USA · PhD Scholarships
PhD-level awards open to Sri Lankan applicants studying in the USA. Each scholarship shows eligibility and deadline — book a free visit to any of our three offices to talk your options through with a counsellor.
7 active awards for Sri Lankan applicants.
Harvard University
Eligibility
Need-blind admission for international undergraduates; financial-aid packages cover up to 100% of demonstrated need.
American Association of University Women
Eligibility
Non-US-citizen women pursuing full-time Master's, doctoral, or postdoctoral study in the United States — open to Sri Lankan women.
Schlumberger Foundation
Eligibility
Women from developing and emerging economies doing a PhD or post-doctoral research in STEM at a university abroad, who intend to return home and teach. Master's study is not eligible.
Zonta International (tenable at any university worldwide)
Eligibility
Women of any nationality, including Sri Lankan citizens, in a full-time PhD or doctoral programme applying research to aerospace engineering or space sciences. You must have completed at least a year of the doctorate, or hold a master's in an aerospace-applied field.
Northwestern University
Eligibility
International applicants to Northwestern; undergraduate aid is need-based and meets full demonstrated need, graduate funding is program-specific.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Eligibility
International PhD applicants nominated by their Georgia Tech department — top-ranked admits across engineering, computing, and sciences.
University of California, Berkeley
Eligibility
Berkeley students (undergrad or grad, international or domestic) accepted to live at International House — need-based with merit consideration.
Then start here instead. Scholarships are competitive, usually partial, and decided by someone else — they are the least reliable way to make studying abroad affordable. Your destination and course choice move the number far more, and both are entirely within your control.
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