The American-Scandinavian Foundation
ASF grants and awards for Americans.

Boren Scholarships and Fellowships
Funding from the National Security Education Program (NSEP) supports U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests. Up to $20,000 for undergraduates and $30,000 for graduate students depending on cost and length of program.

Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes
Open to: Graduates and undergrads
Usual deadline: November
Fields: Any
Award: Travel, study, and all program expenses for summer institute language study in countries where “target languages” are spoken

Freeman Awards for Study in Asia
Open to: Undergrads – American students planning to study in East or Southeast Asia with demonstrated financial need
Usual deadline: October
Fields: Any
Award: Up to $3000 for a summer, $5000 for a semester, $7000 for an academic year (international)

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Open to: Graduates: apply as seniors, recent grads, and grad students (U.S. citizens)
Usual deadline: October
Fields: Any field, but most plan a project that builds cultural understanding
Award: Covers expenses for a year of travel and living expenses for overseas study/research; some awards offered for English language teaching (international)
Note: language competency normally required

Gilman International Scholarship Program
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is open to all U.S. citizen undergraduates, in good academic standing, who meet the criteria listed below:

• The applicant must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant or provide proof that he/she will be receiving a Pell Grant at the time of application or during the term of his/her study abroad.
• The applicant is applying to or has been accepted into a study abroad program eligible for credit by the student's accredited institution of higher education in the U.S.
• The applicant is studying abroad for at least 28 days in one country. Programs going to more than one country are eligible if the student will be studying in one country for at least 28 consecutive days.
• The applicant is studying abroad in any country except Cuba or a country on the U.S. Department of State's current Travel Warning list.

Award: Up to $5000 for study abroad (must be a minimum of four weeks), with amount contingent on amount of Pell grant eligibility (international)

Gilman Critical Need Language Supplement
Open to: Undergrads – studying Arabic, Chinese, Turkic, Persian, Indic, Korean, or Russian
Usual deadline: Depends on timing of study abroad experience
Fields: Any
Award: Up to $3000 in additional study abroad funding for study involving a designated language (international)

Students of Minority Studying Abroad

UND Languages Department

GoAbroad Scholarship Directory

Diversity Abroad

Study Abroad.com

Scholarship Overview