The Faculty for the Future Fellowship, funded by the Schlumberger Foundation, supports women from developing and emerging economies to pursue a PhD or post-doctoral research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at universities abroad. The programme began in 2004 and aims to build women's leadership in STEM and to strengthen research capacity in their home regions. The fellowship is substantial: PhD grants are worth up to around USD 50,000 per year and post-doctoral grants up to about USD 40,000 per year (est.), renewable each year subject to performance and need. The grant can cover tuition, a living stipend, and research and travel costs, and fellows are expected to return to contribute to their home countries. Applications open each year with a closing date around 5 November (est.). Treat the figures and date here as estimates and confirm current details on the Schlumberger Foundation's Faculty for the Future website.
Apply online through the Faculty for the Future portal during the annual cycle, with your academic and research profile.
Preference is given to applicants who can show how they will strengthen STEM and inspire other women at home. Grants are renewable but reassessed each year.
Developing and emerging economies (see the Faculty for the Future list)
The Schlumberger Foundation selects Faculty for the Future fellows on academic merit, the quality of the research, financial need, and the applicant's commitment and potential to strengthen STEM and women's leadership in their home country. Grants are renewable subject to annual performance and need.
The Schlumberger Foundation is a non-profit that supports science and technology education. Its Faculty for the Future programme, running since 2004, funds women from developing and emerging economies for PhD and post-doctoral STEM research abroad, building women's leadership and research capacity in their home regions.
Answers below are best-effort estimates from the most recent application cycle. Values marked ~ or (est.) may shift year-to-year — confirm specifics on the official scholarship page.
A Schlumberger Foundation programme supporting women from developing and emerging economies to pursue a PhD or post-doctoral research in STEM at universities abroad.
PhD grants of up to around USD 50,000 per year and post-doctoral grants of up to about USD 40,000 per year (est.), which can cover tuition, a living stipend, and research and travel costs.
Women from developing or emerging economies pursuing a PhD or post-doc in a STEM field at a university abroad, who commit to returning home.
Yes — Faculty for the Future is open to women applicants only.
Yes — grants are renewable each year, subject to performance and continued need.
Fellows are expected to return to contribute to their home countries and to strengthen STEM and women's leadership there.
Doctoral (PhD) and post-doctoral research in STEM fields.
Online through the Faculty for the Future portal during the annual cycle, with your research plan, admission evidence, and references.
Applications open each year with a closing date around 5 November; the 2026 date here is an estimate. Confirm on the official site.
At a university abroad, outside your home country — the programme supports international study with a return commitment.
Since 2004, the Schlumberger Foundation has funded women in STEM through Faculty for the Future.
On the Schlumberger Foundation's Faculty for the Future website, which lists grant amounts, eligibility, and the deadline.