Deadline: Annual (typically early on in the calendar year)
Awards:
$8,000 (summer program, available for STEM students only)
$10,000 (semester program)
$20,000 (academic year program)
Degree Level: Bachelors
The annual scholarships of the National Security Education Program provides fundings to undergraduate students from the U.S. to study less popularly studied, minority world languages. Promoting linguistic and cultural immersion, this award program aims to support students focusing on language studies that are critical to U.S. national security. Boren Scholars can choose to study abroad in their country of choice, excluding nations within Western Europe as well as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In exchange for funding, scholars must commit to working in the federal government for at least a year after graduation.
2. Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
Deadline: TBA
Awards:
$3,000 (summer program)
$4,000 (fall and spring program)
$5,000 (academic year program)
Degree Level: Bachelors
Sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program offers grants to U.S. undergraduates with limited financial means, in order to diversify the population of students going abroad. This annual competitive award is given to a limited number of recipients interested in studying or interning abroad.
3. Robert B. Bailey Scholarship
Deadline: TBA
Award: Up to $2,000 per student
Degree Level: Bachelors
Offered through the Council on International Educational Exchange, the Bailey Scholarship is aimed at providing ethnic minority students from the United States with the financial means to study abroad. Applicants are required to submit a range of application materials, such as an outline of academic achievements, proof of financial need, a personal statement essay, and letters of recommendation.
4. USAC Scholarships
Deadline: TBA
Award: Varies
Recipients: Bachelors
The University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) awards students who demonstrate significant financial need with scholarships to support their study abroad aspirations annually. To be eligible for these study abroad scholarships, students must enroll in USAC study abroad programs. USAC’s scholarship offerings include General Scholarships for Non-Consortium Affiliate Students, Legacy Scholarships, and Program-Specific Scholarships.
5. Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants
Deadline: September 15th, 2016
Award: $1,000
Degree Level: Bachelors
Phi Kappa Phi supports U.S. undergraduates who wish to seek wisdom, experience, and academic excellence through study abroad by awarding 50 scholarships to aspiring study abroad students annually. Students who wish to apply must have an active Phi Kappa Phi chapter at their home university.
6. CEA Study Abroad Scholarships
Deadlines:
April 10th, 2016 (summer)
May 10th, 2016 (fall)
Awards:
$500 - $750 for short term programs
$1,000 - $3000 for year-long programs
Degree Level: Bachelors
CEA is committed to changing students’ lives by providing them with essential financial aid needed to study abroad. More than two million dollars is given to students for study abroad programs each year by CEA. CEA Study Abroad scholarships are divided into three categories: merit, need, and diversity.
7. Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: November 8, 2016
Award: ranges from $50,000 to $60,000
Degree Level: Masters
Started in 1963, the Churchill Scholarship provides funding for American students interested in enrolling in a master’s degree programs in science, engineering, and mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Fourteen applicants are awarded with this scholarship annually.
8. AIFS Study Abroad Scholarships & Grants
Deadline: Varies per scholarship
Award: $400 - $1,000; Varies per scholarship
Recipients: Bachelors
The American Institute for Foreign Study awards deserving students with more than $800,000 in financial aid for study abroad annually. These funds are available for students seeking both summer and semester study programs.
9. SIT Study Abroad Scholarships
Deadlines:
April 1st (for summer programs)
May 15th (for fall programs)
November 1st (for spring programs)
Award: Ranges from $500 to $5,000
Degree Level: Bachelors
The School for International Training (SIT) offers scholarship funding to qualified students interested in participating in one of SIT’s many study abroad programs around the world. SIT offers a wide range of scholarships and grants that can be applied toward the costs of tuition and housing accommodation for students during their time abroad.
10. Critical Language Scholarship
Deadline: TBA
Award: Varies
Degree Levels: Bachelors & Masters
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs provides American students with the opportunity to enjoy fully-funded overseas summer language and cultural immersion programs through the awarding of Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) each year. Applicants are selected based on their commitment to studying non-traditional languages abroad, including Arabic, Japanese, Swahili, and Russian. The Critical Language Scholarship is only open to American undergraduate and graduate students.
11. Golden Key Scholarships
Deadline: Varies
Award: Varies
Degree Level: Bachelors & Masters
The Golden Key Scholarship is an education-based scholarship awarded to qualified individuals with outstanding academic, leadership, and service achievements. Each year, the Golden Key International Honour Society offers $1,000,000 of scholarship awards to both undergraduate and graduate students. The objective of this scholarship is to give students the opportunity to develop their professional skills in an international environment.
12. American Association of University Women Fellowships & Grants
Deadline: Varies
Award: Varies
Degree Level: Bachelors
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has a long history of empowering women, not only in the United States, but all over the globe. AAUW is one of the biggest funding sources for graduate women all over the the world, providing more than three million dollars in funding to outstanding women through more than 200 fellowship and grants annually.
