Other Funding Sources

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. Undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at two-year or four-year colleges or universities are eligible to apply.

The Gilman-McCain Scholarship is a congressionally funded initiative of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and named after the late senator John S. McCain from Arizona. This scholarship provides awards of $5,000 for dependents of active duty service members to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs.

Boren Scholarship applicants must be matriculated in an associate 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. They must remain matriculated in an undergraduate degree program for the duration of the scholarship and may not graduate until the scholarship is complete.

Boren Scholars should seek study abroad programs that have a serious language component. Although such programs may include some coursework, unpaid internships, or volunteer opportunities conducted in English, the strongest applicants will make every effort to immerse themselves in language study. Language study should comprise the majority of overseas coursework. Beyond the classroom, language immersion may take place in university housing with local students, in homestays with local families, or through research or volunteering conducted in the local language.

Boren Awards fund study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are always ineligible for Boren Awards funding. Preferred countries are listed on the Boren website.

More information and application materials are available on the Boren website.

The Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) was created to open doors for deserving education abroad students. FEA awards funds for students planning to study abroad on any academically rigorous programs. FEA scholarships are intended to support students from underrepresented backgrounds with financial needs.

Go Overseas scholarships are available to students currently enrolled in, or in the process of applying to, study abroad programs.

The Institute of International Education (IIE) Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA), are made possible by generous support from the Freeman Foundation. The award was created to assist U.S. students with demonstrated financial need who plan to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia but with limited prior experience in these regions. See their website for a list of specific countries and further eligibility criteria.

Diverse International Women of Color, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation founded in New York on June 23, 2018. DIWC provides scholarships to women of color who need financial assistance to study abroad. Scholarships provide deserving students with the opportunity to achieve success in their study abroad program of choice.

The Point Foundation provides financial support, leadership training, mentoring, and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression. Applicants should have proven leadership skills, excellent scholastic achievements and want to make a difference in the world. All applicants are evaluated on the totality of their situation, including academic accomplishments, financial, emotional, and social need, extracurricular activities, personal circumstances, and goals for the future. The above website provides links to a number of different resources geared towards LGBTQ students.

Pride’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), and straight-allied scholarship program is one of the largest of its kind in the country. The Pride Foundation partners with the Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) to administer and award scholarships.

Diversity Abroad

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

The National Italian American Foundation