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Office of International Affairs
For the Scholarships and Fellowships, please visit the Web sites listed below and contact the campus representative, Ms. Olivia Jones, Lee Biology Building, Room 103, Ext. 7713.

NOTE: Campus deadlines for the scholarships below are earlier than the program deadlines.

Scholarship-Fellowship Search Engines:
Program Provider Scholarships-Fellowships
Other Funding Sources
  • Association of Commonwealth Universities
  • Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
    Undergraduate study for students with a Pell grant
  • Bridging Scholarships
    Undergraduate study in Japan
  • British Council - Funding Your Study in the UK
  • BUTEX (British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association)
    BUTEX promotes mobility between universities and colleges in the U.K. and North America and is pleased to offer eight scholarships for undergraduate students currently registered at an institution in the USA or Canada. To be eligible to apply you must have been offered a place as a study abroad or exchange student in a U.K. university which is a BUTEX member.
  • Camp Adventure Youth Services
    The University of Northern Iowa’s Camp Adventure™ Youth Services program provides an extraordinary opportunity for university and college-age students to participate in a worthwhile and valuable service learning experience. Camp Adventure™ Youth Services has been successfully implemented at program sites in 27 countries/territories including Argentina, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Cuba, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Macau, Mexico, the Netherlands, Panama, The Peoples’ Republic of China, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States including Guam and Puerto Rico.
  • Charles B. Rangel Fellowship for Graduate International Studies
    $32,500 Award
  • Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program
    Award covers tuition, travel, room and board, as well as a stipend for the program.
  • CIA Student Scholarship and Internship Opportunities
  • Clinton Scholars Program at American University in Dubai
    Provides 10 U.S. students per semester the opportunity to expand their educational and cultural horizons by studying in the Arab world at this respected university.
  • Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
    This is a U.S. government interagency effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages.  The Critical Language Scholarships will provide funding for U.S. citizen undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. students to participate in beginning, intermediate and advanced level summer language programs at American Overseas Research Centers. The CLS Program does not have any government service requirement upon completion, however, it is expected that participants will continue to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period and later apply their critical language skills in their future academic and professional careers.
  • The Dvelo Fund
    The Dvelo Fund is a fellowship program designed to give students the opportunity to study developmental issues in the underdeveloped world. The aim of the Fund is to support the education of undergraduates wishing to travel abroad in order to conduct research or become involved with the developmental efforts in that region or country. The student designs his or her own proposal and submits it along with their application. Fellowship recipients may receive up to $4,000 in direct funding.
  • External Scholarships Database, University of Minnesota
  • Frank O' Neill Memorial Scholarship
    The 2009 Frank O' Neill Memorial Scholarship is open to anyone attending a university, college, trade school, technical institute, vocational training or other post-secondary education program in the 2009-2010 academic year. In addition, eligible students may not have already been receiving or awarded a full-tuition scholarship or waiver from another source. This means that you can not apply if you already have 100% of your school paid for.
  • Freeman Foundation
    East and South Asia, financial need
  • Fulbright Program 
    Sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright Program provides funding for students, scholars, teachers, and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. The flagship international educational program sponsored by the U.S. Government, the Fulbright Program is designed to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and the peoples of other countries.
  • The Garden Club of America Scholarships and Fellowships
    The purpose of The Garden Club of America is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, to share the advantages of association by means of educational meetings, conferences, correspondence and publications, and to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvement.
  • George J. Mitchell Scholarships
    For graduate study in Ireland or Northern Ireland
  • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
    Scholarships to highly qualified undergraduate students for study abroad, university language or summer courses, senior thesis research and/or internships in the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • Global Studies Foundation Student Grant
    Designed to support foreign language training and other academic studies abroad, this grant provides supplemental funds for American students who are already studying abroad under the auspices of an official study abroad program conducted by an accredited academic institution. The foundation is particularly interested in funding the study of strategically significant countries and languages. Grant recipients are expected to share this experience with others upon his or her return, ideally, with multiple audiences and varied media.
  • Golden Key Study Abroad Scholarships
    Golden Key believes in rewarding its members for their academic, leadership and service excellence.  Annually, the Society offers more than $500,000 (USD) in member-only scholarships and awards.
  • Graduate Students Fellowship
    Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and managed by the Institute of International Education, CESRI is a fellowship opportunity for U.S. graduate students in science and engineering who are seeking a quality hands-on international research experience in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia.
  • Henry Luce Foundation: Luce Scholars Program 
    The Luce Scholars Program is aimed at a group of highly qualified young Americans in a variety of professional fields. It is unique among American-Asian exchanges in that it is intended for young leaders who have had limited experience of Asia and who might not otherwise have an opportunity in the normal course of their careers to come to know Asia. The Program provides stipends, language training and individualized professional placement in Asia for fifteen to eighteen young Americans each year.
  • James J. Davis Memorial Scholarship
    The James J. Davis Memorial Scholarship is offered by Kymanox Company. The Kymanox mission is to facilitate effective and efficient knowledge transfer. The selected scholarship recipient will receive $1,000.00 (USD) for educational-related expenses. The goal of these funds is to encourage students to study abroad and experience something new to grow their knowledge of the world.
  • Japanese Student Services Organization (JASSO)
    JASSO offers a number of scholarships for study in Japan.
  • John T. Petters Scholarships
    The John T. Petters Foundation is a private foundation that works to advance the educational experiences by providing scholarships of deserving students. The Foundation focuses its scholarships to support international business study abroad and social entrepreneurship service programs.
  • Killam Fellowship
    The Killam Fellowships Program is a scholarship program which allows undergraduate students from accredited degree granting colleges and universities to participate in a bi-national residential exchange program between Canada and the United States of America. Scholarship recipients spend either one semester or a full academic year as an exchange student in the other country.
  • The Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship
    The fellowship will help fund a proposal designed by the applicant to conduct brief work in a foreign country related to the mandate of UNESCO – using education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and/or communication and information to build strong ties among nations. The fellowship is intended for American college/university students who express an interest in international collaboration but as of yet had not been afforded many opportunities to travel abroad. The length of time for the travel is expected to be between 4 and 6 weeks and should include interaction with individuals from other nations. During his/her travel, the recipient should be willing to participate in public diplomacy events arranged with the pertinent U.S. State Department Consulate, Mission, and/or Embassy. Following the travel, the recipient agrees to submit a report describing experiences and analyzing objectives achieved; share his/her experiences with others; and be available to make a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.  
  • Marshall Scholarship 
    Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a graduate degree in the United Kingdom.  
  • Morgan Stanley Japan Scholarships
    Morgan Stanley will award two $7,500 scholarships to US students who will be studying in Japan for the academic year beginning September 2009.  Eligible students include juniors and seniors at US universities with an interest in economics and international finance who have been accepted for study in Japan for the 2009-2010 academic year.
  • NAFSA
    Financial Aid for Study Abroad: An Undergraduate Student's Resource
  • National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)
    Italian-American student and/or studying Italian language/culture. The NIAF will award scholarships and grants to outstanding students in the summer of 2009 for use during the following academic year. The awards will be made on the basis of academic merit and divided between two groups of students: Italian American students who demonstrate outstanding potential and high academic achievements and those students from any ethnic background majoring or minoring in Italian language, Italian studies, Italian American studies or a related field, who demonstrate outstanding potential and high academic achievements. Scholarship awards range from $2,000-$12,000. Each scholarship award can only cover tuition and university-provided room and board.
  • National Science Foundation
    The NSF funds research and education in science and engineering, through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. The Foundation accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.
  • National Security Education Program -David L. Boren Scholarships for Undergraduate Students
    Up to $20,000
  • Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants
    Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants are designed to help support undergraduates as they seek knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad. Fifty $1,000 grants are awarded each year.
  • Rhodes Scholar Trust
    The Rhodes Scholarships bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford. American Rhodes Scholars are selected through a decentralized process by which regional selection committees choose 32 Scholars each year representing the fifty states. Election to the Scholarship is normally for two or three years but the Scholarship may be held for one year only, depending upon the degree program pursued by the Scholar. All educational costs, such as matriculation, tuition, laboratory and certain other fees, are paid on the Scholar’s behalf by the Rhodes Trustees.
  • Rotary Foundation
    Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships provide a flat grant of $25,000 for one academic year of study in another country. Multi-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships help fund two years of degree-oriented study in another country. A flat grant of $12,500 is provided each year. Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarships are for either three or six months of intensive language study and cultural immersion. They provide a flat grant of $12,000 for three months and $17,000 for six months.
  • Saint Andrew's Society
    The Saint Andrew's Society of Washington, DC annually grants awards from its Washington Scots Charity & Education Fund Scholarship Program. To be eligible, scholars must be of Scottish birth or descent. Applicants who are United States citizens must maintain their permanent residence in the Mid-Atlantic Region (defined here as comprising the District of Columbia, the States of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, West Virginia, and the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia). All applicants must be able to cite their Scottish descent. Awards are made to scholars enrolled in US or Scottish institutions for the third or fourth year of College or University or full-time graduate study. There are generally 6 to 20 awards made totaling in excess of $20,000.
  • SWEA North Carolina Scholarship- Study in Sweden
    Each year, SWEA North Carolina awards one or several scholarships, depending on the applicant pool.  In the past, the scholarships have generally amounted to $1,000 each.  The primary purpose of the scholarship is to support a person or an organization with ties to North Carolina in their studies or their efforts to advance/share knowledge of Swedish culture, traditions, language, history, or society.  However, outstanding scholars in any field of study (from North Carolina-based institutions, pursuing research or studies in Sweden, or vice versa) are invited to apply, as the scholarship is more broadly intended to foster worthwhile scholarly exchanges between Sweden and North Carolina.
  • Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
    The goal of this program, administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, is to provide funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply. The Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship seeks to recruit talented students in academic programs relevant to international affairs, political and economic analysis, administration, management, and science policy.
  • Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
    The goal of this program, administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, is to attract outstanding students from all ethnic and social backgrounds, who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State.  The program provides funding to graduate students as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service.
  • UNCFSP IIPP Fellowship Program in International Affairs
    IIPP serves to enhance US national security and global competitiveness by promoting excellence, international service, and awareness among a broader, more representative cross-section of the American citizenry.  We prepare a cadre of well-trained, language proficient minority young people to compete in the global marketplace.  IIPP helps ensure that those entrusted with the affairs of the United States (foreign as well as domestic) reflect the diversity that defines us as Americans and confronts us as citizens of the global village. In the amount of approximately 70,000, and with 15 years of demonstrated excellence as the leading provider of international affairs and public policy education for underserved minority college students, IIPP has educated and trained almost 300 International Affairs Fellows. Our focus is on providing quality education and practice opportunities to minority students beginning in their sophomore year of college. We offer these opportunities through our required five-year sequenced six-component program including, Sophomore Summer Policy Institute (SSPI), Junior Year Study Abroad (JYSA), Junior Summer Policy Institute (JSPI), Summer Language Institute (SLI), Internships, and a Master's Degree Program in International Affairs
  • UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
  • Vincent L. Hawkinson Foundation for Peace and Justice Scholarship
    Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded more than $80,000 in scholarships to students, enabling them to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies here and around the world.
  • West African Research Association (WARA)/ West African Research Center (WARC)
    WARA offers Pre-Doctoral Fellowships, Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Graduate Student opportunities for research in West Africa.