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International Student/Study Abroad Scholarships

The decision to attend college in another country can be a difficult one to make. Being far away from your friends and family and being thrust into an unfamiliar environment is tough. Add in the problems of linguistic and cultural differences, even among fairly similar nations, as well as the high cost of studying abroad and you can see how it might be both mentally and emotionally taxing to be an international student. Scholarships and other financial aid can help take care of at least one of these concerns, but knowing where to look for such opportunities can also be a challenge. How do you find international student scholarships? Where do you start looking for money for college if you plan to study internationally? Do you apply for financial aid in your home country or in the country you travel to? What assistance is offered to international students?

Scholarships are the primary form of financial assistance available to students who wish to study in another country. Organizations exist to grant scholarship awards to students from the U.S. who wish to spend anywhere from a semester to four years attending college in another country, as well as students from other countries who wish to complete a portion of their studies in the United States. The best way to find out about international student scholarships and grants is to do a scholarship search. Students should also check with the school they’ll be attending to find out about other available scholarships for international students. Scholarships and other forms of financial aid are out there if you know where to look. Start early and be diligent and you might be surprised by all the international student scholarship opportunities you’ll find.

AIFS Diversity Scholarship - Semester Study Abroad

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: Varies
  • AIFS is recognized as a leading provider of study abroad programs. Since 1964, over 1.5 million students have traveled abroad with AIFS. With more than 50 years of experience, we have the resources and experience to provide what our students want and need in a study abroad program, and to safeguard their welfare around the globe.

    Each year, more than $800,000 in scholarships and grants is [...] More

Ashley Soulé Conroy Foundation Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $4,000
  • In order to qualify to apply for the Ashley Soulé Conroy Study Abroad Scholarship, applicant must be a U.S. citizen who is enrolled as an undergraduate in a U.S. 4-year college or university. Applicants must also have at least 30 hours of completed undergraduate credit by the time of the study abroad term’s start date and intend to study abroad in a program that is outside of the U.S. and be [...] More

AWS International Scholarship Program

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $2,500
  • The purpose of the AWS International Scholarship Program is to provide financial assistance to International students wishing to pursue their education in welding and related joining technologies who are not assigned to an AWS section. International scholarships will be awarded to full-time international students pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies in joining sciences. Applicants can be [...] More

Belgian American Educational Foundation

  • Application Deadline: 10/31/2018
  • Amount: $31,000
  • The Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) encourages applications for fellowships for advanced study or research at a Belgian university or institution of higher learning. Applicants must be citizens of the United States and either have a master's degree or equivalent degree or be working towards a Ph.D. or equivalent degree. Knowledge of Dutch, French, or German is optional. Applicants [...] More

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $5,000
  • The Gilman Scholarship Program is open to U.S. citizen undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study and intern abroad programs worldwide. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider's website. [...] More

Betty Hansen National Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 3/1/2019
  • Amount: $2,500
  • The Danish Sisterhood of America is very proud of its Scholarship and Grant Program. Our Scholarship and Grant Program is made possible through generous endowments and memorial funds and are being supplemented by donations from individual members, lodges, and districts of the Danish Sisterhood.

    To be eligible for the Betty Hansen National Scholarship, applicants must have a 2.5 GPA and be [...] More

Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for Asian Language Study

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  • Amount: Varies
  • Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one academic year of full-time, intensive language study at the advanced level in East or Southeast Asia in approved language programs. Grants are highly competitive. In recent years we have been able to fund less than 10% of applicants.

    Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are intended to cover basic expenses at a graduate student level necessary to [...] More

Boren Scholarships

  • Application Deadline: 2/8/2019
  • Amount: $20,000
  • Boren Scholarships, a prestigious initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests, and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. In exchange for [...] More

Bosnian-American Study Abroad in Turkey Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $2,000
  • Thanks to the generous support of TCA, this scholarship is given to Bosnian American students who wish to study abroad in Turkey, are full-time students at an accredited U.S. college or university in good standing and have been accepted to a study abroad program in Turkey. TCA, through ACBH, awards up to 10 grants per year in the amount of $2,000 to full-time Bosnian American undergraduates [...] More

CIEE Language Intensive Merit Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $5,000
  • CIEE offers 14 types of scholarships to recognize academic achievement and enable international education. Awards are made based on personal statements from student applicants. Every year, we award more than $3 million in scholarships and grants for study abroad. Our comprehensive approach addresses three distinct areas to ensure we reach students of diverse academic, ethnic, and economic [...] More

Confucius Institute Scholarship Program

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  • The Confucius Institute Scholarship Program is provided by Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters. This program is open to international students and Chinese language teachers to further their studies in China. The applications will be accepted each year from February through May.

    The program will offer financial support for students in the following academic areas:
    -Teaching Chinese to [...] More

DAAD German Studies Research Grant

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $3,000
  • This specialized DAAD program offers German Studies Research Grants to highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students who are nominated by their department/program chairs. The grant may be used for short-term research (one to two months) in Germany. The program is designed to encourage research and promote the study of cultural, political, historical, economic and social aspects of modern [...] More

DAAD Undergraduate Scholarships

  • Application Deadline: 1/31/2019
  • Amount: Varies
  • Highly qualified undergraduate students are invited to apply for scholarships funding study, senior thesis research and/or internships in Germany. The goal of this program is to support study abroad in Germany and at German universities. Preference will be given to students whose projects or programs are based at and organized by a German university. Scholarships are available either as part of [...] More

Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation - Mary Kolb Berglund Traveling Fellowship

  • Application Deadline: 3/27/2019
  • Amount: $2,000
  • The Mary Kolb Berglund Traveling Fellowship is awarded for traveling studies in architecture: to research, develop, and disseminate knowledge of the built environment.

    Eligibility:
    -A U.S. citizen or permanent resident
    -Resident of Texas
    -Registered 4th, 5th, or 6th year student or recent graduate of an accredited architecture program (applicants who are recent graduates must apply within [...] More

Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation - McDermott Traveling Fellowship

  • Application Deadline: 4/28/2019
  • Amount: $2,000
  • The McDermott Traveling Fellowship is awarded for traveling studies in architecture; to research, develop, and disseminate knowledge of the built environment. Past projects have included trips to Spain to study Moorish architecture and to Switzerland to study the works of Peter Zumthor. The scholarship is open to residents of Texas who are registered as a fourth, fifth or sixth-year student at an [...] More

Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation - Swank Traveling Fellowship

  • Application Deadline: 3/27/2019
  • Amount: $2,000
  • The Swank Traveling Fellowship is awarded to an advanced architecture student for research related to the integration of craft and craftsmanship into the built environment. Recent awardees have studied the use of local construction techniques in primary school design in India and adobe construction in the Urubamba Valley in Peru.

    Eligibility:
    -A U.S. citizen or permanent resident
    -A [...] More

Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD)

  • Application Deadline: 1/1/2019
  • Amount: Varies
  • The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (also known as the Global UGRAD Program) provides one semester scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students from around the world for non-degree full-time study in the United States combined with community service, professional development, and cultural enrichment.

    Eligibility:
    -Over 18 years of age
    -A citizen of a UGRAD participating country, [...] More

GRCF Economic Club Business Study Abroad Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 4/1/2019
  • Amount: $2,000
  • The Economic Club of Grand Rapids established a fund in 2000 to provide financial assistance to students pursuing study abroad in business. The Economic Club is an association of individuals interested in and contributing to the growing economic health of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area.

    Eligibility:
    -Applicant must have sophomore or above standing at the time of application in an [...] More

IADR Colgate Research In Prevention Travel Awards

  • Application Deadline: 1/19/2019
  • Amount: $2,000
  • The IADR is inviting applications from young investigators who have submitted an abstract which has a preventive component for a travel award to support their attendance at the IADR General Session. The objective of this award program is to encourage young investigators to undertake research in the prevention of oral diseases and to facilitate their presentation of this work to the international [...] More

James K. Rathmell Jr Memorial Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 5/1/2019
  • Amount: $4,000
  • Jim Rathmell was a horticulture extension specialist at Penn State University who promoted communication and cooperation with horticulturists in other countries. A widely published author, he worked with commercial growers to implement many outstanding educational programs. The Rathmell scholarship is awarded to junior or senior level undergraduates or graduate students who have a specific plan [...] More

Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study (YES) Program

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: Varies
  • The YES program provides scholarships for high school students (ages 15-17 years) from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend up to one academic year in the United States. Students live with host families, attend high school, engage in activities to learn about American society and values, acquire leadership skills, and educate Americans about their countries and cultures. [...] More

Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 10/10/2019
  • Amount: $5,000
  • The Lithuanian Foundation believes that students who are active in their community are developing leadership skills that will benefit them and those around them in the future. The Foundation concentrates its resources on those students who have demonstrated an involvement and volunteerism in the Lithuanian community or in the community at large. As such, the Lithuanian Foundation strives to [...] More

Luce Scholars Program

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  • Amount: Varies
  • The Luce Scholars Program is a nationally competitive fellowship program. It was launched by the Henry Luce Foundation in 1974 to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American society. The program provides stipends, language training, and individualized professional placement in Asia for 15-18 Luce Scholars each year, and welcomes applications from college seniors, [...] More

Markham-Colegrave International Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: 5/1/2019
  • Amount: $4,500
  • Ed Markham was an international horticulturist. He began a career in horticulture sales after graduating from the Horticulture Department at Cornell University in 1942. Ed's interest in providing scholarship funds to study marketing through international travel stemmed from his first trip abroad in the early 1960s. The Markham-Colegrave International Scholarship operates in cooperation with the [...] More

Minority Scholarship in Classics and Classical Archaeology

  • Application Deadline: 12/16/2018
  • Amount: $4,500
  • The Committee on Minority Scholarships of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS) invites applications from minority undergraduate students for a scholarship to be awarded for the summer. The purpose of the scholarship is to further students' preparation in classics or classical archaeology with opportunities not available during the school year. Eligible proposals might include (but are not [...] More

Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $1,000
  • Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants are designed to help support undergraduates as they seek knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad. Fifty grants are awarded each year. Applicants must attend an undergraduate institution with an active Phi Kappa Phi chapter and have a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship [...] More

Semester at Sea Award

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  • Amount: Varies
  • NSCS offers a million dollars in scholarships each year to help our members attain their goals and commend them for their outstanding academic excellence as well their leadership and service achievements. NSCS offers scholarships for students who take the fall or spring voyage aboard Semester at Sea.

    Eligibility:
    -You must be an NSCS member (current or alumni)
    -You must have at least a 3.4 [...] More

Study Abroad Scholarship in BiH for American Minority Students

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $2,000
  • The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) has designated Bosnia and Herzegovina as a study abroad destination under its TCA Study Abroad Scholarship Program for American Minority Students. Under the program, TCA provides scholarships per year to eligible American undergraduate and graduate students of African American, Hispanic American, and Native American descent who are accepted to study for a [...] More

TCA Scholarships

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $2,000
  • The Turkish Coalition of America awards up to 100 scholarships per year for American students of Armenian descent. TCA's scholarship program is designed to encourage exchanges between Turks and Armenians, while enabling the shared history of both cultures to resurface through mutual dialogue and understanding. These scholarships are awarded to eligible undergraduate and graduate level students [...] More

The Fulbright Program

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  • The Fulbright Program operates in more than 155 countries worldwide and has provided approximately 310,000 participants with the opportunity to study, teach, or conduct research in each others' countries and exchange ideas. Fulbright eligibility requirements vary by program and country of citizenship. For specific contact information, eligibility requirements and limits on the number of awards by [...] More

The JoAnn Heffernan Heisen Scholarship

  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Amount: $2,500
  • Friends of the University have made generous contributions which enable us to award scholarships, described below, for specific study abroad experiences for SU undergraduate students who are participating in semester programs. Awards will be a part of your financial aid package and will be disbursed to your bursar's account before the start of classes. The JoAnn Heffernan Heisen Scholarship is [...] More

The Norman Woodberry Scholarship Program

  • Application Deadline: 3/31/2019
  • Amount: $5,000
  • The World Affairs Forum, based in Stamford Connecticut, has established a scholarship program for deserving university students to encourage study abroad for those interested in pursuing an international career.

    Eligibility:
    -Resident of or studying in Fairfield County, CT or Westchester County, NY
    -Attending a four-year college/university
    -Funds to be used for study abroad (e.g. semester [...] More

University of Tennesse - Knoxville Confucius Institute Scholarships

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  • For the purpose of supporting the development of Confucius Institutes, facilitating international promotion of Chinese language and dissemination of Chinese culture, as well as cultivating qualified Chinese-language teachers and excellent Chinese-language learners, Confucius Institute Headquarters/Hanban (hereinafter referred to as Hanban) launches a "Confucius Institute Scholarship" program to [...] More

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