{"id":3733,"date":"2012-02-07T12:22:13","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T17:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/offcampus\/?page_id=3733"},"modified":"2025-07-11T08:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:54:00","slug":"outside-grant-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/international-students\/financial-aid\/outside-grant-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside Scholarship Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many study abroad programs have scholarship programs that can reduce study abroad costs. \u00a0Most of the 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 scholarships can be used to cover the work-study and loan portions of your aid package.\u00a0You retain the remaining money unless your Bates grant and outside grant exceed the \u201cCost of Attendance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Below is a sampling of available scholarships, these have various application deadlines and requirements. As you research programs for study, we suggest you also research potential scholarship opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/files\/2025\/07\/Off-Campus-Study-Scholarship-07.2025.pdf\">Outside Scholarships and Grants<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> <em>updated July 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>National Scholarships:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/gilman-scholarship-program\">Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; U.S. citizens receiving a Pell Grant.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/\">Boren Scholarships<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>for students studying in a country considered critical to U.S. national security with interest in U.S. government careers.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/boren_scholarship\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clscholarship.org\/\">Critical Language Scholarships<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; for intensive summer school language study.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fundforeducationabroad.org\/eligibility\/\">Fund for Education Abroad<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; for U.S. citizens, emphasis on supporting underrepresented students.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iiepassport.org\/\">IIE Generation Study Abroad Grants<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Study Abroad Provider Scholarships:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studyabroad.arcadia.edu\/how-to-apply\/scholarships\/\"><strong>Arcadia<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cetacademicprograms.com\/category\/questions\/study-abroad-scholarship\/\">CET<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"border-bottom-color: currentcolor;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ciee.org\/study-abroad\/scholarships\/\">CIEE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyathens.org\/109\/1\/scholarships_info\/\">College Year in Athens<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/disabroad.org\/application-and-fees\/scholarships\/\"><strong>DIS<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iesabroad.org\/scholarships-financial-aid\">IES<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifsa-butler.org\/scholarships\/\">IFSA<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/studyabroad.sit.edu\/how-to-apply\/scholarships-and-financial-aid\/\">SIT<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/admissions\/aid\/\">School for Field Studies<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studyabroad.middlebury.edu\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&amp;Program_ID=10658\"><strong>Middlebury College Cason Scholarship Award<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Regional and Country-Specific Scholarships:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Asia:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/freeman-asia\">Freeman-Asia<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; (for East and Southeast Asia)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/taiwanusalliance.com\/\">Taiwan-US Alliance<\/a><\/strong> (Summer school program &#8212; tuition, room and stipend)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Japan &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aatj.org\/studyabroad\/japan-bridging-scholarships\">Bridging Scholarship<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>China &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campuschina.org\/scholarships\/index.html?k=Chinese%20Government%20Scholarships\">Campus China &#8211; Chinese Government Scholarship<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <\/strong>Please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty-expertise\/profile\/nathan-c-faries\/\">Prof. Nathan Faries<\/a> if you&#8217;re interested in applying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Israel:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/overseas.huji.ac.il\/scholarships-and-financial-aid\/american-students\/\">Hebrew University<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uhaifa.org\/finance\/student-scholarships\">University of Haifa<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgustudyabroad.org\/admissions-tuition\/financial-aid-and-scholarships\/\">Ben-Gurion University<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/international.tau.ac.il\/scholarship_programs\">Tel Aviv University<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masaisrael.org\/grants-scholarships\">MASA Grants Israel<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; for Jewish students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Middle East:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turkishcoalition.org\/scholar.html\">Turkish Coalition of America (TCA)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New Zealand<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enz.govt.nz\/funding\/\">New Zealand Education Abroad<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(travel grants and scholarships)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Europe:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butex.ac.uk\/scholarships\/\">British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association<\/a><\/strong>(BUTEX)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daad.org\/en\/find-funding\/undergraduate-opportunities\/\"><strong>German Academic Exchange Office<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(DAAD)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gooverseas.com\/scholarships\/ireland\">Go Overseas Study in Ireland<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many study abroad programs have scholarship programs that can reduce study abroad&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"parent":94,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-3733","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3733"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12207,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3733\/revisions\/12207"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}