Scholarships and Fellowships
Graduate Students
Boren Graduate Fellowship
Academic Year: Graduate students
Program Focus: Study abroad, language, government, national security
Award: Up to $30,000 for long-term study abroad
Critical Language Scholarship
Academic Year: Freshman to Senior, Graduate students
Program Focus: Study abroad, language
Award: Fully funded summer immersion language study in languages critical to national security and U.S. engagement with the world
DAAD RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) Germany
Academic Year: Sophomore – Senior
Program Focus: Study abroad, STEM, research
Award: Funded summer STEM-focused research internship in a German lab or institution
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Academic Year: Graduating seniors, Recent graduates
Program Focus: Study abroad, graduate study, research
Award: Fully funded year abroad to research, study at the graduate level, or teach English
Hertz Graduate Fellowship
Academic Year: Graduating seniors, graduate students
Program Focus: Graduate study, STEM
Award: 5 years of PhD funding valued at up to $250,000 for students with the greatest potential to create transformative solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP)
Academic Year: Graduating seniors, Graduate students
Program Focus: Graduate study, STEM
Award: Three years of graduate funding in a STEM field
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program
Academic Year: Graduating seniors, Alumni
Program Focus: Graduate study, STEM
Award: Full funding for a PhD
Quad Fellowship
Academic Year: Graduating seniors, Alumni
Program Focus: Graduate study, STEM
Award: $40,000 towards a STEM graduate program of the student’s choice in the U.S.
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (DOD SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program
Academic Year: Freshman – Juniors, Graduating seniors, Graduate students
Program Focus: STEM
Award: Full tuition, annual stipends, summer internships, and guaranteed employment with the Department of Defense after graduation. For each year of funding that students receive, they are obligated to work for the Department of Defense for that same period of time after graduation
LOOKING AHEAD TO MINES@150
As Colorado School of Mines prepares for our 150th anniversary in 2024, dynamic and disruptive change is all around us. MINES@150 is our plan to position Mines for future success.
It calls for change, but also to stay true to our timeless mission, pillars and core values. MINES@150 leverages our size, location, and history, ensuring that our graduates will continue to be distinctive and highly valued, placing Mines at the frontiers of STEM education, research and innovation, and elevating our status among the world’s top universities.