Many scholarships and fellowships intend to provide equitable financial support to students. A scholarship or fellowship is a way for a person or organization to support a student financially. Money provided through a scholarship is not a loan. You will not have to pay anything back. But, the funds are often only approved for educational purposes. Also, if you receive a scholarship, remember, you earned it. Here we have highlighted a few of the scholarships and fellowships available to CICS undergraduate and graduate students. To find more scholarships or fellowships specific to CICS, go to Scholarships and Fellowships. If you would like to search for university wide scholarships and fellowships, go to Search our Scholarships.
For the strongest computer science undergraduates at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as well as at the participating five-colleges, the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) offers students three special opportunities to enter its Master's of Science in Computer Science degree program: Baystate Master's, Baystate Scholars, and Baystate Fellowship. more >>
NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing
The College of Information and Computer Sciences will award a $1,000 scholarship to a National or Regional NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award winner who is accepted and enrolls at UMass Amherst as a computer science major. Students who make excellent progress will be eligible and considered for additional scholarships during their subsequent years of study.
John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program
The John and Abigail Adams Scholarship awards non-need-based state-supported undergraduate tuition waivers to students who are awarded John and Abigail Adams Scholarship by the Department of Education. The purposes of the Adams Scholarship are to: Reward and inspire student achievement; Help attract more high-performing students to Massachusetts public higher education; and Provide families of college-bound students with financial assistance.
Agnes M. Lindsay Scholarship Program
The Agnes M. Lindsay Scholarship provides scholarships for students with demonstrated financial need who are from rural areas of Massachusetts and attend public institutions of higher education within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Christian A. Herter Scholarship Program
The Christian A. Herter Memorial Scholarship Program is a state-supported program whose mission includes providing educational opportunities to Commonwealth students who demonstrate academic promise and desire to attend post-secondary institutions. The Christian A. Herter Memorial Scholarship Program was established in 1972 by the Massachusetts State Legislature as an early identification program to recruit students in the 10th and 11th grades whose socio-economic backgrounds and environmental conditions may inhibit their ability to persevere and attain educational goals.
The MASSGrant is a grant assistance program funded by appropriations from the Massachusetts Legislature. The MASSGrant program provides need-based financial assistance to undergraduate students who reside in Massachusetts and who are enrolled in and pursuing a program of higher education in any approved public or independent college, university, school of nursing or any other approved institution furnishing a program of higher education.
MassTransfer, a program sponsored by theMassachusetts Department of Education , has two main purposes: 1) provides community college students who complete associate degrees and enroll in linkedMassTransfer programs with the full transfer of credit, guaranteed admission, and a tuition discount (each based on final GPA); and 2) provides any student in the Massachusetts public higher education system who completes the MassTransfer Block with the benefit of satisfying the general education/distribution/core requirements at any other public higher education institution (with the receiving institution able to add no more than six additional credits or two courses).
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Research Council of the National Academies sponsors a number of awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers at participating federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. These awards include generous stipends ranging from $42,000 - $80,000 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients, and higher for additional experience. Graduate entry level stipends begin at $30,000. These awards provide the opportunity for recipients to do independent research in some of the best-equipped and staffed laboratories in the U.S. The program is open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign nationals.
Academic Honors Scholarship
This $5,000 scholarship is awarded to the first-place winner of the Massachusetts Science Fair. This scholarship may be combined with tuition waivers. Find out more about this scholarship and other scholarships offered by UMass on the UMass scholarship page.
The Google Anita Borg Scholarship
The Google Anita Borg Scholarship hopes to encourage women to excel in computing and technology and become active role models and leaders. Scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates' academic backgrounds and demonstrated leadership. A group of female undergraduate and graduate student finalists will be chosen from the applicant pool. The scholarship recipients will each receive a $10,000 scholarship.
Each year, Microsoft awards over half a million dollars in scholarships to deserving college students with a minimum 3.0 GPA who wish to pursue careers in computer science or related technical fields. There are general scholarships, as well as scholarships for women, minorities, and students with disabilities. The Microsoft scholarships cover up to 100% of the student's academic year tuition as posted by the financial aid office of the university or college. Visit Microsoft's Scholarship website for more information.
Microsoft Ada Lovelace Fellowship
Microsoft recognizes the value of diversity in computing. The Microsoft Research Ada Lovelace Fellowship aims to increase the pipeline of diverse talent receiving advanced degrees in computing-related fields by providing a research funding opportunity for doctoral students who are underrepresented in the field of computing. This includes those who self-identify as a woman, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, person with a disability, and/or LGBTQI+.