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The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship funds work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate far-reaching and pr ...
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Established in 1997, Youth International is a leading program provider in international experiential learning. Programs are offered in Asia (Nepal, India, and Thailand) and South America (Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador), with start dates in September and Febr ...
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The Brazil Initiation Scholarship (BIS) is a key component of BRASA’s agenda to expand Brazilian Studies in the United States. It targets aspiring Brazilianists with relatively little or no experience in Brazil. It seeks to heighten the student’s interest ...
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For students from diverse backgrounds or students who have had a personal experience with diversity.
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These awards are made possible by the generosity of gifts from alumni.
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The Society of Architectural Historians’ prestigious H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship will allow a recent graduate or emerging scholar to study by travel for one year.
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The Rose Nolan Memorial Scholarship was established to recognize Aboriginal First Nation women who are achieving their educational and training goals while maintaining strong community involvement.
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The Fellowship for International Development Reporting encourages journalists to push the boundaries of daily foreign coverage – which is often focused on disaster or crisis – and set new standards for reporting on the developing world. Fellowship recipie ...
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Fund for Education Abroad awards are intended to support students planning to participate in high-quality, rigorous education abroad programs in the academic year or summer.
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CISabroad scholarships are for students applying for CISabroad semester and summer programs.
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These scholarships are awarded by the Center for Global Education and Exchange to undergraduate students at UH-Hilo.
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The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a stipend for a graduating college senior to pursue one year of public service anywhere in the world. The award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for one year before pro ...
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Pacific Discovery: Summer, Semester & Gap Year Programs Abroad

Pacific Discovery offers extraordinary international learning adventures. Our summer, semester and gap year programs abroad combine cultural immersion, volunteer and service learning projects in conservation and community development, sustainable adventur ...
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Every year, NWAC coordinates the Helen Bassett Commemorative Award granted to four young Aboriginal women and made possible by the generous donation of Helen Bassett. Helen Bassett was an Ontario artist and an amazing woman who tried to make a difference ...
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Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program sends young Biomedical Engineers, anywhere outside the U.S. or Canada for one or more of the following activities: conducting academic or scientific research in a university or laboratory or pursuing cou ...
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Backed by over 40 years of experience in the field of experiential education, GoBeyond Student Travel offers quality international travel, outdoor adventure, language, and community service programs for teenagers during the summertime. Destinations includ ...
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The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship Fund was established by the Elizabeth L. Marks Trust. Her trust provided funding “for the establishment of a scholarship fund, the income from which shall be awarded to well-qualified science majors specializing in tro ...
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Made possible by the generous support and fundraising efforts of international educators working in Texas.
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Boren Scholarships provide the opportunity for U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin Ame ...
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