Scholarship

Davidson Fellows Scholarship

Davidson Institute for Talent Development Original Source
Award

$25,000 - $100,000

Deadline

Feb 18, 2026

Deadline passed
Location

United States

Applicants

individual, team

About This Opportunity

The Davidson Fellows Scholarship is a prestigious scholarship program that recognizes and rewards extraordinary young people age 18 and under who have completed significant projects in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Literature, Music, Philosophy and Outside the Box categories. Winners receive scholarship awards of $100,000, $50,000, or $25,000. Each submission is evaluated by an independent team of judges comprised of professionals with expertise in related domain areas. The scholarship program seeks projects that demonstrate exceptional achievement at the college graduate level or beyond, showing originality, creativity, and significant contribution to the field. The program is offered by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, a Nevada non-profit corporation recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3 tax-exempt public charity dedicated to supporting the intellectual and social development of profoundly gifted students. All intellectual property contained within applications remains that of the applicant, and all judges sign confidentiality agreements to protect the work submitted.

Decision 5 months

Who Can Apply

Region
United States
Applicants
individual, team
Age
Up to 19 years old

Application Details

Institutional approval

Stages

  1. 1 two_stage

Required documents

research_proposal portfolio letters_of_recommendation

Review process

Each submission is examined for completeness and accuracy, then sorted by category and evaluated by an independent team of judges with domain expertise. Plagiarism and AI-generated text detection software is used.

Restrictions

  • no_concurrent_funding