International travel opportunities

Summer language courses for study abroad hosted by U.S. State Department. Gives students preferential placement for government positions.

Value: Approx. $10,000
Duration: Summer
Due date: November
When to talk to our office: September
Who: Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior

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Scholarship to be used towards study abroad in select countries. Gives students preferential placement for government positions

Value: $8,000-$25,000
Duration: Summer to academic year
Due date: January
When to talk to our office: Fall
Who: Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior

Boren Awards funds undergraduate students in their study of foreign languages and cultures abroad. Funds can be used to support study or research abroad opportunities, including qualifying USAC programs.

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Scholarship to be used towards study abroad in select countries. Gives students preferential placement for government positions.

Value: $5,000 Duration: Summer to academic year
Due date: March
When to talk to our office: Fall
Who: Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior

The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to our national security and economic prosperity. To be eligible for the Gilman Program, applicants must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving a Pell Grant during the term of their study abroad program or internship. The Institute of International Education has administered the program since its inception in 2001.

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Provides funding for study abroad for U.S. military veterans and their family.

Value: $5,000
Duration: Summer to academic year
Due date: March
When to talk to our office: Fall
Who: Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior

The Gilman-McCain Scholarship provides awards of $5,000 for child dependents of active duty service members to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs. Applicants must be recipients of any type of Title IV federal financial aid during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving Title IV federal financial aid during their study abroad program or internship.

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Phi Kappa Phi is more than a line on a résumé. The nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society initiates approximately 25,000 members a year on more than 325 campuses in the United States, its territories and the Philippines.

Who: Membership in Phi Kappa Phi is offered to the top 7.5% of second-semester juniors and top 10% of seniors and graduate students.

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The Fulbright UK Summer Institutes are three to four week programmes for US undergraduate students, who have no or very little travel experience outside North America. Participants can explore the culture, heritage and history of the UK while experiencing higher education at a UK university.

Who: Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior

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The Killam Fellowships Program provides an opportunity for exceptional undergraduate students from universities in Canada and the United States to spend either one semester or a full academic year as an exchange student in the other country.

Value: The Killam Fellowships Program offers a cash award of $6,000 US for a one semester exchange ($12,000 US for the academic year), along with a health benefit plan.
Who: Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.

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Students go to Germany in the summer for an internship with international company or institution. German language not required but encouraged.

Value: approx. $10,000
Duration: Summer
Due date: November
When to talk to our office: Sophomore or junior year
Who: Sophomore, junior, senior

RISE Germany offers summer research internships in Germany for undergraduate students from North America, Great Britain and Ireland. In their internships, students are carefully matched with doctoral students and researchers (only from universities of applied sciences, UAS) – whom they assist and who serve as their mentors. Interns receive a monthly stipend to cover everyday costs. About 300 scholarships are available each year.

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