2 Steps to Get Study Abroad Scholarships

2 Steps to Get Study Abroad Scholarships 

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Step 1: Search and Find Travel Scholarship and Funding Programs

10 Travel Related and Study Abroad Scholarships, Grants, and Fellowships:

1. The Fulbright Program– covers a full year of study, teaching, and/or research abroad for college graduates, graduate students, professionals, artists, and teachers. There are many different programs administered all over the world (non-U.S.territory) countries around the world.
2. Jerome Foundation Travel & Study Grant Program– supports emerging and creative artists with grants that cover periods of travel for study, growth, and exploration.
3. Ambassadors Scholarship Foundation– sponsors several different scholarships geared towards promoting international and cross-cultural understanding and friendships. Some scholarships are awarded based on merit and others are awarded based primarily on financial need. You do not need to be a student to apply. 
4. Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship -supports international exchange opportunities like study abroad and career-oriented internships for U.S. university students abroad. The program annually offers over 2,700 awards of up to $5,000 each. 
5. Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)– fully funds U.S degree-seeking students to study critical languages in an intensive summer language institute. Critical languages include Arabic, Azerbaijani,Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu. 
6. America’s Unofficial Ambassadors (AUA) Mosaic Grant–  is a series of grants that fund travel to Indonesia, Morocco, Tajikistan, and Zanzibar. The average grant award is $1,000. 
7. Huayu Enrichment Scholarship for Mandarin – supports Mandarin Chinese language study in Taiwan. The program provides a stipend of about $770 per month. 
8. CIEE International Study Programs (CIEE-ISP) Scholarships– awards scholarships to people who have been accepted into a CIEE Study Abroad program. The awards range from $1,500 to $2,000.
9. Rhodes Scholarship– is an extremely competitive scholarship/fellowship that covers 2 full years of graduate study at Oxford University.
10. Marshall Scholarship– completely covers 2 to 3 years  of graduate study in the UK. US citizens who have finished a bachelor’s degree are eligible to apply.
    Make sure to check out these opportunities and do your own research on the multitude of other travel and study abroad funding programs that you may be eligible for. The larger internet search engines like google and bing are great for the search. And if you’re currently a student, make sure to try out scholarship search engines like fastweb.com, scholarships.com, and the phone app Scholly.
    Step 2: Apply to Scholarships 
    Now that you know that there are countless organizations just waiting to award travel money to deserving applicants, you need to know the best way to apply. Here are 3 monumental tips for applying to scholarships and other funding programs.
    1. Know the mission of the scholarship and show that you will carry on the tradition of that particular program. For example, the mission of the Critical Language Scholarship Program (CLS) is to increase the number of Americans studying critical languages. So, in my application for the CLS program, I made sure to emphasize how I would further promote the study of Arabic on my university campus by using the language skills I expected to gain if I was accepted into the program. The strategy worked; I was awarded the scholarship and got to study Arabic in Oman for a summer.
    2. Get the best recommendation letters possible. While not all scholarship applications require recommendation letters, most do. A great letter will go a very long way and will increase your chances of being awarded funding. In order to make it easier on the person writing your letter, make sure to ask for the recommendation letter long before the application deadline. Also, provide your recommenders with a resume/CV and a summary of the scholarship program to which you are applying so they can write a detailed and impressive letter for you. 
    3. Get your application proofread and edited! Students can ask teachers and/or guidance counselors to proofread applications and essays. Non-students can visit a local library or a community center and ask a librarian or an assistant to edit and proofread your applications if friends and/or family members are inaccessible.