education abroad: SCHOLARSHIPS


There are a number of scholarships designated specifically for students who study abroad. There are many sources for students to investigate additional scholarship opportunities, including:


Below is a listing of the more familiar scholarship programs but many more may be available:



NAU global opportunities (go) scholarship

This scholarship is funded by the Center for International Education at NAU. All NAU students applying for an NAU-approved program are eligible. Students will be required to complete a project. Amounts may vary. An application is available online.


REACH NETWORK'S GUIDETOONLINESCHOOLS.COM scholarship

Guide to Online Schools provides a new type of financial aid resource with its unconventional scholarship program. Instead of choosing applicants based on the usual measures of success -- GPA, SAT scores, community involvement, etc.-- our scholarship program rewards students for their natural creativity and analytical thinking.

To provide our judges with a true understanding of each applicant, he or she must answer four open-ended, personal, and thought-provoking questions. The students whose responses are judged to be the most persuasive, compelling, and well-written will be awarded the scholarship prize.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the GuideToSchoolsOnline.com website.



DiversityAbroad.com Study Abroad Scholarship

Diversity Abroad, in cooperation with AIFS, will offer twenty, $1,000 scholarships for full-time undergraduate (both community college and university level) students studying abroad during spring 2010, summer 2010 and fall 2010. Six scholarships are available for the fall, six for the spring and eight for the summer.

Applicants must be full-time undergraduates at a university or community college based in the United States. Students must participate in a study abroad program offered by a Diversity Abroad member organization.

Economically disadvantaged students, African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic/Latino, Multiracial/ethnic or Native-American undergraduate students as well as student who study in non traditional locations (Outside western Europe & Australia ) are strongly encouraged to apply.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the DiversityAbroad.com website.



Gilman Scholarship

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Institute of International Education. This program enables students who have limited financial means to participate in study abroad opportunities worldwide. The program provides awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. citizen undergraduate students at two and four-year institutions to pursue semester or academic-year long study opportunities in other countries.

To be eligible students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application and cannot be studying abroad in a country currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Gilman Scholarship website.



Freeman-ASIA scholarship

The primary goal of the Freeman-ASIA Program is to increase the number of American undergraduates who study in East and Southeast Asia, by providing students with the information and financial assistance they will need. Awardees will be expected to share their experiences with their home campus to encourage study abroad by others, and to spread understanding of Asia in their home communities.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Freeman-ASIA Scholarship website.



BOREN AWARDS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDY (NSEP)

Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin American, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded.

Boren Scholars study less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili.

Boren Scholarships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. Applicants should identify how their study abroad program, as well as their future academic and career goals, will contribute to U.S. national security, broadly defined.  NSEP draws on a broad definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Boren Awards for International Study website.

 

The Glimpse Corespondents Scholarship

The Glimpse Correspondents Program is for talented writers and photographers with a passion for storytelling and a knack for finding truly unique stories. The program is open to anyone between the ages of 18 and 34 who will be working, volunteering, or studying outside of their home country for at least 10 weeks. Correspondents receive the following benefits:

  • 600 stipend
  • Support from a team of professional editors
  • Career training in writing and photography
  • Guaranteed publication on Glimpse.org
  • Possibility of being featured on NationalGeographic.com

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Glimpse Correspondents Scholarship website.

 

UNESCO Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship

The fellowship will help fund a proposal designed by the applicant to conduct brief work in a foreign country related to the mandate of UNESCO – using education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and/or communication and information to build strong ties among nations. The fellowship is intended for American college/university students who express an interest in international collaboration but as of yet had not been afforded many opportunities to travel abroad. The length of time for the travel is expected to be between 4 and 6 weeks and should include interaction with individuals from other nations. During his/her travel, the recipient should be willing to participate in public diplomacy events arranged with the pertinent U.S. State Department Consulate, Mission, and/or Embassy. Following the travel, the recipient agrees to submit a report describing experiences and analyzing objectives achieved; share his/her experiences with others; and be available to make a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the UNESCO Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship website.



Clinton Global Initiatives Commitment Award

President Clinton announced at the CGI U Meeting on February 14 that the Pat Tillman Foundation and the Wal-Mart Foundation are sponsoring the 2009 CGI U Outstanding Commitment Awards. The Pat Tillman Foundation, through its new initiative, the Tillman Social Action Fund, will be providing $200,000 to support innovative and sustainable student Commitments to Action across all of the five CGI U focus areas: Energy & Climate Change, Poverty Alleviation, Global Health, Peace & Human Rights, and Education. The Wal-Mart Foundation, who sponsored the inaugural CGI U Outstanding Commitment Awards in 2008, has also committed $200,000 this year to support student and student group commitments in the field of energy and climate change. A total of $400,000 will be distributed to various student and student-group commitments. Award winners will be notified at the end of the 2009 academic year.

Announced by President Clinton at CGI U’s inaugural meeting, the 2008 CGI U Outstanding Commitment Awards granted students, student groups, and universities funds to implement their Commitments to Action. These funds were made available through a generous grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation.

To apply for the awards, please fill out an Outstanding Commitment Award application. The deadline for the CGI U Outstanding Commitment Awards is Friday, April 3, 2009. Any questions about the application can be directed to cgiu.applicant@clintonglobalinitiative.org. Feel free to browse the CGI U website for ideas and examples of CGI U Commitments to Action.

Only by making a commitment will a student or group of students be eligible for an award. Unfortunately, funding is not available for student research projects that are not complemented by a tangible action component.

To read more about commitment criteria and the commitment process, click here.

 

Bridging Scholarships for study in japan

The Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ) Bridging Project accepts applications from American students participating in study abroad programs in Japan. Funding from private foundations and major U.S. corporations has made it possible for ATJ to award from 45 to 90 scholarships annually in order to assist students with the travel and living expenses they will incur while studying abroad in Japan. Recipients ofthe Bridging Scholarships will receive stipends ranging from $2,500 to $4,000, depending on the length of their study program in Japan.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Bridging Scholarships for Study in Japan website.



Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarships

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) sponsors Japanese Government Scholarships to enable aspiring foreign scholars from all over the world to study in Japan. To date, some 65,000 students from approximately 160 countries and regions around the world have studied in Japan under the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship program established in 1954. As of May 1, 2005, there were 9,891 foreign students studying in Japan as Japanese government scholarship students. Japanese proficiency is not required at the time of application unless otherwise noted; however, scholarship recipients are required to take Japanese language classes in Japan.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Japanese Government Scholarship website.

 

Japanese Student Exchange Support Program

This scholarship is available for qualified international students accepted by Japanese universities or graduate schools under the student exchange agreement on a short-term basis from about three months to one year.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Japanese Student Exchange Support Program website.

 

Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship

This scholarship has been created for students from schools with a Phi Kappa Phi chapter (which NAU has), who have a 3.5 GPA or higher, and have completed between 30-90 credit hours at the time of application. Applicants must also have at least one full year of study remaining in their degree program after completing their study abroad program.

Applicants must show proof of acceptance to a study abroad program prior to application. Due to the early application deadline in the Spring (usually late February), please make sure to provide ample time to complete your application.

For more information, including deadlines and an online application, please visit NAU's
Phi Kappa Phi website.



DAAD: German Academic Exchange Service SCHOLARSHIPS

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is a publicly-funded independent organization of higher education institutions in Germany. Our 14 international offices provide information as well as financial support to over 55,000 highly-qualified students and faculty per year for international research and study. One of the largest of those international offices is in New York, where we help students, faculty and current DAAD fellows in the US and Canada.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the DAAD: German Academic Exchange Service website.

 

CONGRESS-BUNDESTAG YOUTH EXCHANGE FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals is a full-year work-study scholarship program with a strong focus on cultural exchange. CBYX annually provides 75 young Americans with an understanding of everyday life, education, and professional training in Germany. The program begins in July and includes two months of intensive German language training in Germany (no prior German language knowledge required), four months of classroom instruction at a German university or college of applied sciences, and a five-month internship in a participant's career field.

The CBYX for Young Professionals program is intended primarily for young adults in business, technical, vocational, and agricultural fields, though applicants from all fields are encouraged to apply. Participants actively participate in securing their internship positions with assistance from CDS' partner organization in Germany, InWEnt, and are expected to cover incidental expenses as well as represent the U.S. diplomatically while abroad.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals website.

 

Rotary International Scholarships

Ambassadorial Scholarships, The Rotary Foundation's oldest and best-known program, was founded in 1947. Since then, nearly 38,000 men and women from about 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Today it is the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. Nearly 800 scholarships were awarded for study in 2005-06. Through grants totaling approximately US$500 million, recipients from about 70 countries studied in more than 70 nations.

The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to a greater understanding of their host country.

Generous contributions from Rotarians worldwide represent a continued faith that today’s Ambassadorial Scholars will be tomorrow's community and world leaders.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Rotary International Scholarships website.

 

Institute for international public policy

The Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Its purpose is to address the national need to cultivate a diverse talent pool of well-trained and language-proficient professionals.

The program represents a collaborative effort between the HSF Institute, the United Negro College Fund Special Programs (UNCFSP), and the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA).

The IIPP Fellowship program provides students from underrepresented minority groups with specially designed education and training experiences critical to entry and advancement in international affairs careers. Students are recruited from across the nation and apply as sophomores to participate in a five-year sequence of summer policy institutes, study abroad, intensive language training, and graduate study.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Institute for International Public Policy website.

 

American Swedish institute scholarship

The American Swedish Institute is a nonprofit organization which offers only the following specific sources of support. Various scholarship opportunities are available.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the American Swedish Institute website.

 

American-Scandinavian Foundation Scholarships

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) promotes international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Founded in 1910 by Danish-American industrialist Niels Poulson, the ASF is a publicly supported, nonprofit organization that carries on an extensive program of fellowships, grants, trainee placement, publishing, membership offerings, and cultural activities. It is headquartered in New York City and has alumni, donors and associate members worldwide. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees of individuals from the United States and Scandinavia, representing diverse interests yet linked by personal or professional ties to the Scandinavian countries. The five Nordic Heads of State serve as the organization's Patrons.

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers fellowships (up to $23,000) and grants (normally $5,000) to individuals to pursue research or study in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year. The number of awards varies each year according to total funds available. Over $300,000 is available for the 2010-11 competition. Awards are made in all fields.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the American-Scandinavian Foundation website.

 

National Welsh-American Foundation Scholarships

The National Welsh-American Foundation Exchange Scholarship Program was established in 1987 with the intent to provide young Welsh-American and Welsh students with assistance in pursuit of their college level education. For these Welsh-Americans, the purpose included the study of subjects related to the Welsh language, history and culture.

Scholarships totaling $60,417, funded from the NWAF treasury in the United States, have benefited nine Welsh-Americans and three students from Wales. Scholarships totaling $6,400, funded from the NWAF treasury in Wales, have benefited three young people from Wales and one artist from the United States.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the National Welsh-American Foundation website.

 

The George J. Mitchell Postgraduate Scholarships

The George J. Mitchell Scholarship is a national competitive fellowship sponsored by the US-Ireland Alliance. The Mitchell Scholarship, named to honor the former U.S. Senator’s pivotal contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process, is designed to introduce and connect generations of future American leaders to the island of Ireland, while recognizing and fostering intellectual achievement, leadership, and a commitment to public service and community. Twelve Mitchell Scholars between the ages of 18 and 30 are chosen annually for one year of postgraduate study in any discipline offered by institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Applicants are judged on three criteria: academic excellence, leadership, and a sustained commitment to service and community. The Mitchell Scholarship provides tuition, housing, a living expenses stipend, and an international travel stipend.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the George J. Mitchell Scholarship website.

 

The global studies grant for student travel and study abroad

Designed to support foreign language training and other academic studies abroad, this grant provides supplemental funds for American students who already are studying abroad under the auspices of an official study abroad program conducted by an accredited academic institution. As with our faculty grants, GSF seeks to support a formative experience abroad for the recipient, who also must share this experience with others upon his or her return – ideally, with multiple audiences and varied media. We are particularly interested in funding the study of strategically significant countries and languages.

Applicants must be US citizens and currently enrolled full-time and in good academic standing in an accredited secondary or postsecondary institution. Among the most significant selection criteria are academic performance (as indicated in courses, grades, recommendations, and other achievements), program merit, and outreach potential.  Grant recipients will be expected to acknowledge GSF's support, to report on their experiences, and to work with GSF to share those experiences as widely as possible. 

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Global Studies Foundation website.

 

THE FRANK HUNTINGTON bEEBE Fund For Musicians

The Frank Huntington Beebe Fund for Musicians was established in 1932 under the terms of the will of Frank Huntington Beebe, a Boston philanthropist interested in music. The purpose of the Fund is to provide fellowships for gifted young musicians, generally performers and composers in classical disciplines, who wish to pursue advanced music study and performance abroad, usually in Europe.

Fellowships are awarded to musicians at the outset of their professional lives, for whom this would be the first extended period of study abroad. Applicants must demonstrate a solid base of accomplishment in order to be considered and are generally not older than their mid-20s. A strong, well-planned project of study that will enhance the applicant's life in music must be proposed. Enrollment in a school or university is not required unless such study is an essential part of the project.

The Fund provides financial support for round trip transportation, living and other expenses - approximately $15,000. Fellowships are for one year and are generally not renewable.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the Frank Huntington Beebe Fund for Musicians website.



The John T. Petter Scholarship for International Business Students

The John T. Petters Foundation is a private foundation that works to advance the educational experiences by providing scholarships of deserving students. The Foundation focuses its scholarships to support international business study abroad and social entrepreneurship service programs.

The Foundation is based on six core values which carry forward John T. Petters’ legacy:

  1. Passion: We pursue our mission as exuberantly as John T. Petters pursued his dream of helping students in financial need to study abroad.
  2. Integrity: Our values guide our work, without compromise.
  3. Excellence: We strive for the highest quality in all that we do.
  4. Inclusiveness: We support a diverse group of students from all walks of life.
  5. Courage: We strive to meet the challenges of exploring new countries, new thinking, and new skills.
  6. Caring: We demonstrate concern and respect for the needs of the students, families, institutions and benefactors with whom we work.

For more information, including application deadlines and an online application, please visit the John T. Petters Scholarship website.

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