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****** STUDY ABROAD *****<br />
[Please refer <strong>to</strong> specific agencies for up-<strong>to</strong>-date filing deadlines.]<br />
• American Foreign Service Association Scholarships<br />
http://www.afsa.org/scholar/eligibility.cfm<br />
For an AFSA Financial Aid Scholarship, a student must:<br />
A. Attend or will be attending full-time (12 hours or more) as an undergraduate at an U.S. college, university,<br />
community college, post-secondary, art school, conserva<strong>to</strong>ry, etc. One year study abroad under <strong>the</strong> auspice <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> student's American college or university is allowed.<br />
B. Maintain a satisfac<strong>to</strong>ry academic record (2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale or C average).<br />
C. Complete his/her undergraduate degree in four years.<br />
D. Demonstrate financial need.<br />
• American Institute For Foreign Study International Scholarships<br />
http://www.aifsabroad.com/ays/<strong>scholarships</strong>.htm<br />
Requirements: Scholarship program for undergraduates with at least a 3.0 GPA desiring <strong>to</strong> spend a semester or<br />
summer studying in participating foreign universities. Criteria include leadership potential and extracurricular<br />
involvement in multicultural or international issues.<br />
• International Students Scholarships & Aid Help<br />
http://www.iefa.org/<br />
• Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (undergraduate study abroad)<br />
www.iie.org/gilman<br />
<strong>The</strong> program aims <strong>to</strong> encourage students <strong>to</strong> choose nontraditional study abroad destinations, especially those<br />
outside <strong>of</strong> Western Europe and Australia, and aims <strong>to</strong> support students who <strong>have</strong> <strong>been</strong> traditionally<br />
underrepresented in study abroad. This includes but is not limited <strong>to</strong>, students with high financial need,<br />
community college students, students in underrepresented fields such as <strong>the</strong> sciences and engineering, students<br />
with diverse ethnic backgrounds, students with disabilities, and students <strong>of</strong> nontraditional age. <strong>The</strong> program<br />
seeks <strong>to</strong> assist students from a diverse range and type <strong>of</strong> two-year and four-year public and private institutions<br />
from all 50 states.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gilman Scholarship provides awards <strong>of</strong> up <strong>to</strong> $5,000 for U.S. citizen undergraduate students at two- and<br />
four-year institutions <strong>to</strong> pursue country-based undergraduate opportunities abroad <strong>of</strong> up <strong>to</strong> one academic year.<br />
To be eligible students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> application and cannot be studying<br />
abroad in a country currently under a U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> State Travel Warning or in Cuba.<br />
For more information, full eligibility criteria and <strong>the</strong> online application please access <strong>the</strong> Gilman Program<br />
website or contact <strong>the</strong> Gilman <strong>of</strong>fice directly. Gilman International Scholarship Program Institute <strong>of</strong><br />
International Education – Hous<strong>to</strong>n 520 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 740, Hous<strong>to</strong>n, TX 77027 Toll Free: 888 887-5939<br />
Phone: 713 621 6300<br />
Email: gilman@iie.org<br />
• STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIP<br />
Website for application: http://gfwcma.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/internationalsc06.doc