Scholarships and Funding
Funding Your International Experience
Study Abroad and Exchange programs can potentially be expensive, with the additional expenses of travel, insurance, and incidental costs.
For many of John Carroll University’s Study Abroad and Exchange programs, it is possible to apply your financial aid package to the cost of your program. You can contact the Office of Financial Aid to confirm how your financial aid can be applied.
In addition, there are numerous scholarships available from sources outside of the University to support study abroad and exchange programs. These scholarships may be based on financial need, merit, the country or region you wish to study in, the language you wish to study abroad, ethnicity or heritage, or other criteria.
- The Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures offers the René Fabien Scholarship for a declared Spanish, French, or German Major who is planning to study abroad.
- Other language scholarships from the CMLC
Below are some starting points to search for additional scholarships:
- Studyabroad.com
- Goabroad.com Scholarship Search Engine
- Gilman International Scholarship (requires Pell Grants – Federal Financial Aid) provides scholarships to U.S. undergraduates with financial need for study abroad, including students from diverse backgrounds and students going to non-traditional study abroad destinations.
- Critical Language Scholarship Program: for students of the following languages: Arabic, Persian, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian
- Boren Awards for International Study: focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security
- The Language Flagship: scholarships for intensive language instruction
- The National Security Language Initiative for Youth
- Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) a non-profit, non-governmental international exchange organization
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): scholarships to study abroad in Germany – very early deadlines!
- British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association (BUTEX) Scholarships: valid for University of Hull
- Rotary International
- ISEP Scholarships
- DiversityAbroad.com specializes in scholarships for under-represented minorities
- The Thurgood Marshall College Fund: scholarships for minority students to study abroad
- United Negro College Fund
- Peterson’s Scholarship Search Engine
- Also check Peterson’s Scholarships, Grants & Prizes
- AIFS Study Abroad Scholarships and Grants
- SIT Study Abroad Scholarships
- InternationalScholarships.com
- Globallinksabroad.org
- Studyabroadfunding.org
- IES Abroad Scholarships & Financial Aid
- Allabroad.us Study Abroad Scholarships
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program: for graduating students who want to study, teach English, or research abroad.
- Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA) provides scholarships for U.S. undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia.
- JASSO Scholarships for Japan
- American Association of Teachers of Japanese
- U.S. News – The Scholarship Coach
Of special interest to ROTC cadets:
- Critical Language Scholarship Program: for students of the following languages: Arabic, Persian, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian
- Project GO (Global Officers)
- CULP: The Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency Program
Tips for applying:
- Start your search early. Make note of application deadlines.
- Look beyond the financial aid offered at John Carroll. Look for third parties that offer scholarships for study abroad.
- Look for scholarships based on your ethnicity, major field of study, the country you want to study in, the language you wish to study while abroad, or a combination of any of these.
- Let your professors know you are applying to study abroad, if you will want them to write letters of recommendation.
- Ask your professors in your major field if they know of any scholarships specific to your major.
- Apply to as many scholarships as you are eligible. You can accept multiple scholarships and pile them on top of each other.
- Make your applications look as professional as possible. Typed application forms, essays, etc., are easier to read than hand-written applications, and indicate a greater effort.