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Internal UAB Study Away Scholarships

2009-2010 Application Deadlines:

  • Study Away in the Fall and/or Academic Year -- March 1st at 5pm

  • Study Away in the Spring -- October 12th at 5pm

  • Study Away during a Summer program -- March 1st at 5pm

  John D. Jones Scholarship Application (Juniors and Seniors only)

  Pushpamala Deosthale International Programs Scholarship (Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors though preference will be given to Sophomores)

UAB Departmental Study Away Scholarships

  UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Scholarships

The UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers a number of scholarships to assist with the study of languages overseas.

  Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) Program

The UAB Department of Epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health is offering research training opportunities to minority undergraduate, graduate and health professions students who have an interest in the areas of nutrition, tropical infectious diseases, reproductive health and/or sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS and chronic disease. As a recipient of one of these competitively awarded training positions, funded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, you will have the unique experience of helping others while you learn in Ghana, Guatemala, Jamaica, or Peru.

Participating undergraduates and health profession students will spend 12 weeks (usually mid May- August) at their foreign training sites under the guidance of a UAB supervisor and a foreign mentor. Graduate students usually spend three months overseas, but may be eligible for up to six months of training.

Traineeship Includes:

  • Monthly stipend
  • Living allowance
  • Travel expenses
  • Resource expenses

External Scholarships (Deadlines included in informational links)

  Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (Federal Pell Grant Recipients only)

The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers a competition for awards for undergraduate study away and was established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000. This scholarship provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at a 2-year or 4-year college or university to participate in study away programs worldwide.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, this congressionally funded program is administered by the Institute of International Education through its Southern Regional Center in Houston, TX.

New $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement available to students studying a critical need language. Click here for more information.

  Boren Awards for International Study

Boren Scholarships and Fellowships provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to add an important international and language component to their educations. We focus on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad.

  DAAD German Governmental Scholarships

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is a publicly-funded independent organization of higher education institutions in Germany. Our 14 international offices provide information as well as financial support to over 50,000 highly-qualified students and faculty per year for international research and study. One of the largest of those international offices is here at DAAD New York, where we help students, faculty and current DAAD fellows in the US and Canada.

  Rotary International Scholarships

The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to a greater understanding of their host country.

  The Blakemore Foundation

Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one year of advanced level language study in East or Southeast Asia in approved language programs.

  Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Scholarships

Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants are designed to help support undergraduates as they seek knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad. Fifty $1,000 grants are awarded each year.

 

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