Below you'll find a list of known scholarships based on where you're interested in studying abroad. As these scholarships are offered by a variety of organizations, eligibility, application requirements, and deadlines will vary.
Location Specific Scholarships
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Location Specific Scholarships List
- Asia
Freeman Awards for Study In Asia
Eligibility:
- Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
- Must currently receive need-based financial aid or demonstrate verifiable need
- Must be an undergraduate student with a minimum GPA of 2.8
- Must have applied or have been accepted to a study abroad based program in: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Must participate in program at least 8 weeks
Freeman - ASIA Scholarship: Information and Application
AsiaConnect Scholarship
Eligibility:
- Must be an undergraduate students who are currently enrolled at Illinois State University.
- Must be in good academic and disciplinary standing with a minimum GPA of 2.5
- Must demonstrate one or more of the following:
- Excellence and interest in studying cultures or languages of Asian countries
- Active involvement in Asian Culture-related ISU RSOs or local communities
- Planning to study abroad in Asian countries
AsiaConnect Scholarship: Information and Application
Illinois Global Scholarship for Asia
Eligibility:
- All submission should be jointly submitted by a student and faculty advisor. The faculty advisor can either be a study abroad officer or a professor. The faculty advisor can either be a study abroad officer or a professor. Preferably this individual would have a working relationship with the student applicant.
- Submissions will be accepted from any undergraduate, graduate or doctoral student who is attending a university or college in the state of Illinois.
- Student applicants should be seeking to participate in a global learning experience in Asia. The global learning experience can be:
- Short-term faculty led program (10 days – 8 weeks)
- Semester or fully year study abroad program
- International internship (6 weeks minimum)
- Virtual learning programs (4 weeks minimum)
- International scholarly research (4 weeks minimum)
- Submissions will be accepted only from students who have selected a global learning experience in a country different from their nationality and/or different from the country that issued their passport.
Illinois Global Scholarship: Information and Application
- Austria
Salzburg College: Dr. Ina Stegen Scholarship
Eligibility:
- Must be a US citizen or legal resident
- Must be accepted to Salzburg College for a fall or spring semester
- Preference given to students with financial need
Dr. Ina Stegen Scholarship: Information and Application
- China
Chinese Government Scholarship
Eligibility:
- Must be a citizen of a country other than the People’s Republic of China, and be in good health
- Must be accepted into a study abroad program through qualified Chinese partner universities
Chinese Government Scholarship: Information
- Denmark
The A. Rewari Family Scholarship for Study Abroad in Denmark
Eligibility:
- Must be a US citizen or legal resident
- Must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate at a college or univeristy
- Must study abroad in Denmark for a minimum of 4 weeks (28 days)
- Preference given to students with financial need
The A. Rewari Family Scholarship: Information and Application
Upper Midwest Rebild Scholarship
Eligibility:
- Must be a US citizen or legal resident
- Must be currently enrolled at a college or univeristy
- Must study abroad in Denmark
- Must be willing to embrace your own Danish heritage, or if you do not have Danish ancestry, to explore, embrace, and share Danish culture
Upper Midwest Rebild Scholarship: Information and Application
- Greece
Eleni Zachariou Memorial Scholarship for Study in Greece
Eligibility:
- Must be a US citizen or legal resident
- Must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate at a college or univeristy
- Must study abroad in Greece for a minimum of 4 weeks (28 days)
- Preference given to students with financial need
Eleni Zachariou Memorial Scholarship: Information and Application
- Italy
ItaliaRail Scholarship
Eligibility:
- Must be currently enrolled at a college or univeristy
- Must study abroad in Italy for a semester (12-16 weeks)
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
ItaliaRail Scholarship: Information and Application
- Japan
Bridging Scholarships
Eligibility:
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Must be enrolled as an undergraduate student in a college or university
- Must study abroad in Japan for a semester or academic year (minimum 3 months)
Bridging Scholarships: Information and Application
Morgan Stanley Scholarship for Study in Japan
Eligibility:
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Must be enrolled as an undergraduate student in a college or university
- Must be interested in Economics or International Finance
- Must study abroad in Japan for an academic year
Morgan Stanley Scholarship: Information and Application
The Toshizo Watanabe Study Abroad Scholarship
Eligibility:
- Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Must be enrolled at a college or university in the U.S.
- Must study abroad in Japan for a semester or academic year
- Must demonstrate financial need
- Preference given to undergraduate students, first generation students, students from single parent or no parent households, and students with limited international experience
The Toshizo Watanabe Scholarship: Information and Application
Student Exchange Support Program
Eligibility:
- Must be from a country with diplomatic relations to Japan
- Must be enrolled at a college or university
- Must be in good academic and disciplinary standing at ISU
- Must study abroad in Japan for a minmum of 8 days to a maximum of one year
- Must demonstrate financial need
Student Exchange Support Program: Information and Application
- New Zealand
Generation Study Abroad Excellence and Travel Awards
Eligibility:
- Must be a US citizen or hold US Resident status
- Must be at least 18 years at the time of application
- Must be currently enrolled at a college or university in the U.S.
- Must study abroad in New Zealand at a New Zealand University, Institute of Technology, or Polytechnic
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
Generation Study Abroad Excellence and Travel Awards: Information and Application
- United Kingdom
BUTEX: British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association
Eligibility:
- Must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student at a college or univeristy in the U.S.
- Must study abroad at a university or college within the United Kingdom which is BUTEX affiliated
- Must study abroad for a semester or academic year
BUTEX Scholarship: Information and Application
The Cyril Taylor Memorial Scholarship for Study in the UK
Eligibility:
- Must be a US citizen or legal resident
- Must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate at a college or univeristy
- Must study abroad in the United Kingdom for a minimum of 4 weeks (28 days)
- Preference given to students with financial need
The Cyril Taylor Memorial Scholarship: Information and Application
- Various
Foundation for Asia Pacific Education Scholarships
Eligibility:
- Must be a US or Canadian citizen
- Must be currently enrolled at a college or univeristy in the U.S.
- Must be studying abroad in one of the locations listed below:
- American Samoa (U.S. territory)
- Australia
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong and Macau)
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Fiji
- Guam (U.S. territory)
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kiribati
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Marshall Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Northern Marianas (U.S. territory)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Samoa
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
Foundation for Asia Pacific Education Scholarship: Information and Application