Outside Grant Opportunities

Outside Grant Opportunities

Many study abroad programs have grant programs that can reduce their costs. Some of these grants are “merit based” (not based on financial need) while others are “need based.” Most of the grant opportunities require that you be a participant on the specific study abroad program (IES, CIEE, SIT). However, there are some non-program specific opportunities. If you receive financial aid from Bates, outside grants can be used to cover the work-study and loan portions of your aid package. You retain the remaining money unless your Bates grant and outside grant exceed the “Cost of Attendance.”

Merit Scholarships (High GPA):

• IES

Need-Based Scholarships:

• College Year in Athens
  
• DIS
• Fund for Education Abroad
• IES
• CIEE
• SIT — SIT Pell Match Scholarship; the SIT Fund
• Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program (for students receiving Federal Pell Grants)
• Augsburg College  (for students receiving Federal Pell Grants)

Students Underrepresented in Study Abroad:

• Augsburg College
• DIS — Mary Dau Scholarship (for first generation college students)
• Fund for Education Abroad
• IES — Diversity Scholarships
• CIEE — Robert Bailey Scholarship
• SIT — The Compton Fund, The Diversity Fund, The Houston International Scholarship
• International Public Policy Fellowship (a five year commitment which includes: sophomore summer policy institute, junior year study abroad, junior year summer policy institute, summer language institute, internships, and a master’s degree program in international affairs)
• The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) awards grants per year in the amount of $2,000 for undergraduates who have been accepted to a study abroad program in Turkey. Applicants must be African-American, Hispanic/Latino or Native-American students.

Non-Traditional Locations:

• CIEE — John Bowman Travel Grants

Critical Language and Region Scholarships:

• Boren Scholarships (for students planning government service)
  
• Critical Language Scholarships (for intensive summer school language study)

Regional and Country-Specific Scholarships:

Africa:

• Augsburg College — for students on the Namibia semester program

Asia:

• Alliance for Global Education — for students on the Alliance progams in India and China
• Freeman-Asia — for East and Southeast Asia
• CIEE — Wollitzer Scholarship
• SIT — The Asia Fund, The Workum Fund

China/Taiwan:

• CIEE — Fulbright Hays Scholarship

Israel:

• Hebrew University
• University of Haifa
• Ben-Gurion University
• Tel Aviv University

Japan:

• Bridging Scholarship (Association of Teachers of Japanese)

Middle East/Islamic Studies:

• SIT — The Middle East and Islamic Studies Scholarship
• Turkish Coalition of America (TCA)

Europe:

• British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association

• German Academic Exchange Office