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
