Funding Opportunities for Study Abroad Students

Studying Abroad can be expensive! There are a number of funding opportunities for Study Abroad Students: 

• FSC STUDENTS: You may be eligible for Financial Aid! Information about FSC's Financial Aid Procedures Other SUNY students should visit the Financial Aid office on their home campus
• FSC STUDENTS: The Fava Scholarship awards one $1000 scholarship to a FSC student accepted into a FSC-administered summer study abroad program in Italy of 3 or more weeks. 

External funding opportunities:

• The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to our national security and economic prosperity. Up to $5000! Two deadlines per year in March and October. To be eligible for the Gilman Program, applicants must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving a Pell Grant during the term of their study abroad program or internship. Please see Study Abroad Manager, Eric De Sena, about the Gilman Scholarship. Plan to send prof. De Sena a draft of your essays at least 2 weeks before the deadline. 
• The John S. McCain International Scholarship for Military Families (Gilman-McCain Scholarship) provides awards of $5,000 for child and spousal dependents of active or activated United States military personnel during the time of application (including Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve, Navy, Navy Reserve, Space Force, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and USPHS Commissioned Corps) to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs. Applicants must be recipients of any type of Title IV federal financial aid during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving Title IV federal financial aid during their study abroad program or internship. 
• Boren Awards fund the intensive study of language and culture abroad by U.S. undergraduate or graduate students. All eligible applicants have the option to either apply for a Regional Flagship Language Initiative or select/design their own study program.  
• The Diverse International Women of Color Study Abroad Scholarship (DIWCFUND) is a nonprofit organization intended to assist women of color who are exceptional in their studies and in need of financial assistance to study abroad. DIWC awards scholarships to women of color who have been accepted to an in-person study abroad program. 
• The Rotary Club offers scholarships for Study Abroad opportunities. 
• The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst / German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers scholarships for undergraduates to learn German language skills https://www.daad.de/en/studying-in-germany/scholarships/
• Cyril Taylor Memorial Scholarship offers funding to U.S. students to study abroad in the U.K.  
• Bridging Scholarships offer funding to American students to study abroad in Japan. Offered by the American Association of Teachers of Japanese 
• 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. 
• Fund for Education Abroad provides scholarships and ongoing support to students with financial need who are underrepresented among the U.S. study-abroad population. FEA makes life-changing, international experiences accessible to all by supporting students of color, community college, and first-generation college students before, during, and after they participate in education abroad programs. 

Virginia Commonwealth University displays an extensive list of other scholarships.