Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowships 2026-2027 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: November 7, 2026

Applications are open for the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowships 2026-2027. The Schlumberger Foundation is an unbiased non-revenue group that helps schooling in science, expertise, engineering and arithmetic (STEM).

​Recognizing the hyperlink between science, expertise, and socio-financial growth – in addition to the key position of schooling in realizing particular person potential – the Foundation has targeted since its inception on funding a wide range of scientific academic applications throughout the world.​

Since 2004 the Schlumberger Foundation’s flagship program has been Faculty for the Future. Committed to gender parity in science, the lengthy-time period aim of the program was to speed up gender equality in STEM by creating the situations that allow extra girls to pursue scientific careers. ​By accelerating gender equality in STEM, the expertise and capacities of those girls could be developed for the advantage of their native communities, their areas, and for the wider world.

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• Faculty for the Future grants are based mostly on precise bills to be incurred by the scholar solely. This sometimes contains college tuition and bench charges, lodging prices and a dwelling allowance (e.g., meals, a small allowance for books and provides, medical insurance coverage, childcare, transport prices) along with a funds for preliminary journey to the host nation, visa prices in addition to convention bills. Grants could be as much as USD $50,000 per 12 months for PhD programs and a most of USD $40,000 for publish-doc analysis applications.
• In addition, and at the discretion of the Schlumberger Foundation, an distinctive childcare grant could also be awarded (per eligible child) to a grantee when sure situations are met. These situations are offered in the monetary part of the application type.

Eligibility

You are eligible for those who:

• are a feminine and are a citizen of a low or center revenue nation the place girls are underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. You aren’t eligible to apply for those who maintain twin citizenship of which one is citizenship of a developed (N.B. If you’ve gotten been awarded a Faculty for the Future grant and after the award you acquire citizenship of a developed nation, the grant might be discontinued as of the date of such extra citizenship);
• are making ready for a PhD diploma or publish-doctoral analysis in a STEM self-discipline. The Faculty for the Future program doesn’t fund Master stage research;
• are enrolled, admitted or have utilized to a bunch college/analysis institute overseas that’s nicely ranked and acknowledged for sturdy analysis in your discipline. Applications aren’t accepted the place a candidate has not but utilized to a college. If you might be making use of for a sandwich course the ultimate diploma should be awarded by the Host University overseas or collectively (ie., however not solely from the home nation college);
• maintain a wonderful tutorial document;
• are keen to return to your home nation or area upon completion of your research to contribute to its socio-financial growth;
• have a confirmed document of educating expertise in your home nation and might exhibit your dedication to going again home to: i) a tutorial or analysis place in a STEM school; ii) and/or to utilizing your data to grow to be a STEM entrepreneur to assist resolve regional challenges in your area people/area; iii) and/or to demonstrating management by contributing to the public sector utilizing your scientific expertise to assist present proof-based mostly help for STEM coverage making;
• can exhibit management expertise, energetic group outreach and have a observe document in encouraging younger folks, notably women and girls into STEM.
• Schlumberger staff aren’t eligible to apply for Faculty for the Future grants.

Selection Criteria

A profitable application can have gone via 4 choice rounds, with the reviewers paying specific consideration to the following standards:

• Academic efficiency;
• Quality of references;
• Quality of host nation college;
• Level of dedication to return to home nation;
• Commitment to educating, STEM entrepreneurship or coverage making;
• Relevance of analysis to home nation;
• Commitment to inspiring women and girls into STEM.

Application

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For extra data, go to Faculty for the Future Fellowships.