State grants and scholarships
for undergraduates
Many states have their own financial aid programs, including need-based grants and merit-based scholarships. If you’re a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, you may qualify for financial aid from your home state, which you can then use to study at MIT.
It's important to know that if you receive a state scholarship, it will change your financial aid package. MIT encourages all students to apply for state scholarships because it can help reduce your self-help.
State programs have different eligibility requirements such as income, residence, or type of school you can attend (for example, many state grants may be used only for college education in that state). Scholarship recipients are selected by each state based on the family’s need as documented on the FAFSA, so to receive state scholarship funding, you have to complete a FAFSA. Deadlines for application materials vary by state. For more information, go to the National Association of Student State Grant and Aid Program (NASSGAP) web site and click on your state.
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation was created to ensure that the United States would maintain its leadership in science and technology by supporting promising students in science and engineering. In order to be eligible for the $10,000 scholarhship, candidates must meet the following qualifications:
- Scholarship candidates must be nominated by a faculty member. Students may not directly apply for the scholarship.
- Scholarship nominees must be U.S. citizens.
- Scholarship nominees must be engineering or natural or applied science (e.g. astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, computer science) or mathematics students with intentions to pursue research or advance their field upon completion of their final degrees. Students intending to pursue a practice in professional medicine are not eligible for the scholarship. However, those intending to perform biomedical research are eligible.
- At the time of nomination, scholarship candidates must be at least second year (sophomore) college students, have excellent grades, and have participated in lab and research work in their field. With this background, the student is fairly well committed to continuing on this course.
