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Happy Holidays!
Now that exams are over, it is time to apply for scholarships!
The deadline to apply for Fund for Education Abroad scholarships is January 16, 2015.
The current application cycle will fund students with financial need who will be studying abroad in Summer 2015, Fall 2015, or Spring 2016.
If you are a U.S. citizens or permanent resident and need help funding your summer or year in China, please apply. Multiple scholarship available!
For information about FEA Scholarships, please visit fundforeducationabroad.org/applicants/.
If you have any questions, feel free to email us at fea@fundforeducationabroad.org.
The U.S. Department of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is pleased to announce two exciting updates for the upcoming scholarship application set to open in mid-January 2015. Thank you for sharing this information with students and helping them prepare their applications! To encourage more non-traditional students to participate in education abroad, the Gilman Program will accept applications from students enrolled at community colleges/two-year institutions who will participate in credit-bearing education abroad programs that are a minimum of 14 days in length in one country, so long as the students meet all other applicant eligibility requirements. This is a change from the four week minimum currently in place for all applicants. The 14 day minimum only applies to students enrolled at community colleges/two-year institutions. Additionally, the Gilman Program will accept applications from students participating in education abroad programs in Mexican states where no advisory is in effect according to the U.S. Department of State Travel Warning (http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarnings/mexico-travel-warning.html) * Eligibility requirements; an applicant must be: * A United States citizen; * Enrolled as an undergraduate student at an accredited two- or four-year U.S. institution; * Receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application or during the term abroad; * Applying to or accepted into a credit-bearing study abroad program or international internship; * Participating in a study abroad program or international internship that is no less than four weeks (28 days) - or two weeks (14 days) for current community college students - in one country and no more than an academic year; and * Studying or interning in any country not currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or Cuba. Students applying to programs in Mexico may only apply for scholarships to support study in Mexican states where no advisory is in effect according to the U.S. Department of State Travel Warning. The application for summer 2015 and fall/academic year 2015-2016 programs will open in mid-January and student applications are due March 3, 2015 by 11:59pm (central). Advisers have until March 10, 2015 to certify summer and fall 2015 applications. The Gilman International Scholarship Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE). The Gilman Program aims to diversify the kinds of students who study and intern abroad and the countries and regions where they go. Since the program's inception in 2001, the Gilman Program has awarded over 17,000 U.S. undergraduates with high financial need representing more than 1,100 U.S. institutions, to study and intern abroad in more than 140 countries. All eligible applicants are encouraged to apply. For more information and application resources, please visit the Gilman website at www.iie.org/gilman or contact the appropriate contact below: STUDENTS Last Name A-D Phone: 832-369-3477 Email: gilmanforms@iie.org Last Name E-K Phone: 832-369-3484 Email: gilman@iie.org Last Name L-Q Phone: 832-369-3475 Email: gilmandocs@iie.org Last Name R-Z Phone: 832-369-3485 Email: gilmanapp@iie.org UNIVERSITY ADVISORS Midwest & Northeast Regions Phone: 832-369-3487 Email: gilmanadvisors@iie.org South & West Regions Phone: 832-369-3483 Email: gilmanadvisors@iie.org
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will be hosting 2 more webinars this fall. Each webinar will give an overview of the CLS Program but also dive into a specific topic related to the program. The first webinar has passed but a recording of the webinar will be posted on our website shortly! The next one is TODAY (Oct. 8th) - more details below. CLS is a program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and it is part of a U.S. government effort to dramatically expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. CLS is a fully funded overseas language program for American undergraduate and graduate students. With the goal of broadening the base of Americans studying and mastering critical languages and to build relationships between the people of the United States and other countries, CLS provides study opportunities to a diverse range of students from across the United States at every level of language learning. The CLS Program seeks participants with diverse interests, from a wide variety of fields of study, backgrounds and career paths, with the purpose of representing the full diversity of professional, regional, cultural and academic backgrounds in the United States. You can learn more about CLS by visiting the program website (www.clscholarship.org) or by attending one of the webinars. The webinars are open to students, faculty, staff and administrators so please spread the word! Webinar #2 Date & Time: Wednesday, October 8th 2014 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST. Topic: This webinar will focus on possible obstacles that community college students face when thinking about studying abroad and challenges these students may encounter while on program (as well as the support they will receive from CLS staff before and during the program). Link to access the webinar (on the day of the event): http://live.wiziq.com/aliveext/LoginToSession.aspx?SessionCode=o%2bKldBparDt8JkY4P6QZEw%3d%3d Webinar #3 Date & Time: Friday, October 17th, 2014 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST. Topic: This webinar will provide information about the CLS Program, offer tips for a successful application and give ample time for Q&A. This webinar will focus heavily on application tips and will go into this topic in depth. Link to access the webinar (on the day of the event): http://live.wiziq.com/aliveext/LoginToSession.aspx?SessionCode=3iIkUsfTXOgsaYhgDDeAbQ%3d%3d For questions and to RSVP, please contact Sarah Bartfeld by email at: sbartfeld@americancouncils.org (preferred method) or by phone at: 202-833-7522 Thanks, Sarah Sarah Bartfeld Program Officer, Critical Language Scholarship Program American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS 1828 L Street N.W., Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20036 T 202-833-7522 F 202-833-7523 www.americancouncils.org www.clscholarship.org |
This opportunity is great for students of Chinese, both Flagship and non-Flagship, who will have completed CHN 104 or higher by the end of this academic year. Please note: It is not a scholarship you can apply to any program, but rather is a program in itself. Flagship students currently in CHN 215H are encouraged to apply.
The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce the opening of the scholarship competition for the 2015 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program in thirteen critical foreign languages. The CLS Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. It is a fully-funded overseas language program for American undergraduate and graduate students. With the goal of broadening the base of Americans studying and mastering critical languages and to build relationships between the people of the United States and other countries, CLS provides study opportunities to a diverse range of students from across the United States at every level of language learning. The thirteen CLS languages are: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu. Please note that participants in the CLS Program are not required to have any experience studying critical languages for most of the thirteen languages. Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Russian, and Japanese institutes have language prerequisites, which can be found on the CLS website: http://www.clscholarship.org. The CLS Program seeks participants with diverse interests, from a wide variety of fields of study, backgrounds and career paths, with the purpose of representing the full diversity of professional, regional, cultural and academic backgrounds in the United States. Thus, students from all academic disciplines, including business, engineering, law, medicine, science, social sciences, arts and humanities are encouraged to apply. There is no service requirement for CLS Alumni after the program. However, participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their professional careers. Participants are selected based on their commitment to language learning and plans to apply their language skills to their future academic or professional pursuits. Please note that CLS is an intensive group-based language program. The application is now live and available online at: http://www.clscholarship.org Applications will be due November 12, 2014 by 8:00 pm EST. Prior to preparing their application, interested students should review the full eligibility and application information on the CLS Program website: http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants. For news, updates and more information about the CLS Program, check out the CLS website or our Facebook page for updates! CLS Website: http://www.clscholarship.org. CLS Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/CLScholarship For questions, please contact us at: cls@americancouncils.org Sarah Bartfeld Program Officer, Critical Language Scholarship Program American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS 1828 L Street N.W., Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20036 T 202-833-7522 F 202-833-7523 www.americancouncils.org www.clscholarship.org
If you are planning to study in China or Taiwan next summer or this coming spring, and are a U.S. Citizen currently receiving a Pell Grant, start your Gilman application today!
The U.S. Department of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is pleased to announce that students interested in studying or interning abroad in the summer have an opportunity to apply earlier. The Early Application for Summer 2015 cycle is now open in conjunction with the Spring 2015 application, and has the same submission deadline of October 7th. The Gilman Program is offering this additional application cycle in an effort to support students who may already be preparing for their summer 2015 study abroad program or international internship and would like earlier notification of their status to better plan their financial commitments. Selected recipients will be notified in February.
The Gilman Program will also continue to offer a summer application for students in January in conjunction with the fall 2015/academic year 2015-2016 application cycle. The deadline for those applications will be the first week in March. This cycle is ideal for students who are not ready to apply now or will not know of their program acceptance in February. This round of summer 2015 applicants will be notified in April of their status.
Early Application Summer 2015 student applications are due October 7 by 11:59pm (central).
Advisors have until October 14 to certify Early Application Summer 2015 applications.
Eligibility requirements remain the same; an applicant must be:
* A United States citizen;
* Enrolled as an undergraduate student at an accredited two- or four-year U.S. institution;
* Receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application or during the term abroad;
* Participating in a study abroad program or internship that is no less than four weeks (28 days) in one country and no more than an academic year;
* Applying to or accepted into a study abroad program or internship eligible for academic credit by the student's home institution; and
* Studying or interning in any country not currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or Cuba
The Gilman International Scholarship Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE). The Gilman Program aims to diversify the kinds of students who study and intern abroad and the countries and regions where they go. Since the program's inception in 2001, the Gilman Program has awarded nearly 17,000 U.S. undergraduates of high financial need representing more than 1,100 U.S. institutions, to study and intern abroad in over 140 countries. All eligible applicants are encouraged to apply.
For more information, please visit the Gilman website at www.iie.org/gilman or contact the appropriate contact below:
STUDENTS
Last Name A-D
Phone: 832-369-3477
Email: gilmanforms@iie.org
Last Name E-K
Phone: 832-369-3484
Email: gilman@iie.org
Last Name L-Q
Phone: 832-369-3475
Email: gilmandocs@iie.org
Last Name R-Z
Phone: 832-369-3485
Email: gilmanapp@iie.org
UNIVERSITY ADVISORS
Midwest & Northeast Regions
Phone: 832-369-3487
Email: gilmanadvisors@iie.org
South & West Regions
Phone: 832-369-3483
Email: gilmanadvisors@iie.org
