Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
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The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program 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. Established under the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000, Gilman Scholarships provide up to $5,000 for American students to pursue overseas study for college credit.
Students studying critical need languages are eligible for up to $3,000 in additional funding as part of the Gilman Critical Need Language Supplement program.
Critical Need Languages Include:
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Arabic
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Chinese
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Korean
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Russian
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Turkic (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek)
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Persian (Farsi, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajiki)
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Indic (Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujurati, Sindhi)
For eligibility details, an application form, and further information, please check the program website at http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html.