Scholarships
CATHERINE C. & BRUCE A. BASTIAN STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIPS
About the Scholarships
The Catherine C. and Bruce A. Bastian Scholarship fund was established to increase students’ awareness of and involvement in international activities. The study abroad scholarship funds are designated in part to support International Studies majors who study abroad on a University of Illinois-sponsored or affiliated program to fulfill the requirement for their major. Scholarships of $1,000 are available for fall or spring semesters. Funds are credited to the student’s University of Illinois account in the term that their required study abroad occurs.
Application Deadlines: The deadlines for 2008 - 2009 study abroad are March 14th for fall term or academic year and October 15th for spring term. To download an application, please click here.
Spring 2008 Recipients |
Fall 2008 Recipients |
Lauren Guccione -- Ecuador Amy Krzyzek -- Ecuador Carolena Lescano -- Chile Katheleen Lorge -- Chile |
Angela Jennings -- Costa Rica Eva Shui -- Senegal Mary Sloan -- Egypt |
The recipients are all participating in study abroad programs in which they will take courses with local students or live with local families/students, and thus maximize their target language and culture learning opportunities. The recipients have also demonstrated a strong commitment to international activities on campus through their associations with the Global Studies Initiative, IEI's Convo Partners, tutoring Spanish-speaking children in Champaign schools, and, of course, International Studies Student Association. Please join us in congratulating these I.S. majors.
For more funding opportunities, please visit:
http://www.ips.uiuc.edu/scholarship/
Language Scholarships
Application Deadline: March 15, 2007
Recipients of these scholarships will be expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period and later apply their critical language skills in their professional careers.
Please see program details for application information: http://www.caorc.org/language/
Eligibility: All applicants must be U.S. citizens. Applicants must be either currently enrolled in a degree-granting program at the undergraduate* or graduate level or have graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program no more than 2 years ago (May 2005). Students in all disciplines including business, engineering, science, the social sciences and humanities are encouraged to apply. Current undergraduate students must have completed at least one year of general college course-work by program start date (one year is defined as two semesters or three quarters). The U.S. Department of State and CAORC welcome all eligible applications and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, or handicap condition.
Duration: Programs range from 7 weeks to 11 weeks, beginning in early to mid-June with a pre-departure orientation in the U.S. Students must attend the full program and participate in all program activities.
Grant benefits: All program costs are covered for participants. This includes travel between the student’s home city and program location, pre-departure orientation costs, applicable visa fees, room, board, travel within country and all entrance fees for program activities. University level credit may be available. Note: U.S. passport fees will not be paid by the scholarship.
National Security Education Program (NSEP) Scholarships
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) provides study abroad scholarships of $6,000-$20,000 for a full academic year, $4,000-$10,000 for a semester, or $2,500-$8,000 for a summer session of at least 6 weeks. Scholarships may be used for U.S. citizens to study in Asia, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, or the Middle East on almost any study abroad program. These are merit-based scholarships (approximately 1 in 5 eligible applicants received awards for study abroad in 2006-07, including four UIUC students). In order to receive the scholarship, award winners must enter into a service agreement requiring that they attempt to work in a paid position for the federal government in either the Departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security, or the Intelligence Community within three years of graduation (deferrals possible/encouraged for graduate study). Winners also receive priority-hiring status. Further information is available at http://www.ips.uiuc.edu/scholarship/NSEPprocess.shtml
Direct questions to David Schug in Room 321, International Studies Building, 244-0254 or by email at dschug@uiuc.ed