Scholarship · U.S. National Science Foundation

NSF GRFP: computer and information science, 2027 awards

Research-graduate fellowship funding for eligible early-stage students. The computer and information science deadline falls in October 2026; admission to a graduate program is separate.

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United States

Application deadline: October 20, 2026, received by 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, for computer and information science and engineering.

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Selected call topics

Computer and information science
Graduate research

What the institution asks for

U.S. citizen, national or permanent resident; eligible thesis-based STEM master’s or doctoral study at an eligible U.S. institution.
Eligible levels include final-year undergraduates, bachelor’s holders without prior graduate enrollment, qualifying joint-degree students and first-year students in their first graduate program. Second-year graduate students are ineligible.
Read NSF26-526 for the full field, academic-stage and prior-enrollment rules. Reference letters have a separate submission deadline.

Funding terms: Three years of support within a five-year fellowship. Annual tenure support includes a USD37,000 stipend and USD16,000 institutional education allowance; the latter is not additional cash to the student.
Funding duration: 3 years
Tuition: Institutional education allowance paid in lieu of tuition and mandatory fees under NSF terms.
Eligibility: Individual early-stage graduate applicants meeting NSF citizenship, enrollment and research-field rules.

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