Scholarship — Community Foundation for Southwest Washington

Up to $2,500 · Deadline —

Scholarships

Amount varies · Deadline —

Ruth Sager Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

RxReady Scholarship — Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi

Amount varies · Deadline —

Kalino Foundation, LLC Merit-Based Scholarship — Pauahi Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline December 15.

S. O. Mast Scholarship — Marine Biological Laboratory

Amount varies · Deadline —

Henry Allan Gleason Fellowship — Biological Station University of Michigan

Amount varies · Deadline March

Selman A. Waksman Endowed Scholarship in Microbial Diversity — Marine Biological Laboratory

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Theresa Hooks Memorial STEM Scholarship — North Carolina Community Foundation

Amount varies · Deadline March

Also open to Biology students

Coca-Cola Scholars Program — Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation

Up to $20,000 · Deadline 2027-10-31

Horatio Alger National Scholarship — Horatio Alger Association

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2027-10-25

Gates Scholarship — Gates Scholarship Program

Up to $50,000 · Deadline 2027-09-15

Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship — Elks National Foundation

Up to $7,500 · Deadline 2026-11-15

Dell Scholars Program — Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Up to $20,000 · Deadline 2026-12-01

Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship — Jackie Robinson Foundation

Up to $30,000 · Deadline 2027-01-31

Ron Brown Scholar Program — Ron Brown Scholar Program

Up to $40,000 · Deadline 2027-01-09

Buick Achievers Scholarship — General Motors

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2027-02-28

Courageous Persuaders Video Scholarship — Detroit Auto Dealers Association

Up to $3,000 · Deadline 2027-02-08

Profile in Courage Essay Contest — John F. Kennedy Library

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-12

VFW Voice of Democracy — Veterans of Foreign Wars

Up to $35,000 · Deadline 2027-10-31

VFW Patriot's Pen Essay Contest — Veterans of Foreign Wars

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-10-31

Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship — Amazon

Up to $40,000 · Deadline 2027-02-16

Google Lime Scholarship — Google / Lime Connect

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-02-15

Unigo $10K Scholarship — Unigo

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2026-12-31

Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team — Phi Theta Kappa / Coca-Cola

Up to $1,500 · Deadline 2026-12-01

Point Foundation Scholarship — Point Foundation

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2027-01-31

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar — Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-01

UNCF General Scholarship — UNCF

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-31

Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship — APIA Scholars

Up to $20,000 · Deadline 2027-01-19

National Merit Scholarship Program — National Merit Scholarship Corporation

Up to $2,500 · Deadline 2027-10-01

QuestBridge College Prep Scholars — QuestBridge

Amount varies · Deadline 2027-03-20

GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship — GE Foundation / Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-05

AEA Teachers' Children Scholarship — American Education Association

Up to $3,000 · Deadline 2027-03-15

National Eagle Scout Association Scholarship — Boy Scouts of America

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-01-31

Girl Scouts Gold Award Scholarship — Girl Scouts of the USA

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-02-15

National FFA Scholarship Program — National FFA Organization

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-15

SkillsUSA Scholarships — SkillsUSA

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-04-01

Jack Kent Cooke College Scholarship — Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Up to $55,000 · Deadline 2026-11-18

Cameron Impact Scholarship — Bryan Cameron Education Foundation

Up to $50,000 · Deadline 2027-09-09

Burger King Scholars Program — Burger King Foundation

Up to $50,000 · Deadline 2026-12-15

Carson Scholars Fund — Carson Scholars Fund

Up to $1,000 · Deadline 2027-01-09

Heisman High School Scholarship — Heisman Trophy Trust

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-10-21

Foot Locker Scholar Athletes — Foot Locker Foundation

Up to $20,000 · Deadline 2026-12-18

Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship — Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation

Up to $2,500 · Deadline 2026-12-05

Regeneron Science Talent Search — Society for Science

Up to $250,000 · Deadline 2026-11-12

Davidson Fellows Scholarship — Davidson Institute

Up to $50,000 · Deadline 2027-02-11

Coolidge Scholarship — Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Up to $80,000 · Deadline 2027-01-22

Equitable Excellence Scholarship — Equitable Foundation

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2026-12-18

TheDream.US National Scholarship — TheDream.US

Up to $33,000 · Deadline 2027-02-26

APIA Scholars Scholarship — Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholars

Up to $20,000 · Deadline 2027-01-15

Society of Women Engineers Scholarships — Society of Women Engineers

Up to $15,000 · Deadline 2027-02-15

NSBE Scholarship Program — National Society of Black Engineers

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-31

SHPE Scholarship Program — Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-04-30

AISES Scholarships — American Indian Science and Engineering Society

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-05-31

ACS Scholars Program — American Chemical Society

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-01

AMVETS National Scholarship — AMVETS

Up to $4,000 · Deadline 2027-04-30

American Legion Oratorical Contest — The American Legion

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2027-01-15

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards — Alliance for Young Artists & Writers

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2026-12-01

Doodle for Google — Google

Up to $30,000 · Deadline 2027-03-14

C-SPAN StudentCam Documentary Competition — C-SPAN

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-01-20

DECA Scholarship Program — DECA Inc.

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-01-17

Taco Bell Live Más Scholarship — Taco Bell Foundation

Up to $25,000 · Deadline 2027-01-21

McDonald's HACER National Scholarship — McDonald's

Up to $100,000 · Deadline 2027-02-05

Hagan Scholarship — Hagan Scholarship Foundation

Up to $60,000 · Deadline 2026-12-01

Elks Legacy Awards — Elks National Foundation

Up to $4,000 · Deadline 2027-02-02

BigFuture Scholarships — College Board

Up to $40,000 · Deadline 2027-06-30

Scholarships for Military Children — Fisher House Foundation

Up to $2,000 · Deadline 2027-02-13

Folds of Honor Scholarship — Folds of Honor Foundation

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-31

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation — Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-03-01

DAR General Scholarships — Daughters of the American Revolution

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-01-31

Optimist International Essay Contest — Optimist International

Up to $2,500 · Deadline 2027-02-28

ASHRAE High School Senior Scholarship — ASHRAE

Up to $3,000 · Deadline 2027-05-01

SAE Engineering Scholarships — SAE International

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-03-15

AFCEA STEM Majors Scholarship — AFCEA Educational Foundation

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-04-14

HOSA Scholarships — HOSA - Future Health Professionals

Up to $5,000 · Deadline 2027-03-13

Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards — Hispanic Heritage Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-10-15

Dream Big Scholarship — Big Sun Athletics

Up to $1,000 · Deadline 2027-06-19

Ayn Rand Institute Essay Contests — Ayn Rand Institute

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-04-24

John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest — JFK Library Foundation

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-01-12

We the Students Essay Contest — Bill of Rights Institute

Up to $7,500 · Deadline 2027-04-15

Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship — Vegetarian Resource Group

Up to $10,000 · Deadline 2027-02-20

Frequently asked questions

Who offers Biology scholarships?

Professional associations, employers, university departments, and private foundations all fund Biology students. We aggregate them so you can apply from one place.

Do I need a declared major to apply for Biology scholarships?

Usually a stated intent to study the field is enough. Many awards accept high school seniors who plan to pursue the major in college.

Does Scholarship Wizard charge to apply?

No. You always apply directly on the sponsor's official page, and legitimate scholarships never charge an application fee. A Scholarship Wizard subscription pays for matching, essay help, and deadline tracking, never for the right to apply.

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