Scholarships

SU's Education Abroad Office offers scholarships to students participating in programs affiliated with SU (SU-Sponsored, SU-Exchange, and SU Faculty-Led). 

• Education Abroad International Humanitarian Scholarship - Up to $2000 for SIT, MSID, and French-in-France and Africa programs 
• Education Abroad Need-Based Scholarship 

Many Program Providers and Host Universities provide their own scholarships to students participating in their program. Below is a list of SU’s partnered Program Providers offering their own institutional scholarships. 

• AIFS 
• API 
• CEA CAPA
• CIEE 
• IES 
• ISA 
• SIT 
• USAC 

In addition to EAO and partner institutions’ need-based aid, there are other national scholarships for students with demonstrated financial need. 

• Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship - up to $5,000 for Federal Pell Grant recipients. Students studying a Critical Need Language are eligible for up to $8,000 
• Freeman Asia - For Pell Grant Recipients studying in Asia 
• Fund for Education Abroad - up to $10,000 to students with demonstrated financial need, preference to students of diverse backgrounds  

These are scholarships through the U.S. State Department for U.S. citizens studying critical-need languages as part of their studies abroad. 

• Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship - for Pell Grant Recipients, provides up to an additional $3000 for study of a critical-need language 
• David L. Boren Scholarship - up to $25,000 
• Critical Language Scholarship - fully-funded summer language program 
• Critical Language Scholarship Spark – fully-funded online language program 

This list includes both national and program-specific scholarship for particular underrepresented student populations. 

• Diversity Abroad Study Overseas Ambassador program - $500 scholarship to students participating in a program through one of Diversity Abroad’s partner organizations 
• Fund for Education Abroad Rainbow Scholarship - up to $10,000 awarded to deserving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) students who aim to participate in high-quality, rigorous education abroad programs 
• Gilman-McCain Scholarship – up to $5000 for child and spousal dependents of active or activated United States military personnel 
• API Diversity Scholarship - up to $750 to students identifying as a military veteran, a non-traditional student, a student with a disability, a minority student, and/or a LGBTQ student 
• API First Generation Scholarship - up to $750 to first-generation in college students participating in an API program 
• API STEM Scholarship - up to $750 to students majoring in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) participating in an API program 
• API Student-Athlete Scholarship - up to $750 to student athletes participating in an API program 
• CIEE Douglass-O'Connell Global Internship – fully-funded summer program for students of color focused on the study of social justice leadership in America, South Africa, and Ireland 
• IES David Porter Need-Based Diversity Scholarship - created for African American students, $5,000 off the cost of an IES Abroad program 
• Point Foundation’s National LGBT Scholarship Fund - scholarships for students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression 
• Pride Foundation - scholarships for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and straight-allied students 
• USAC First Generation Scholarship - up to $1,000 to first-generation in college students participating in a USAC program 
• USAC Military Service Scholarship - up to $1,000 to active or veteran status participating in a USAC program 
• USAC Science, Technology, Math, and Engineering (STEM) Scholarship - up to $1,000 to STEM majors and minors participating in a USAC Program 

The list below includes links to individual scholarships as well as databases of scholarships for education abroad. 

• Carnegie Mellon Study Abroad Scholarship List 
• DAAD Scholarships   
• Diversity Abroad   
• Study Abroad Scholarships for BIPOC Students 
• Foundation for Global Scholars   
• GO! Study Abroad Scholarship  
• International Scholarships 
• StudyAbroad.com Scholarships 
• IIE Study Abroad Program/Scholarship Search 
• United States - Japan Bridging Scholarship 
• The Going Abroad Scholarship (formerly Scott's Cheap Flights) 
• The Garden Club of America - Summer Scholarship - for students in Environmental Studies 
• Tortuga Study Abroad Scholarship 
• The Toshizo Watanabe Study Abroad Scholarship Program