UNCF has opened applications for its STEM Scholars Program 2026-2027. Interested applicants are encoruaged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About UNCF STEM Scholars Program
The UNCF STEM Scholars Program is an initiative designed to identify and provide scholarship and academic support for students who aspire to earn STEM degrees and to pursue careers in STEM fields. The program will award 75 scholarships. The program enables highly capable young people to pursue undergraduate STEM majors and prepares them for successful careers in a variety of STEM professions.
- Sponsor Organisation: UNCF
Benefits of UNCF STEM Scholars Program
- Up to $2,500 per academic year for freshmen and sophomores, $5,000 for juniors and seniors, and an additional $5,000 for students whose academic programs require a fifth year.
- Scholarships are renewable for five undergraduate years, contingent upon:
- Maintenance of a 3.0 (out of 4.0) GPA + continued full-time enrollment to a degree in an eligible STEM major
- A $5,000 stipend based on a STEM-related project/internship of the student’s interest
- Academic support and mentoring
- Access to online academic support services and resource platform, as well as other STEM-discipline support services
Career-development support:
- Mentoring, training, and education
- Professional, internship and career coaching
UNCF STEM Scholars Program Requirements
To qualify, applicants must:
- Be a citizen, legal permanent resident, or national of the United States
- Have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on an unweighted 4.0 scale
- Pursued a rigorous course of study in high school in math and science courses, including pre-calculus
- Have demonstrated financial and unmet need as measured by the student’s college or university
- Show evidence of readiness for and commitment to pursue STEM majors, including biological/life sciences, physics, chemistry, computer science/engineering, information sciences, engineering (industrial, mechanical, electrical or chemical), mathematics
- Complete all of the application essays
- Arrange for a letter of recommendation to be submitted via the UNCF application portal
- Be enrolled for the first time at a U.S.-located, accredited college or university (with the exception of students concurrently pursuing a high school diploma while taking college-level courses) in the fall as a full-time, degree-seeking, first-year student
Application Date and Process
Submission of one letter of recommendation submitted:
- A high school STEM teacher or a STEM program sponsor/mentor (an individual who has engaged the student in a STEM program during the school year and/or summer, and who can provide insight into the student’s academic performance and potential for success in pursuing a STEM degree)
- Completion of all written essays
- Completion of a one minute video essay
- Completion of the application form to include demographic information and student record of leadership and community service record
Application Deadline
15 April, 2026
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