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Lehigh University Study Abroad offers $2,000.00 non-competitive travel grants to students who attend one of our 13 exchange schools on a semester or year program. 

ASIA

EUROPE

AMERICAS

Note: Reduced grants available for students attending an exchange school summer program.  Contact our office for details. 

Remember that Lehigh students must choose programs from our approved program list, or contact the Study Abroad office to discuss program petition options.   Be sure to consider the total cost of attending a program prior to making a commitment.

Lehigh University Department of Modern Languages and Literature awards travel scholarships to qualified students twice a year. Applications available in Maginnes 516. Contact Modern Languages with questions.

Lehigh University's Office of Fellowship Advising is a good resource for outside scholarships and grants.  Generally, you must apply for scholarships a year in advance.

THIRD-PARTY PROGRAM PROVIDERS ALSO OFFER AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS:

OTHER RESOURCES

 

Bridging Scholarships
Website: http://www.aatj.org/studyabroad/scholarships.html
Contact: atj@colorado.edu
Purpose: To assist students to study in Japan.
Eligibility: Undergraduates of any major who are US citizens or permanent residents.
Amount: Stipend of $2,500 (semester) or $4,000 (year)
Deadline: April 6, 2012 for Fall 2012
Expectation: Each scholarship recipient will be expected to send a brief report about his/her study in Japan to the ATJ office within 60 days of returning from abroad.

 

DAAD (German Academic Exchange)
Website: www.daad.org
Contact: daadny@daad.org
Purpose: DAAD offers undergraduate awards to highly qualified undergraduate students for study abroad, senior thesis research, and/or internships in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Eligibility: Must be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate program, must have at least sophomore standing at the time of application and at least junior standing by the beginning of the scholarship period.  Applicants need to be able to receive academic credit for their activity in Germany (check with your advisor or department chair to see if this is possible).  Applicants must have well-defined study, research or internship plans for their stay in Germany.  Applicants are expected to demonstrate an interest in contemporary German and European affairs and to explain the significance of their project in Germany.
Amount: Monthly allowance of 615 Euros, one-time allowance of between 870 Euros and 1,200 Euros.  Grantees will also receive a one-time allowance of 150 Euros or 260 Euros for books.
Deadline: All applications for the academic year 2012/13 must be postmarked by January 31, 2012
Expectation: Students will find their own program to go on and pursue acceptance into program.  Students must have their own medical insurance.

 

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Website: www.iie.org/gilman
Contact: gilman@iie.org
Purpose: To diversify and expand participation in international study. 
Eligibility: Citizen of the U.S., student must be receiving a Pell Grant at the time of application, and students cannot use a Gilman Scholarship for study in a country under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning.
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: March 1st, 2012 (for summer/fall semester and academic year), and October for (spring semester)

 

National Security Education Program – David L. Boren Scholarship
Website: www.borenawards.org/
Contact: nsep@iie.org
Purpose: To provide American undergraduates with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of the U.S.
Eligibility: Freshmen and sophomores are eligible for summer, semester, and full year programs; juniors and seniors are eligible for semester and full year programs.
Amount: Varies depending on location, but covers cost of living, tuition, travel, books, settling-in and appropriate insurance.  Maximum of 10,000.
Deadline: Boren Scholarships Deadline: February 9th, 2012
Boren Fellowships Deadline: January 31, 2012
Expectation: NSEP scholarship recipients incur a service agreement requiring that they enter into an agreement to work in a position with the federal government with national security responsibilities as a priority or, secondarily, to work in the field of higher education in the area of study for which the scholarship was awarded.

 

North American Freshman Scholarship
Summer University at Freie Univeritat Berlin, Germany
Website: www.fubis.org/
Contact: fusummer@fu-berlin.de
Purpose: Provide American students with exposure to the German culture, language, and university system.
Eligibility: Students who will be finishing up their freshmen year of school at an American or Canadian college or university.  Students must be 18 years of age at the beginning of the program (July 17).
Amount: 100% tuition waiver for two FUBiS courses from category A and B; 100% waiver on registration fees; and 1,000 Euros – two installments of 500 Euros each.
Deadline: Mid-March

 

Rotary International Scholarships
(Ambassadorial Scholarships and World Peace Scholarships)
Website: www.rotary.org/foundation/educational
Contact: Renee Stephenson – stephenr@rotaryintl.org
Purpose: To promote amicable international relationships by funding study in foreign countries, specifically those with a rotary society.
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students who are not related to Rotarians.  Completed two years of university coursework.  Scholarship cannot be used to study in an area of a country where a candidate has previously lived for more than six month.  Applicants should consult rotary organizations in their parents’ locality.
Amount: Travel, tuition, and living expenses; amount varies according to the program.
Deadline: Varies, need to apply 18 months prior to when you want to study abroad.


British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association (BUTEX)
Website: http://www.butex.ac.uk/
Contact: butex_enquiries@msn.com
Purpose: BUTEX promotes mobility between universities and colleges in the UK and North America.
Eligibility: The Scholarship is open to all undergraduate students currently registered at an institution in the USA or Canada. To be eligible to apply you must have been offered a study abroad or exchange place at a UK university which is BUTEX affiliated. Your study abroad or exchange place must be for a semester program and your place must be for a minimum of one semester.
Amount: The value of each scholarship is £500
Deadline: May 31st, 2012 for students studying abroad during academic year 2012/13

 

Critical Language Scholarship
Website: http://www.clscholarship.org/
Contact: cls@caorc.org
Eligibility: All applicants must be U.S. citizens and currently enrolled in a U.S. degree-granting program at the undergraduate or graduate level. Current undergraduate students must have completed at least one year of general college course-work by program start date (one year is defined as two semesters or three quarters). Grantees will be required to submit a satisfactory Medical Information Form and Physician’s Statement to verify that the grantee is in in acceptable mental and physical health. Applicants must be 18 by the beginning of the 2011 CLS Program. Students in all disciplines, including business, engineering, law, medicine, sciences, and humanities are encouraged to apply.
Amount: All CLS Program costs are covered for participants including: travel to and from the student's U.S. home city and program location, a mandatory Washington, D.C. pre-departure orientation, applicable visa fees, room, board, group-based intensive language instruction, program-sponsored travel within country, and all entrance fees for CLS Program cultural enhancement activities.
Deadline: Mid-November
Expectation While there is no service requirement attached to CLS Program awards, participants are expected to
continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers.

 

Fund for Education Abroad
Website: http://fundforeducationabroad.org/applicants/
Contact: Airika Coblentz @ 202.210.3199
Eligibility: Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S., currently enrolled as an undergraduate at a U.S. college or university, applying for a study abroad program eligible for credit at the student’s educational institution, and plan to study abroad for a minimum of 4 weeks in country.
Amount: up to $5,000 per semester and are not limited to specific programs, destinations, or fields of study
Deadline: Mid-November
Expectation Applicants should be committed to supporting education abroad in his/her campus community through work with the FEA and his/her campus education abroad staff upon return.

 

Glimpse: The Correspondents Program
Website: http://glimpse.org/correspondents/
Contact: sarah@glimpse.org
Eligibility: The Correspondents Program is open to both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. To qualify for the Correspondents Program, you must be living abroad for at least 10 weeks during the spring or fall. You must have regular access to email while abroad, and be willing to commit to a professional editorial process.
Amount & Benefits:
$600 stipend; Support from a team of professional editors; Career training in writing and photography; Guaranteed publication on Glimpse.org and Matador Network.
Deadline: July 30st
Expectation Work Requirements include the following: One feature story (photo or written), which includes a first-person element and focuses on a human or cross-cultural theme; Ethical dilemma essay; Slideshow: Twenty of your best photographs (not submitted in conjunction with a story); Professional portfolio of written and photographic work to be developed in conjunction with the editor.

 

Freeman Asia Scholarship
Website: http://www.iie.org/programs/Freeman-ASIA/
Contact: Freeman-ASIA@iie.org
Eligibility: The application must currently receive need-based financial aid or demonstrate a verifiable need for financial assistance to participate in the proposed study abroad program and 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. The proposed length of study in the host country must be a minimum of 8 weeks for a summer term, 10 weeks for a quarter term, and 12 weeks for a semester term. The applicant must have little or no previous experience in the country in which he or she plans to study.
Amount & Benefits: Summer: up to $3,000; Semester: up to $5,000; Academic Year: up to $7,000
Deadline: February 15, 2012 for Summer; April 4, 2012 for Fall and Academic Year
Expectation:
Freeman-ASIA Award recipients are required to fulfill their service project requirements, based on their initial service proposal stated in their Freeman-ASIA applications, within the first semester or term immediately following their return from studying abroad.Service proposals, approved by Study Abroad Advisers, are the students' own ideas as to how they plan to share their overseas study abroad experiences and promote interest in study abroad in East and Southeast Asia on their college campuses and/or in their communities.  In designing their service projects, students should consider their skills and interests in addition to the publicity needs of their campus and/or community. 

 

DiversityAbroad.com Scholarship
Website: http://www.diversityabroad.com/scholarships/summer-spring-fall
Contact: Phone: +1 510-982-0635
Eligibility: Applicants must mee the following criteria: have a minimum cumulative 2.75 GPA at an accredited U.S. university or college; be accepted to a study abroad, intern abroad, language immersion abroad or volunteer abroad program offered through a DiversityAbroad.com Partner Organization; and be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.
Amount and Benefits: $1,000 scholarships for full-time undergraduate students studying abroad during spring 2011, summer 2011 and fall 2011.
Deadline: October 15, 2010 for spring 2011; April 1, 2011 for summer 2011 and May 2, 2011 for fall 2011.   
Expectation: Student must be willing to share their experiences abroad with the  DiversityAbroad.com community via blogs, picture and videos (at least twice a week), participation in DiversityAbroad.com travel abroad forum and do a study abroad testimonial at the end of their time abroad

 

Go! Study Abroad Scholarship
Website: http://www.gooverseas.com/study-abroad
Contact: Danielle Ciappara, Scholarship Coordinator, 415-796-6456
Eligibility: Recipients must be successfully accepted into a study abroad program. The program can be for any length of time and can be either credit bearing or non-credit bearing.
Amount and Benefits: $1,000
Deadline: October 15, 2011 for spring 2012 and May 2, 2012 for fall 2012.   
Expectation: All recipients will be required to participate in a pre-departure and post-return interview.

 

Learn, Intern, and Volunteer in Latin America (LIV Fund)
Website: http://www.livfund.org/
Contact: info@livfund.org
Eligibility: Candidates coming to Latin America with an organized program, designing their own program or still waiting to be accepted to an abroad program are all eligible to apply. Students, interns and volunteers who are already abroad are also eligible to receive funding.
Amount and Benefits: $500
Deadline: apply within 6 months of start date of program
Expectation: Applicants who are awarded the scholarship must agree to post at least three [3] blog entries on the LIVFund blog detailing their abroad experience.

 

 

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