Gilman Scholarships are available to Federal Pell Grant eligible
students who study abroad during the semester, summer,
winter and calendar year on a program that is a minimum of four
weeks in length.
The application deadline for
Summer 2013 and Fall 2013 programs is March 5,
2013.
Summer 2013 and Fall 2013 Timeline:
The Summer 2013/Fall 2013 application cycle is for study abroad
programs beginning between May 1, 2013 and October 15, 2013. This
cycle encompasses summer 2013 and fall 2013 semester programs as
well as any short-term programs that are a minimum of four weeks in
length and begin within this date range. If you have any questions
regarding your program start dates, please contact the Gilman
Scholarship Program at gilman@iie.org.
The application deadline for
Summer 2013 and Fall 2013 programs is March 5,
2013.
The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for
U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to
pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is
intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant
roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent
world.
Approximately 800 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded
during an academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study
abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study
and student need with the average award being $4,000. Undergraduate
students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at 2-year or
4-year colleges or universities are eligible to apply.
Before a student begins the Gilman Application, he/she should
contact their study abroad office at their home institution and
meet with their study abroad advisor and financial aid advisor to
certify their Gilman Scholarship applications.
Gilman also provides scholarships for the Summer 2013 session
for students majoring in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math
(STEM) field. Please note that applicants are not required to study
a STEM subject while abroad to be eligible for the scholarship.
Students who apply for and receive the Gilman Scholarship to
study abroad are now eligible to receive an additional $3,000
Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Program for a
total possible award of up to $8,000. Approximately 25 Critical
Need Language Supplements will be offered to Gilman Scholarship
recipients.
Critical Need Languages include:
- Arabic (all dialects)
- Chinese (all dialects)
- Turkic (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgz, Turkish, Turkmen,
Uzbek)
- Persian (Farsi, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajiki
- Indic (Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi,
Gujarati, Sindhi)
- Korean
- Russian
For more information on the Gilman Scholarship, visit
their website www.iie.org/gilman.