Undergraduate Fellowship and Funding Opportunities

McNair Scholars Program

The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program aims to increase the number of McNair-eligible students at California State University, Chico, who pursue and attain their graduate degrees. The McNair Program will provide services to low-income/first-generation and underrepresented minority participants and offer intensive support to at least 25 McNair Scholars per year in an intentionally designed pathway to postbaccalaureate degree programs, most particularly doctoral degrees.

National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation has a website with various funding opportunities for undergraduate students such as:

Institute for Citizen Scholars

The Institute for Citizens and Scholars (formerly the Woodrow Wilson Foundation) has prepared new generations of citizens by opening doors to higher education, supporting visionary thinkers, scholars, and teachers, and creating thoughtful innovations in and beyond education. 

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

This scholarship is designed to assist students of Hispanic heritage obtain a university degree.

Founded in 1975, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) empowers students and parents with the knowledge and resources to successfully complete a higher education, while providing support services and scholarships to as many exceptional students, Scholars, and Alumni as possible. HSF strives to make college education a top priority for every family across the nation, mobilizing communities to proactively advance that goal—each individual, over a lifetime, in every way they can. HSF also seeks to give its Scholars all the tools they need to do well in their course work, graduate, enter, and excel in a profession, help lead our nation going forward, and mentor the generations to come. As one of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations, HSF has awarded over $730 million in scholarships and provides a broad range of programs and support services for students, parents, HSF Scholars, and HSF Alumni. For more information about HSF, please visit HSF.net.(opens in new window)