Are you a student dreaming of studying abroad but worried about the cost? Look no further, as we have compiled a list of 26 scholarships specifically for study abroad students. With these opportunities, you can turn your dream into a reality without breaking the bank. From academic merit to financial need, there is a wide range of scholarships available for students of all backgrounds. So, without further ado, let’s explore these 26 scholarships and see which ones are the perfect fit for you!
BAEF Graduate Study Fellowship – $29,000
Each year, the Belgian American Educational Foundation grants fellowships to help American graduate students study in Belgium. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States and register in a master’s or PhD program at a Belgian university or higher institution.
Boren Fellowships – Up to $25,000
The Boren Awards fund the intensive study of language and culture in countries around the world, except for Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The Boren Fellowships are intended to fund research and language study proposals by U.S. graduate students in world regions critical to U.S. interests. Applicants may be matriculated in or applying to a U.S. graduate program, and must be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years old at the time of the national application deadline.
Boren Scholarships – Up to $25,000
The Boren Awards fund the intensive study of language and culture in countries around the world, except for Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The Boren Scholarships are intended to fund study abroad by U.S. undergraduate students in world regions critical to U.S. interests. Applicants must be matriculated in an associate’s or bachelor’s degree program located within the United States and accredited by a body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time of application, and must be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years old at the time of the national application deadline.
Critical Language Scholarship – Most of the costs
Offered by the U.S. government, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a summer study abroad program that provides an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Under the program, students of diverse disciplines and majors study one of 15 languages – Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu – for 8-10 weeks. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, be enrolled in an accredited U.S. degree-granting program at the undergraduate (associate’s, bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s, doctoral, professional degree) level at the time of their application, and meet other criteria. The award amount covers most of the costs involved, including international and domestic travel, visa application fees, language instruction, room, board, program-sponsored travel within the host country, entrance fees for program activities, OPI language assessments, and U.S. academic credit issued through Bryn Mawr College.
Markham-Colegrave International Scholarship – $500-$5,000
The Markham-Colgrave International Scholarship is one of several scholarships offered by the American Floral Endowment (AFE). This scholarships is designated for students studying marketing through international travel. This scholarship is operated in conjunction with the David Colegrave Foundation in London. The program facilitates an annual student exchange between the United States and Europe. U.S. students should apply in even-numbered years (e.g., 2022, 2024, 2026).
Fulbright Scholar Program – Varies
Funded by the U.S. government, the Fulbright Scholar Program “offers passionate and accomplished students and scholars in more than 160 countries the opportunity to study, teach, conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to mutual understanding.” Each year, the program awards more than 1,700 fellowships, with 800 U.S. Scholars going abroad and 900 Visiting Scholars coming to the United States. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers U.S. citizens the opportunity to teach, conduct research, and carry out professional projects around the world. The Fulbright Visiting Scholars Program offers Fulbright Scholar grants for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States to non-U..S. faculty and professionals from around the world. U.S. Scholars must be graduating college seniors, graduate students, and early-career professionals from all backgrounds intending to pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English abroad. Visiting Scholars must be graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad to research and study in the United States for one year or longer at U.S. universities or other appropriate institutions. Each year, the application period opens in February and closes in mid-September.
Fund for Education Abroad Scholarship – Up to $5,000
The Fund for Education Abroad is a program designed to help disadvantaged students study abroad. Applications are accepted for fall semesters, summer semesters and an academic year. When choosing scholarship recipients, judges consider financial need, demographic factors, and academic preparedness. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in the United States, and must be able to receive credit from their institutions for the study abroad program.
Good Colleges Study Abroad Award – $2,000
Through its annual essay competition, Good Colleges awards scholarships to students who are interested in studying abroad. Applicants are asked to write a 150-250 word essay, and the essay topic changes each year. The scholarship is meant to be used to pay for living expenses as an international student.
NSCS Scholar Abroad Fall Award – $2,500
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) Scholar Abroad Fall Award annually helps students afford their study abroad trips. Applicants must be NSCS members and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Recipients are chosen based on their commitment to academics, leadership, and service. NSCS also offers a Scholar Abroad Spring Award.
NSCS Scholar Abroad Spring Scholarship – $2,500
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) Scholar Abroad Spring Award annually helps students afford their study abroad trips. Applicants must be NSCS members and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Recipients are chosen based on their commitment to academics, leadership, and service. NSCS also offers a Scholar Abroad Fall Award.
NSCS Summer Internship Award – $2,500
Each year, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) awards scholarships to students who have received summer internships to help them pay for living expenses. Applicants must be NSCS members and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Recipients are chosen based on their commitment to academics, leadership, and service.
Harriet Fitzgerald Scholarship for Women – $10,000
Each year, The Sunflower Foundation awards the Harriet Fitzgerald Scholarship to a woman who will attend an undergraduate women’s college in the United States or Canada. All women expecting to start their first full term of college at an undergraduate women’s college in the Fall term of an academic year are eligible to apply. To have a chance at winning, each applicant should have an unweighted GPA of at least a 3.7 and either a composite SAT score of at least 1350 or a composite ACT score of at least 27 with no single ACT score below 25. Preference is given to those who show evidence of strong character and leadership qualities.
Study Abroad in Japan: Bridging Scholarships – Up to $4,500
The United States-Japan Bridging Foundation offers scholarships of each year to help undergraduate students from the United States study abroad in Japan for either a semester or an academic year. There are few eligibility requirements, and Japanese language study is not required.
AAUW International Fellowships – $18,000-$30,000
The AAUW International Fellowships provides support for women pursuing full-time graduate and postgraduate studies in the United States to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and who intend to return to their home country to pursue a professional career. A limited number of awards are also available for study outside of the U.S. (excluding the applicant’s home country) to women who are members of Graduate Women International (see the list of GWI affiliates). Applicants must have earned the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree by the application deadline and must have applied to their proposed institutions of study by the time of the application.
AIFS Diversity Achievement Scholarship – $5,000
The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) Diversity Scholarship is annually awarded to minority college and university students to help them study abroad. Applicants must demonstrate high academic achievement and/or participate in community service activities.
Chevening Scholarship – Fully-funded (includes flights, accommodation, and tuition fees)
Chevening Scholarships cover the full cost of pursuing a one-year master’s degree in the UK, including flights, monthly stipends for accommodation and living expenses, and tuition fees. Ideal candidates are those “who have the passion, ideas, and influence to provide the solutions and leadership needed to create a better future.” To be eligible, applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree that will enable them to gain entry into a master’s program at a UK university by the time they submit their application, have at least two years of work experience, and apply to three different eligible UK university courses and have received an unconditional offer from one of these choices by July 13, 2023. Applicants must also be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country or territory and return to their country of citizenship for a minimum of two years after their award has ended.
Gates Cambridge Scholarship – Full cost + discretionary funding
Established in October 2000 with a $210 million donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Cambridge, the Gates Cambridge Scholarship program offers full-cost scholarships to outstanding scholars from countries outside the UK so they can pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in subjects available at the university. About two-thirds of the awards are meant for doctoral students, with about 25 awards for U.S. and 55 awards for other international students. Scholars will be selected based on their outstanding intellectual ability, reasons for choosing their course of study, their commitment to improving the lives of others and their leadership potential. Applicants must be a citizen of any country outside the UK and apply for a full-time, residential Ph.D., M.Phil/M.Litt,, or one-year postgraduate courses (exceptions apply) at the University of Cambridge.
Gilman Scholarship – Up to $5,000
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsors the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, which provides funding for U.S. citizens who require financial assistance to study or intern abroad. To be eligible for the Gilman Program, applicants must be an undergraduate student in good standing at an accredited institution of higher education in the United States (including both two-year and four-year institutions), be receiving a Federal Pell Grant during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving a Pell Grant during the term of their study abroad program or internship, and be in the process of applying to, or accepted to, a credit-bearing study abroad or internship program. Veterans of military service are encouraged to apply, and preference is given to veterans when other factors are equivalent. Students can study and intern abroad during the spring, summer, fall, winter, or academic year term. Each year, the Gilman program offers two deadlines: October and March. The October deadline applies to study abroad or internship programs that run between December 1 to October 31. The March deadline applies to studying or interning abroad programs between May 1 and April 30. Please note also that the application deadline is in Pacific Time (PT).
Gilman-McCain Scholarship – $5,000
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsors the John S. McCain International Scholarship for Military Families (Gilman-McCain Scholarship), which provides awards of $5,000 for child and spousal dependents of active or activated United States military personnel during the time of application (including Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve, Navy, Navy Reserve, Space Force, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and USPHS Commissioned Corps) to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs. Applicants must be recipients of any type of Title IV federal financial aid during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving Title IV federal financial aid during their study abroad program or internship. The program has two separate application deadlines each year: March and August.
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest – Up to $10,000
Every year, the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum runs the Profile in Courage Essay Contest, in which U.S. high school students compete for a share of nearly $20,000. Students are asked to submit a 700- to 1,000-word essay that describes and analyzes an act of political courage by an elected official who served before or after 1917. Applicants must be high school students attending a public, private, parochial, or home school, U.S. students under the age of 20 enrolled in a high school correspondence/GED program, or U.S. citizens attending schools overseas. Application opens on September 1 each year.
Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowships – $30,000
Each year, Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art are awarded to pre-doctoral candidates studying European art history. Those awarded the fellowship are provided with a two-year research appointment hosted by a European art history research center. Applicants must be pre-doctoral candidates studying the history of art or a related discipline and be U.S. citizens or individuals matriculated at an American university. Additionally, “dissertation research must focus on European art from antiquity to the early 19th century and applicants must be ABD by the time their fellowship begins.”
Marshall Scholarship – Award covers university fees, cost of living expenses, annual book grant, thesis grant, research and daily travel grants, fares to and from USA (+ contribution towards the support of a dependent spouse)
Administered by the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, the Marshall Scholarship Program is a UK scholarship program for American students. The Commission selects up to 50 Marshall Scholars each year to study at graduate level at a UK institution in any field of study. The Two Year Marshall Scholarship is for two academic years but may be extended by the Commission for a third year. The One Year Marshall Scholarship is for one academic year and cannot be extended. The Marshall Scholarships are open to U.S. citizens who (at the time they take up their Scholarship) hold a first degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States with a minimum GPA of 3.7. Applicants must apply through one of eight regions in the United States.
Palantir Future Scholarship – $7,000
Launched in 2016, the Palantir Future Scholarship supports and encourages students from racial/ethnic communities that are underrepresented in STEM. Scholarship recipients will receive a cash award and will be invited to participate in the company’s virtual professional development program, designed to prepare them to successfully launch their careers in technology. In addition, those who complete the program will be invited to interview for a Palantir internship or full-time opportunity the following year. Applicants must be an undergraduate student actively enrolled in an accredited U.S., Canadian or Mexican college/university during the academic year that the scholarship is awarded and upcoming academic years; be a freshman, sophomore, or junior who is majoring in or plan to major in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related technical field; identify as a member of a racial/ethnic community underrepresented in STEM (including, but not limited to, Black/African-American, Latinx/Hispanic, and Indigenous heritage, such as Native American, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian); and not have been a Palantir scholarship recipient in the past.
Palantir Women in Technology Scholarship (North America) – $7,000
Launched in 2010, the Palantir Women in Technology Scholarship (North America) supports and celebrates women who are beginning careers in technology. Scholarship recipients will receive a cash award and will be invited to participate in the company’s virtual professional development program, designed to prepare them to successfully launch their careers in technology. In addition, those who complete the program will be invited to interview for a Palantir internship or full-time opportunity the following year. Applicants must be an undergraduate student actively enrolled in an accredited U.S., Canadian or Mexican college/university during the academic year that the scholarship is awarded and upcoming academic years; be a freshman, sophomore, or junior who is majoring in or plan to major in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related technical field; identify as a woman; and not have been a Palantir scholarship recipient in the past.
TCA Study Abroad Scholarship Program for American Minority Students – $500-$2,000
The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) offers up to 100 awards under its TCA Study Abroad Scholarship Program for American Minority Students. Under the program, TCA provides up to 100 scholarships per year to eligible American undergraduate and graduate students of African American, Armenian American, Bosnian American, Filipino American, Hispanic American, Macedonian American, and Native American descent who are accepted to study for a semester or a year at a university in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The scholarship awards are between $500 and $2,000, depending on the duration of the enrolled program.
George J. Mitchell Scholarship – Full tuition, Housing + Stipend (currently, USD 1,250 per month for up to 12 months)
Sponsored by the US-Ireland Alliance, the George J. Mitchell Scholarship is annually awarded to postgraduate students to help them pursue one year of study in any discipline offered by institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, between the ages of 18-30, and have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
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