Benjamin
A. Gilman International Scholarship
Program
Spring
2008 Application Open – Deadline: October 9, 2007
The Gilman International Scholarship Program provides
awards of up to $5,000 for U.S.
undergraduate students to study abroad for up to one academic year. The program
aims to diversify the kinds of student who study abroad and the countries and
regions where they go. The program serves students who have been
under-represented in study abroad which includes but is not limited to:
students with high financial need, community college students, students in
under-represented fields such as the sciences and engineering, students from
diverse ethnic backgrounds, students attending minority-serving institutions, and
students with disabilities. The Gilman
Program seeks to assist students from a diverse range and type of two-year and
four-year public and private institutions from all 50 states.
A limited number of $3000
Critical Need Language Supplements are available for students studying a
critical need language for a total possible award of $8000. A list of eligible
languages can be found on the Gilman
website at http://www.iie.org/gilman.
Eligibility: Students
must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application and cannot be
studying abroad in a country currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel
Warning or in Cuba.
The Gilman International Scholarship Program is
sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs and administered by the Institute
of International Education.
For more information, full eligibility criteria and the online
application visit: http://www.iie.org/gilman.
Gilman International
Scholarship Program
Institute
of International Education
520 Post Oak Blvd.,
Ste. 740
Houston,
TX 77027
Contact for Applicants: Lindsay Calvert
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Phone: 713.621.6300, ext 25
Contact for Advisors: Bronwyn Stewart
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Phone: 713.621.6300, ext 14
http://www.iie.org/gilman
